Does Mayonnaise Really Kill Head Lice?

The trick of using mayonnaise to suffocate nits and lice has been quite popular for some time now. Parents boast about the effectiveness of using mayo for lice and how they were easily able to remove the lice without it costing them much at all.

However, mayo is about as effective as olive oil or Listerine; not at all!

The Rundown

Let’s start by looking at the culprit in question – the lice!

Essentially, you need to get rid of two things; the active lice that’s crawling on your scalp and sucking blood, and the nits that are going to hatch. Both of these require different ingredients and different steps so you can remove them effectively.

Mayonnaise is used to suffocate them. However, it’s a well-known fact that lice can survive without breathing for up to 6 hours. So unless you’re going to put mayo in your hair for around 8 hours, this method isn’t going to be effective. And even if you do grit your teeth and do so, the mayonnaise will have no impact whatsoever on the eggs that are lying in wait.

A Closer Look

Let’s say that even if you do end up leaving mayonnaise in your hair for 8 hours or more, you can just imagine how difficult it will have to be to remove it. Mayonnaise overtime can start smelling really bad. After washing your hair, you’ll still be left with lice, but you’ll have the added embarrassment of having your hair smell like rotten eggs.

Not to mention that since mayo won’t get rid of nits, you will still have a lice problem on your hands since you’ll have to wait for the eggs to hatch so you can take a lice comb and start nit-picking.

An added insult to injury is that using mayo may cause food poisoning. Because mayo turns rancid after a few hours, if you were to ingest it, it would cause really bad food poisoning as well.

So what’s the solution?

If you really must use mayonnaise to handle your lice, we suggest you follow the steps below:

• Take sandwich out of the fridge
• Take some bread from the bread box
• Make a sandwich
• Eat the sandwich
• Call Lice Master and book an appointment

What We Offer

The best effective head lice treatment is one that uses natural ingredients. Lice Master offers this treatment for an affordable price.

Call us at 800-403-5423 today and book an appointment so you can get rid of lice, once and for all!