Head lice are about again! A number of parents found themselves needing to treat their children for nits over the past few weeks … Here are some tips on what to look for & how to treat these nasty little critters...

We have attached a PDF on how to deal with nits, or click here for more tips from the Ministry of Health.

We have recently been advised of another product several families in our community have found effective  which can be prescribed by your doctor, here is a blurb from the internet with more information:

From 1 May 2017, 4% Dimethicone Lotion can be prescribed fully subsidised for the treatment of head lice.... lice are unlikely to develop a resistance to dimethicone lotion as it is not an insecticide and instead kills lice by suffocation.  

THIS link gives a really good description  of what to look for, the life cycle of lice & more information on how Dimethicone Lotion works.