IconoclasT wrote: ] A kinder, gentler way to deal with those nasty head lice... ] LOL. ] ] CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- A new method of killing head ] lice by suffocating them with a lotion that dries on the scalp ] like shrink-wrap appears to work as well as many conventional ] medicines, its inventor said Tuesday. ] ] In a paper published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, ] Dale Pearlman, a dermatologist in Menlo Park, California, said ] that with his method nits -- lice eggs -- did not need to be ] combed out of the hair first, and resistance to some drug ] treatments was not an issue. ] ] In two tests involving 133 children, the treatment eradicated ] lice in from 95 percent to 97 percent of cases, he said. ] ] The lotion was placed wet on the scalp then dried with a hair ] dryer to "shrink wrap" the lice and cut off their source of ] oxygen, he said. ] ] The treatment "effectively treats head lice without ] neurotoxins, nit removal or extensive house cleaning," he said ] in the report published in "Pediatrics," the academy's monthly ] journal. Well isnt that nice... so who are they concerned about more the children or the lice? RE: Doctor details new head lice treatment |