Nice Easy Steps to Removing Nits

After you have completed the lice treatment (lice shampoo, mayonnaise olive oil, etc.) the most important step in the process is to pick the nits off the hair. The following are the steps to nit picking.

1. After the lice treatment, the hair should be dried completely to loosen the nits. Now, wet the hair again and comb out the tangles with a regular tooth comb.
2. Part the hair into four sections and pin with clips.
3. Select one section. Starting at the top of this section, lift a one inch wide section of hair .
4. Place the teeth of the nit comb as close to the scalp as possible. Make sure the teeth of the comb are deep into the section of hair. Pull the nit comb through the section of hair. Nits that are difficult to remove may be scraped off by moving the nit comb up and down the hair shaft starting at the scalp and move downward. You can also use
   tweezers or your fingernails.
5. Wipe the comb off with a tissue after each stroke through the hair. This removes the nits from the comb so you don’t return them to a new spot in the hair with the next stroke.
6. Pin back each section of hair after removing all the nits. To remove all the nits may require several strokes.
7. Repeat steps 3-6 until you have completed all four sections.
8. When you are done, soak all combs and brushes in hot water (1 quart) and a small amount of bleach (1 teaspoon ) for 30 minutes. After soaking, rinse them with hot water and let air dry on a towel.
9. Put clean clothes on the child.
10. Continue to Cleaning the Environment step.