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It's the dreaded lice diagnosis. Coupled with a desire to not douse your precious kid's head with pesticides.

What to do? As an alternative to standard chemical treatments, many parents are turning towards methods that utilize suffocation instead. One method, the Nuvo Method, comes from Dr. Dale Pearlman, in Menlo Park, CA. The Nuvo Method uses a common mild cleanser available in most drugstores, Cetaphil Cleanser.

In a nutshell, you apply the Cetaphil Cleanser to the hair and scalp and then distribute the lotion evenly with a comb. Use a hair dryer to dry the lotion in place, "shrink wrapping" the lice and cutting off their oxygen supply. Leave the dried lotion on the hair for eight hours and wash out with a regular shampoo.

According to Dr. Pearlman's site, the Nuvo method is superior to other non-toxic suffocation methods of treating lice because the lotion is dried on the hair and cannot be wiped off. In addition, the dried lotion cannot be seen in the hair, a huge plus.

See Dr. Pearlman's website for all of the details and specifics of the treatment. Sounds fabulous, and also way less gross than using mayonnaise.