1 Close your eyes and cover eyelids with slices of raw potato or cucumber for 15-20 minutes. 2  Wash with warm water and apply a cream. 3  Grate a cucumber, squeeze to take out its juice and refrigerate. 4  Make a mixture of lemon juice, lanolin cream and cucumber juice and apply around the eye for 10-15 minutes.
If you choose to remove lice from household items, here are some tips: 1  To rid hair brushes, combs, barrettes, and other hair ornaments of lice, soak them in hot water [at least 130Â°F (54Â°C) ] for 5 to 10 minutes, soak them in isopropyl alcohol, or wash them with a shampoo that is used to treat head lice. Dry-cleaning or storing clothing in a plastic bag for 2 weeks will also destroy lice. 2  These methods are the main treatment for a person who has body lice. 3  Vacuum carpets, upholstery, and mattresses to remove hairs that might have live eggs attached. 4  You do not need to fumigate the house with insecticide sprays.
1 You only have head lice if you can find a living, moving louse (not a nit) on the scalp. 2  Anybody can get head lice. 3  Head lice infections are caught from close family and friends in the home and community, not from the school. 4  Spread of head lice requires direct head to head contact.