lice shampoo
Nit-killing hair wash
Lice shampoo is a medicated shampoo designed to kill head lice and their eggs.
The active ingredients are typically insecticides like permethrin or pyrethrin.
Treatment usually requires a second application a week or so later to kill any lice that hatched after the first treatment: The school nurse recommended lice shampoo after the outbreak.
- nitsLice before hatching
- scalpSkin covering skull
- itchingIrritating skin sensation
- combToothed grooming implement
- treatmentCare for an ailment
parasites · infestation · medicated · eggs · pyrethrin · permethrin · nit-picking · head · hair · outbreak · school · contagious · scratching · pharmacy · lotion · rinse · crawling · bugs
- pest treatmentsflea collar, flea spray, flea drops, flea powder, flea dip
- antiparasiticsantiparasitic, antiparasitics, ivermectin, dewormer, deworming
- Parasiticidesivermectin, diethylcarbamazine, dewormer, dewormers, wormer
- licehead louse, body louse, crab louse, nit, nits
- Pesticidespesticides, DDT, permethrin, pyrethrin, organophosphate