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Head Lice

Questions about the wingless parasites that carry diseases and that infest hair. This is a problem that everyone deals with in their life. Here you can find out why we get them and how to get rid of them.

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Can you be a carrier of head lice?

If you are a carrier, there is a shampoo you can get from your doctor that kills bugs, eggs and nits, however, it is very expensive. you have to make sure you wash everything that the person with lice has come in contact with, including bed sheets, curtains and anything washable. put any stuffed animals in a black plastic garbage bag and leave outside in the sun for a few days. use lice bedding spray for all couches and mattresses an inside your car. b sure to use a not removing comb when doing hair. eggs hatch within 10 days so rewash hair in 10 days in case some was missed. As long as you get everything clean good you should get rid of them. Just make sure u get lice shampoo. The brand Rid is good too. Rid has combination packs with everything you need.

Why does your daughter keep getting head lice?

Build up her immune system. If she eats lots of junk food (pretzels, candy, desserts, cheerios), packaged food, fruit and juice then start by removing these. They strip the body of nutrients like calcium, magnesium, zinc and all vitamins including fat soluble ones that are mainly found in animal foods. Lice, fleas and bedbugs love a weak host.

How do you get head lice out of furniture?

Headlice cannot live in furniture.They are parasites & need a live 'host' to live on.

Can lice be killed with a straightener?

Flat ironing CAN kill nits and nymphs. Yes it can dry the hair out a bit but it also depends on the texture and integrity of the fair to start with. I'm a hair dresser and have been for 12 yrs. My.daughter has gotten lice 2 times. I'm not willing to put a pesticide chemical ridden lice shampoo on her head, so I first suffocate the live lice with mayo, shower cap her hair and let it sit for 2 hours. Shampoo 4x or so with a tea tree shampoo. i like bumble and bumbles tonic shampoo. I detangle with bumble and bumbles tonic leave in spray (which I just learned from a bumble rep with deter any re-infestations with daily use due to the tea tree oil). O lightly blowdry then with the hair still mostly wet I flat iron on the highest settibg. PLEASE BE CAREFUL as the steam can burn the scalp. My trick is to blow on the hair as im ironing close to the scalp. Nay sayers will say Omg you're damaging her hair...... but I'd rather live with slightly dry lice free fair that can easily be treated with a conditioning treatment then dry possibly not lice free hair which was treated with harsh chemicals and pesticides. This is a personal preference that worked for me. I back the flat iron 100%

Is your hair wet or dry when applying the mayo for head lice?

According to the department of public health, mayonaise is not a useful tool for killing head lice. It doesn't shampoo out fully and will spoil in your hair. You should use olive oil. Olive oil will suffocate the lice, not spoil in your hair, and wash out thoroughly.

Can head lice be a gender?

Yes there are both male and female lice.

What can you do to not catch head lice?

By actually washing it from time to time. If you find head lice in your childrens hair, you should hang your head in shame, dragging kids up like that.... If Child welfare services found out, you could end up losing the twins... tut tut.

What do they do with the head in cranioectomy?

A cranioectomy is literally the cutting off of a patient's head, in order to cure certain rare and deadly diseases. This is a highly dangerous procedure and thus is only used in extreme circumstances.

What is the incubation period of head lice?

Once the eggs of the round worms enter your digestive tract, they pass through your stomach intact. The larvae are liberated in the small intestine. They enter the portal venous system. They pass through the liver to enter the hepatic vein. Then they pass to the right side of your heart through inferior vena cave. Then they pass to the capillaries of lungs. From there they enter the pulmonary alveolus. Then they travel through bronchial tree in opposite direction to larynx and then pharynx. They are swallowed back and reenter the digestive tract. Then they grow into adult male and female worms. The female passes millions of ova in the feces after mating with the male. Ova take few days in a soil to be able to reinfect the host.

Do lice urinate and defecate?

yes in fact they do.. you may notice there are small black dots on the scalp if you scratched your scalp and looked under the nail you may see little black dots.. but do NT confuse this with scabs

How lice can be remove from hair?

baby oil and vinegar works lice hate grassy item or get dish soup work lol bye lice and fleas

What do lice do to humans hair?

No they are not harmful, they are just a nuisance. They spread very quickly and are hard to get rid of.
Lice are known to carry diseases. As long as you are near a hospital with modern medicine, you should be alright

Can head lice kill an infant?

You should try and get the headlice out using treatment first. But as im a hairdresser a lot of parents come in with their children and say to cut their hair very short or even shave their head so they won't get headlice again as easily as if they had long hair.

How do you tell if head lice are dead?

Continue to comb out your hair until you get nothing for 3 days in a row and then you are good. To be safe though I would recheck it (comb through it once more) about 5 days after that.

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How do the lice survive?

Yes, most definitely. You need to get proper nit cream.

Can bleached hair get lice?

I work at school. Headlice city. When a new bout comes around the first thing I reach for is my hair dye. Seems to have worked for me. Knock on wood! I've survived many, many infestations! Good luck!

Can you use a nit comb if you don't have nits?

No, the combs remove the adult head lice but not the "nits" which are their eggs, which they stick to the base of the hairs.

So if you have nits, coming out the adult lice will not remove the infestation as more lice will hatch out from the nits.

As well as combing the hair you need to kill the nits with some proprietary medicine.

What can you use to get rid of head lice nits?

There are some lice treatments at pharmacies or Wal-Mart Zellers and places like that. What you do with them is spread the stuff all over your hair, leave it on for 15 20 minutes wash it out and comb the lice out with the lice comb provided or if tha breaks too easy, use your normal comb (not brush) and after wash all the lice out in your sink. Hope this helped!

Can you get head lice by furniture?

Head lice can live without a host for four days at 68 degrees Fahrenheit. If the temperature is higher they live a shorter time.

What do lice look like?

Dandruff is usually thin flakes that obviously, flake from your scalp. If you talking about small little "ball-like" substance that come from your scalp, it's probably just excess sebum from your hair follicle pores. However, if you try to get it off your hair, and it doesn't come off, it's a possibilitly that it might be lice eggs. But if think you have lice, you'll be able to see it if you examine closely. If you don't see any, then you probably don't have lice!

Do adults get lice?

Yes, adults can have lice just as well as children can. Lice make no distinction based on age or gender.