Thornton & Ross Hedrin 4% Lotion

Ok, I am finally at my wits end! This is the 7th and I swear as long as I have breath in my body, the flaming last time I am going to sit for 3 hours, going through my children's hair for chuffing nits!! If you, like me, have got children at primary or even middle school I am sure you will have encountered these little blighters once or twice…… once or twice I could cope with, but as I mentioned earlier this is the 7th time………. Since September! I do like to think that I play fair, kid's wise, I check my children's hair regularly, treating as soon as I detect any movement, but I get the feeling ... more

My daughter came home with the dreaded headlice again so I popped along to the chemist and asked for some treatment. I'm lucky that where I live that the pharmacist can prescribe for minor ailments so I was given two 50ml bottles of Hedrin free, normal price for each bottle would be £4.99. Hedrin works in a different way to other headlice treatment, instead of using an insecticide which many headlice are now resistant too it uses the active ingredient dimeticone which physically smother the little creatures. After reading the instructions I opened the bottle and prepared to apply the lotion to ... more

On of the most frustrating aspects of being a parent for me, is nits . No matter how many times I sit for hours combing my daughters hair through checking, no matter how much I spend on expensive shampoos to treat the problem, there is always some mother at the school who doesn't bother, and my daughter gets them again . Bring back the nit nurse - and bring back sending home kids who have nits to stop them infesting others! Luckily, being on a low income, I no longer have to pay for head lice solution - instead I'm able to get them given to me via the pharmacy first programme . Whilst this ... more

I have a 6 year old daughter with very long straight hair and so she inevitably comes home from school with "little visitors" at least a few times a year. I have in the past tried everything from overpriced bottles of stuff from the chemist, to natural remedies and the good old comb through with conditioner. None of these things have ever given me the results I wanted and so I have spend long hours with a comb doing my daughters hair by hand with her wincing and moaning, not a good use of my time at all! When I heard about hedrin, I thought it was too good to be true. It promises to not only ... more