Nits And You: A Primer
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Loading ...The eggs of lice are known as nits. There are three types of lice which have the possibility of infesting people. Lice put their eggs directly on our hair shafts after they feed on our blood. They attach themselves with a strong glue which tightly binds them to our hair.
Anybody who has lice wants to get rid of it. Removing nits is the most important action to take. Nits need warmth and high humidity to develop properly. They will die without it. Human skin provides the warmth and high humidity they need to grow. Therefore, nit control is imperative to effective lice control. Lice combs can be used to crush the nits in place. Using nit-loosening lotions can remove the nits without pulling out hair.
Young lice have a life span of 30 days and they leave behind the empty egg shell attached to the hair shaft when they hatch. For weeks or months, these empty shells can remain attached to the hair. The empty shell moves further and further from the skin surface as the hair grows. Nits are found further than about a 1/4″ away from the skin. They are already hatched or are dead when found.
You can distinguish live nits from empty shells by their color. The live ones are darker in color. The empty shells are white. A female louse can lay about six eggs per day during the ten days after it matures. This totals sixty eggs per female louse. The female louse uses a natural glue to attach one egg to a single strand of hair.
A person’s first reaction to hair lice is often a sense of shame due to the misperception that head lice only lives on dirty people, but that is not true. Hair lice survive on small amounts of blood from humans. Their preferred feeding region is the scalp, behind the ears, and at the nape of the neck.
The most effective lice treatment is a head lice shampoo. Nits must be removed as a part of this lice treatment. It’s recommended that a fine-toothed comb, clear tape, and a strong light be used when searching for lice. It’s easier to have a magnifying glass and to wet the hair prior to searching.
Nits are the eggs of lice. Lice deposit eggs on the hair shafts after feeding on human blood. They are attached to the hair streak or clothing with a strong glue. They are tightly attached to human hair. The first reaction that comes to mind when we hear about hair lice is a sense of shame, due to the misperception that dirty people have head lice but this is not true. Lice survive on small amounts of human blood. They prefer to lie on the on scalp, behind the ears and at nape of the neck. Using head lice shampoo is the most important and effective lice treatment.
- norman horowitz
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