Mums reveal their unconventional methods to get rid of nits

As if navigating the parenting jungle weren't hard enough, an invasion of nits or the appearance of a nasty verruca just makes the job all the more tricky by forcing you to spend hours delousing, combing and applying treatments.

In fact, according to a new book from Mumsnet released this week, bringing up children is often 'a dogged slog through one horror after another from fungus to phobia, parasite to plague, excrement to emesis'.

How To Blitz Nits (and Other Nasties) reveals how 'your child's body can feel like a battleground of nasty little pests, particularly during the nursery and school years.'

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The official cure: Over the counter treatment, followed by lots and lots of combing.

Mumsnet users' hacks:

Hair straighteners: After treatment and combing and once hair is dry, use a hair straightener to completely cook them.

Neem oil: It's foul smelling and nits HATE it. I can guarantee it will work.

DIY aromatherapy: I make my own mix; base oil with drops of tea tree, eucalyptus and geranium. No nit has been known to survive.

Vinegar rinse: Wine or cider vinegar as a final rinse, left on the hair and then blow-dried. Do it on a Friday though, as your child will smell like a chip shop.

Vodka: Apparently a comb through with strong alcohol works too.

Source: Daily Mail.