Tea tree oil is the best treatment for head lice!

My daughter got lice from a friend and I think we caught it early enough to avoid a full infestation. I only saw about 3 or 4 nits at the base of her neck, but no bugs. I treated her with Tea Tree oil mixed with tea tree oil shampoo and olive oil. I left it on her head for about an hour with her head wrapped in saran wrap; a shower cap would have been good too, but I didn't have one. I then washed her hair out with Tea Tree Oil shampoo again and put in a leave-in conditioner. We used a nit brush to pull out any nits. I did find one louse at that time, but it was dead! I washed and bagged everything that was out and vacuumed everywhere. I dried the pillows in the dryer and I didn't see anymore nits, and treated my son, too. I will treat my daughter again in about 7 days. I'm continuing to use the Tea Tree Oil shampoo to keep them off the hair, as they do not like it, so I will just keep that as my normal shampoo now. Hope this works!

Thank you to everyone for the advice...My girls came home after spending the night away and after a few days I noticed the itching. I have used lice meds and washed everything, picked out nits and I'll be danged if those little buggers started up again...so I pray this works. I will let everyone know...

Hi Barb - Thank you very much for your comments. It's great to see that you had some wonderful results from using tea tree oil on your son's head lice.