- Fact: Lice are transmitted through head-to-head contact.Think hugs, selfies, snuggling, etc.Myth: You need to be worried if your child is sitting near someone at school who has lice or if someone has been in your home with lice.Unless there has been head to head contact, you are fine.Lice live in the HEAD not in your carpet, couch or school.
- Myth: Tea tree oil repels lice.Save your money.A few drops in shampoo or hair spray won’t work.You would have to soak your kid’s hair in it.Putting hair in a bun is much more effective.
- Myth-you need to treat your home with spray or herculean cleaning efforts if your family has lice.Fact: See number 1.
- Myth-you can see most cases of lice by looking at the hair with a bright light.Fact: combing with a good lice comb (which are not sold in drugstores) is the only way to tell for certain.Up to 80% of lice cases are missed, even by trained nurses, if you are simply looking at the hair.
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