LICE TIPS

You worry about getting lice in your home, how about getting lice from a hotel room bed? The truth is your risk of getting lice in your home is very low and the risk of getting lice from a hotel room bed is even lower.

Head lice are transferred from person to person via close contact. Here are commonplace scenarios in which lice may be transmitted.

The Long Beach School District Lice Policy “mandates that a child that is found to have live lice will be dismissed from school. Once the child has been treated with the appropriate shampoo.

How do you know if a nit is a nit? A nit is glued onto the hair at an angle. If you take your finger and slide it down the hair shaft, dandruff will slide right off. Another way to find out if a nit is really a nit, is to remove it and place it on a damp paper towel. A nit will appear black against a white background.