If you're a parent, you already know this note: "there's been a lice case in your child's class." 😩 So let's talk about who gets lice and exactly how to check for it at home.
Lice mostly affects school-age kids, and girls a bit more than boys — likely because of more hair touching, styling, and sharing, plus longer hair shafts giving lice more surface area to attach eggs. But truly, anyone with head-to-head contact or who shares things that touch the head can get it.
Here's how I tell parents to check:→ Sit near a bright light or window→ Use a fine-tooth comb (a lice comb works, but any very fine comb will do)→ Wet or dampen the hair first — nits are easier to spot wet→ Part the hair in small sections, just like sectioning for highlights→ Comb through each section slowly and methodically
What you're looking for: adult lice (about the size of a sesame seed, and they crawl) and nits, which are firmly stuck to the hair shaft. Here's the test — if you pull on it and it comes off easily, it's probably just dandruff. If it stays firmly attached, that's a true nit.
For the full breakdown on treating lice and getting rid of nits for good, watch "HEAD LICE TREATMENT: Get rid of LICE and NITS for good!" — full episode is up now. #lice #headliceremoval #headlice
Lice mostly affects school-age kids, and girls a bit more than boys — likely because of more hair touching, styling, and sharing, plus longer hair shafts giving lice more surface area to attach eggs. But truly, anyone with head-to-head contact or who shares things that touch the head can get it.
Here's how I tell parents to check:→ Sit near a bright light or window→ Use a fine-tooth comb (a lice comb works, but any very fine comb will do)→ Wet or dampen the hair first — nits are easier to spot wet→ Part the hair in small sections, just like sectioning for highlights→ Comb through each section slowly and methodically
What you're looking for: adult lice (about the size of a sesame seed, and they crawl) and nits, which are firmly stuck to the hair shaft. Here's the test — if you pull on it and it comes off easily, it's probably just dandruff. If it stays firmly attached, that's a true nit.
For the full breakdown on treating lice and getting rid of nits for good, watch "HEAD LICE TREATMENT: Get rid of LICE and NITS for good!" — full episode is up now. #lice #headliceremoval #headlice