You Know How to Kill Them But What About Head Lice Removal
To effectively treat lice, you need to learn a little bit about them. For starters, head lice are parasites and they survive by feeding on human blood. They infect children between the ages of three and twelve most often. Since girls generally have longer hair, they catch lice more often than boys, but boys do still catch them fairly easily. You’re really going to struggle with head lice removal if you don’t know what you’re looking for, so it’s a good idea to know what they look like. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you that if you see any sort of bugs living in someone’s hair, there’s reason to be alarmed. I’m not familiar with any bugs that call a person’s head home except lice. If the bugs you see in their head are tan and the size of a sesame seed, you can bet they have head lice. Lice hide from light, so you’re more likely to see the nits which are lice eggs. These can be a little more difficult to identify, because they resemble dried hair spray or dandruff. If what appears to be a nit is hard to remove from their like it’s attached, then it’s probably a nit. They are usually yellow, brown or tan in color and once they hatch they will be either clear or white.
So now you know that what you were looking at was definitely lice and you’ve treated them with your method of choice, it’s time to remove them. You will need to make sure that the infected person’s hair is still wet before beginning this step. Their hair will need to be separated in to sections that are approximately one inch wide. Each of these sections will have to be brushed with a lice comb from the scalp to the tip thoroughly. Take your time with this, because it doesn’t take but a couple nits to begin a new colony. Lice shampoos and similar treatments are suppose to kill all the lice and nits, but it’s not uncommon for some nits to survive. That’s why it’s so important to make sure you don’t miss any.
If you don’t have access to a lice comb, you may choose to use tweezers to remove the lice and nits. You will want to follow the same procedure that you would use with a lice comb. The only difference is you will be picking out each one individually with the tweezers rather than coming them out. This will obviously take longer than using a lice comb, but if you use the tweezers along with one of the many home remedies, it will save you from having to make a trip to the store and keep you from spending any of your money.
You may be wondering what should be done with the lice and nits that are removed. The best technique is to use a piece of masking tape and a Ziplock bag. As they’re removed put them on the sticky side of the tape. When you’re done, place the tape in the bag and close it sealing off the air supply. This will keep any of them from escaping and eventually cause suffocation.
