The Nuvo® Method for Head Lice Using Cetaphil®
Cleanser
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How to apply the lotion-- detailed
instructions.
Cover your child’s shoulders with a big dry
bath towel to catch the lotion which will drip from the scalp.
To boost your cure rate you must cover all
the lice with lotion. We advise you to apply so much lotion that
it literally overflows the totally soaked scalp and drips off onto
the towel.
Pour 8 oz of Cetaphil into the condiment
dispenser.
Step 1. Begin with dry hair.
Start at the left of the scalp. Make sure the nozzle is always
touching the skin. Apply the lotion zigzag back and forth from
front to back and then back to front. Apply to the entire scalp as
you move forward until you reach the front of the scalp. Use 1/4
of the bottle.
While the lotion is shown in the diagrams
below as yellow, actual Cetaphil Cleanser is a translucent pearly
liquid which is not visible once dried on scalp.
Step 2. Now start at the back of the
scalp. Again make sure the nozzle is always touching the skin.
Change the direction of your zigzagging application now to “criss
cross” the first pattern. Move zigzag front to back then back to
front as you move from the right side to the left side of the
scalp . Use again 1/4 of a bottle always touching the scalp with
the bottle nozzle.
Step 3. Use your fingers to thoroughly
massage the lotion throughout the scalp and hair.
Step 4. Redo steps 1, 2, and 3. Use up
another 1/2 bottle of lotion. You now have used a whole bottle of
the lotion.
Step 5. Does your child have long hair
that reaches to the upper back? Then apply another 1/2 bottle of
lotion to that large amount of hair from roots to tips and massage
in thoroughly with your fingers.
Step 6. Wait 2 minutes for lotion to
act.
Step 7. Comb out the lotion. You
should seek to comb out as much excess Cetaphil lotion as
possible. You are done when you can't get out any more lotion. The
more you get out, the quicker will be the blow drying step which
comes next. You may choose to first use a “detangler comb” if the
hair is long or thick. Otherwise you can just start with the plain
comb.
Step 8. If you
need to remove nits to comply with your school’s “no nit policy,”
then use the
Licemeister®
comb to carefully go through the entire scalp. It
will remove many nits. If your child's school does not have such a
policy, then skip this step. It adds 70% more work and is
unnecessary to cure children of head lice.
Step 9. Blow dry the hair thoroughly,
so that the scalp skin, hair roots, and full length of the hair
are totally dry. You may use a detangler comb and/or your fingers
to make the drying process easier. Anticipate that this will takes
3 times longer than drying hair that is just wet with water.
Step 10. You may style the hair now
with a sterilized comb and/or brush. Please do not apply any
styling gel, mousse, hair spray, or other cosmetic products to the
hair while the dried Cetaphil lotion is on the hair.
Step 11. Leave the dried lotion on
the child’s head for at least 8 hours, preferably overnight.
Step 12. To remove the lotion at the
end of the treatment phase, you just shampoo with your usual
shampoo, cream rinses, etc.
Recommended household clean-up
The three clean up steps should be done once
a week at the time of the weekly treatment.
A Final Caution
To achieve cure, it is
important to follow the directions carefully. We have seen the
treatment fail when parents do not follow instructions. Avoid
these four common mistakes:
a) Parents skimp on amount of
Cetaphil Cleanser used.
You must use precisely the
amount recommended in the detailed instructions or you will fail
to coat all the lice with lotion. An uncoated louse will survive
the treatment and may go on to reproduce. This is especially
important for children with shoulder length or longer hair. You
must remember to add an extra half bottle because of the long
hair.
b) Parents apply the lotion
incorrectly to the scalp.
Sometimes parents just squirt
it on top of the hair and try to massage it in. This is NOT the
way we explain in the instructions. You must achieve a uniform
coverage of the entire scalp to be effective. It is critical to be
touching the scalp with the nozzle the entire time you apply the
lotion. The “criss cross” pattern of application assures even,
complete coverage.
c) Parents do not completely dry
the lotion on the scalp.
You must dry the scalp so
that it is totally dry. The lotion works by drying onto the louse
and plugging up its breathing holes. If you leave the scalp and
hair partly wet then the lotion can be accidentally rubbed off
when your child changes his shirt, lies down on his pillow, rubs
his hair, or lies on the carpet or couch. By thoroughly drying the
lotion in the scalp, the lotion adheres to the lice and kills
them.
d) The timing between the
applications is wrong.
You must use the treatment in
three applications done at one-week intervals. The dried lotion
kills lice and disrupts their life cycle. If you wait too long for
the next application, then baby lice can grow into adults and lay
eggs and continue the cycle.
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Notice: The Nuvo method for treating and diagnosing head lice has
not been evaluated or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration. Cetaphil® is a trademark of Galderma
Laboratories, L.P. United States, which has not reviewed or
endorsed the material on this web site.
