How do you know if you have lice or dandruff?

Answer 1

Head lice: ask a friend with good eyesight to examine your scalp closely in a bright light. Body lice: examine the seams of clothes you have been wearing next to the body. I mean take them off and look at them straight away. It's no good if you take them out of your drawer. Pubic (crab) lice: Look at the skin under your pubic hair with a magnifying glass. All these lice are very small, whitish, and look like little crabs or scorpions. They move slowly.

Answer 2

Lice eggs don't move when you pull them with your finger nails. Dandruff will move.

Answer 3

Lice looks like little bugs and dandruff looks like white flakes

Answer 4

lice are bugs. dandruff are white flakes from a dry scalp

Answer 5

Dandruff is white , nits are transparent Nits are found attached to the hair and dandruff is on the scalp. Dandruff is flaky whereas nits are hard.

Answer 6

Buy a lice comb, they're really cheap in places like boots :]

Answer 7

Usually if you see white dots in your hair it's dandruff but if they are hard to come out or sticky on your hair it's lice they eggs are usually in the under part of your hair

Answer 8

dandruff moves when flaked away lice eggs are stuck to the hair, adult lice move fast without being touched

Answer 9

Dandruff will easily flake off a hair shaft. Any kind of louse nit will adhere firmly to the hair shaft.