Common treatments of head lice use a pediculicide that works as a neurotoxic agent against the lice to kill them. This treatment can both raise concerns for the patient being treated and can be ineffective against resistant populations. Compounded products that work in a different way can offer new alternatives. Pediculosis capitis: new insights into epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=22382818
Effectiveness of lotions based on essential oils from aromatic plants against permethrin resistant Pediculus humanus capitis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=17647002