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Reviewer: windycitytiff, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Patient)
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Nix hasn't worked:( I really wanted it to and followed the directions to perfectly. After 48 hours, I still felt the lice on my head crawling around (awful!) and found them on myself and my kids when I combed us all out on days 1, 2 and 3. The NIX hotline said it could take up to 72 hours. Well, I combed out more alive lice and nymphs than dead ones so it did not work for us. Could it have been th
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Reviewer: mommy911, 35-44 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Caregiver)
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After treating my two sons, daughter, and myself, I found many lice, big and small that were still alive and moving. It was awful. I left the medicine in our hair and scalp for more than twenty minutes which is double the time they recommended, but still had live lice. I had to retreat all of us with a different brand. I will let you know what happen next time. Isn't the medicated shampoo suppose
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