Lye soap does not do all those things listed at all. It can't cure eczema or head lice or poison ivy, for goodness sakes.

I am a soap maker. I teach soap making and have for over 10 years. It is very good for your skin yes, but it doesn't cure anything like that. It can help with eczema as you can put things in it that are soothing like ground oats and calendula oil, but it does not cure it.

If you want a cheap and easy head lice remedy, get any cheap white (not clear) conditioner from the dollar shop and a head lice comb. Put heaps of the cheap conditioner on to the dry hair, so that it is really wet with conditioner and using a normal comb, comb through, then let your child sit/play/read etc for 20 minutes (good in the sun as the heat is there.) You will see the head lice come to the top of the hair as they suffocate in the white conditioner.

Then take your child into the bath and comb through the hair with the nit comb. After each pull through, rinse the comb (we use a hose that we attach to the bath nozzle and the kids sit on a little foot stool in there). Keep pulling through and rinsing after each time (to rid the conditioner/comb of nits) and when you can do this without seeing lice, then you are done. Might take about 10 or more minutes. Then rinse out the hair and do this every three days for two weeks to be sure.

No nasty chemicals are ever needed to rid your child of head lice. Emergency rooms also use this method of conditioner. Keep hair spray or hair gel etc in your child's hair if it's short hair as lice don't like product on hair -- it's too hard to hold onto the hair.

If the hair is long, put a bit of conditioner on it and plait it and keep it up during the day. The conditioner coats the hair and stops them clinging on the hair as well.

Lye soap will kill germs, so wash your hands with it after toilet breaks under running water. Rub hands together vigorously. The soap lifts the germs and the scrubbing keeps them in the soap which is then rinsed down the drain. All handmade soap is antibacterial in itself as that's just what it is.

djr 0992 - please dont pass on misinformation like you are here, it gives soapmakers a bad name!

Hey folks, all soap is made from lye (sodium hydroxide). Lye, when mixed with oil, gradually changes chemically into something quite mild, depending on what oils you choose to use. Store-bought soap is usually not as mild as home-made soap because they have taken the glycerin out of it and/or added various noxious chemicals also, so that's the reason homemade "lye" soap is more luxurious - it's just more natural.

since everything that touches our skin absorbs into our bloodstream.....is pig lard ok?

anon, have you washed her bedding in the soap with hot water, too? And her pillow! Anyplace her head has touched needs to be washed including her car seat if she uses one. There are over the counter shampoos that do work well. I had used them before with good results. So has a friend of mine whose child went to a pricey private school. Don't be embarrassed to buy the over the counter stuff. Good luck!

does lye soap really kill lice? if so how long does it take and how often do u have 2 use it for it 2 work? my child keeps getting it from school. i can clean and strip her hair and the next day she will come home with it again...stressed and at wits end..*help*

I make my lye soap with goats milk. I make 100 bars at a time and sell it in about a week. This is because it really does work for people. I use it in my homemade powdered laundry detergent. I wish everyone with skin problems would give it a try.

I've been using the lye soap a few months and yes it did get rid of my acne. I also use it in the shower but it does not lather. It seems to take longer to shower because you keep wanting to soap up your washcloth more often. I tried some with lemon and with lavender in them, but they seem to dry out my skin a bit whereas the plain lye soap doesn't. It leaves my skin soft.

I've also been using homemade powdered laundry detergent lately and i like the way it washes and it's much cheaper than using the marketed brands. I found the recipe online. Give it a try!

I have been diagnosed with Morgellons

disease. It is being researched by the CDC and several private sector Drs., but nothing has really been solved. Symptoms include stinging, itching, biting, discoloration of skin, lesions that do not heal and also produce gross "stuff" that cannot be identified, redness, swelling, joint pain, chronic fatigue, hair loss, gastric disturbance, feelings of something crawling underneath the skin. Red, blue, green and black "fibers" that look like thin fishing line, and researchers cannot find a match for them in the FBI Database or NASA. It is unknown how it is contracted, or how to treat it.

A few very compassionate Drs. are healing patients with symptom control, pain relief, etc. Nothing definitive exists for our prognosis.

I used lye soap years ago (someone gave me a homemade bar). I noticed how velvety my skin became at that time. I also used it to get stains out before washing clothes. Nothing that I have ever used benefited in so many wonderful ways! I have a theory that lye soap may just be the magic bullet that will heal my skin! I began using it today and will give it a couple of weeks, then report back here. I absolutely love lye soap. Morgellons sufferers would buy tons if it helps. One point here, we who suffer also have an extremely difficult time with chemicals, pesticides, preservatives. The open wounds that plague us *attract* parasites of every imaginable species. It is an ugly and debilitating disease. Pray lye soap may be the magic bullet for us!

I was given a bar of homemade lye soap 29years ago. I had pretty bad acne. I used that soap and the acne went away and I had baby soft skin in about a month. It was the only bar I was ever given and never seen it in the stores until yesterday. I bought it. Hopefully it will work on my "middle age" acne.

only JESUS can wash away people's sins.

will lye soap wash away sins?

yes it kills germs. yes it kills lice and eggs.

it's good for many, many things. i will aways have lye soap at my home. here are some but there are more

11. kills head and body lice

10. psoriasis, eczema & acne

9. poison ivy & poison oak rash -rub in let dry on

8. keeps mosquitoes & chiggers away -rub in let dry on skin

7. relieves pain and itching from sunburn, mosquitoes or chigger bites & athlete's foot, just lather on and let it dry on skin.

6. tied in old sock at backs of tree prevents insect invasion

5. better than bleach on whites and removes stains- wet, rub, wash

4. put on hook for catfish bait

3. lather hides human scent for hunters

2. kills fleas & dander on pets

1. best for dirty mouthed kids

Lye soap is great for my laundry. I disolve a few chips in hot water and pour into my washing machine. The beauty of this is that the waste water is safe for my garden. Donna (Pembroke, Bermuda)

is lye soap supposed to be good for you? because i just bought a bar after reading a comment that she uses it to wash her face because she has acne. the only thing i have noticed is very soft skin. so the question is what exactly does lye soap do for you? thanks

yes, it will kill head and body lice. and fleas on pets too.

is this soap good for lice treatment?

i have been using 14 oz of red devil lye for my soap but if i wanted to use Lye,#2 Flake how much would i need to use? or would it still be the same? any help would be great. thanks

Will lye soap kill germs?