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Can you kill head lice through sauna?

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This is copy paste from an answer i wrote elsewhere.—- I can tell you my experience- my son got lice when he was very young, (I have to go anonymous as he is a teenager now and won't appreciate the 'publicity') and I got it from him. read more

There’s a chance of your time in the sauna spreading lice to others. Lice do get heat stroke and die, but it would be just as fine to use a blow dryer on your scalp. Heat is not an effective treatment for killing all of the lice, but is a helpful step to assist in snuffing out the nits. read more

Best Answer: A sauna won't kill head lice. On the surface it looks like it might. Temperatures maintained above 130°F for about 5 minutes are proven to kill lice and their nits. read more

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