more commonly known as lice or head lice affects 6-12 million people in US each year.
Do not confuse Head Lice, w/body lice or pubic lice (commonly known as crabs, review coming from noise). They are different and are treated differently. Lice found in your beard are typically the pubic lice variety (PM Stark for info on this variant).
Head lice treatment is a billion dollar+ per year industry. There are many generic treatments however the (2) most common OTC are Nix and Rid. Let’s compare the two.
-1% Permethrin (synthetic)
-Use as a cream rinse after shampooing (leave on 10 minutes, then rinse out)
-Kills lice and most eggs & prevents reinfestation for 14 days
-Comes with plastic comb for nit picking (not nearly as effective as a metal one, also poor ergonomic design which will adversely affect your hadokens, long term)
-4% Piperonyl butoxide
-Pyrethrum extract (.33% pyrethrins) derived from the chrysanthemum (hence "natural")
-Use as shampoo in dry hair (leave on 10 minutes, then wash out)
-Must actively remove all nits with a nit comb afterwards (this is very important step, since it does not penetrate/kill the eggs). This is extremely tedious – there may be hundreds of tiny eggs and you must get them all as each one that hatches about a week later may lay 6-7 eggs of their own. A second shampooing may also catch the ones you miss a week later.
-Comes with the awesome RIDvantage(TM) Lice Comb, this is the HORI VLX of lice combs.
Must be done again 1 week later to kill any newly hatched nymphs that you may have missed, but have not laid new eggs yet.
>Both quickly penetrate the nerve system of the insect and they die a quick but painful and dramatic death. But are they truly dead? Yes. This isn’t Resident Evil, its real life, ya know?
>Both add 10-minutes to a shower routine
>Permethrin (Nix) is viewed as a more dangerous chemical, particularly to infants, however it is a 1-step fix vs. the two-step fix of Rid.
>Rid produces the superior nit-picking comb.
The Winrar?
Both. Do yourself a favor, by the Nix to go for the kill, by the Rid to go for the cleanup. Wiping out your enemies is one thing, but leaving a clean crime scene is just as important, just ask The Juice.
Alternatives that are not recommended by the Dept. of Health:
The alternative treatments listed below are referred to as suffocants. When applied, the treatment may suffocate and/or create a habitat unfavorable to the head lice. Though, a few of these actually sound pretty damn nice to me.
• Petroleum jelly (Vaseline®)
• Mayonnaise (not miracle whip)
• Oil (e.g., vegetable, olive, or mineral)
Apply, leave on overnight and nit pick in the morning. Nit picking is a 2player game.
Review: Roogoo Twisted Towers (Wii)
-Roogoo is a puzzle game w/an interactive co-op mode for up to 4-players.
-Hundreds of levels and multiple stages leaves the opportunity for extremely high replay value.
-Battle mode, solo mission mode, and co-op modes add to what should be a great recipe for success.
-Gameplay is a bit repetitive, despite some increase in difficulty in later stages.
-Graphically and musically this game is lacking which kills the ability to be a go-to game.
Don’t Buy. It will appear very fun the first 30 minutes, but after an hour you’ll be pulling out your hair from boredom. I don’t want to nit-pick, but the game is pretty lousey.
