| Parents generally discover head lice by seeing the nits in a child's hair, or when children complain of itching. |
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| The oil washes out with regular shampoo and the nits can be combed out easily because the oil loosens them. |
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| Every month the lice are still there, with their sticky white nits glued to Joelle's hair like rice burned to the side of a saucepan. |
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| And while I'm picking nits, I must add my opinion of Furst's female characters. |
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| For an effective treatment for nits and hair lice, soak at least 20 seeds for an hour in warm water. |
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| If you do not want to use these products, you have to pick the lice and nits out of the hair by hand or use a special comb to remove them. |
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| There were three blankets to cover us, all covered with fleas, nits and insects. |
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| Presumably mineral oil is acting like petroleum jelly to smother the live lice and loosen nits. |
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| Vinegar or vinegar-based products that are applied to the hair for three minutes before combing help loosen the nits attached to the hair shaft. |
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| The unhatched eggs, which are called nits, are a yellow-white colour and are often mistaken for flakes of dry skin or dandruff. |
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| Vacuuming is recommended to pick up fallen hairs with nits attached from upholstered furniture, carpets and beds. |
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| Lice lay nits on hair shafts close to the skin's surface, where the temperature is perfect for keeping warm until they hatch. |
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| The use of chemical preparations to kill the nits and lice is controversial. |
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| Enzymatic shampoos that claim to dissolve the glue that attaches nits to hair are also available. |
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| It's hard to pick nits when a movie throbs with as much energy as this one does. |
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| As a general practitioner and pet owner, I treated my scratching Abyssinian guinea pigs' nits with subcutaneous ivermectin. |
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| Perhaps a few more trips to the free throw line are in order, but that seems to be picking nits. |
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| Infested people usually have no more than 10 to 12 live head lice at a time but can harbor hundreds of eggs and nits. |
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| Just distinguishing between nits and flakes of dandruff is difficult, especially on blond hair. |
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| Some Dublin critics have been predictably quick to pick nits. |
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| Head lice are the insects themselves, while nits are the egg cases of head lice that have hatched. |
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| Capipoux hair gel helps to eliminate head lice and nits by coating them and blocking their air supply. |
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| Once the treatment is done, remove nits with a fine comb soaked in hot water after each stroke. |
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| The nits hatch into a nymph, or immature louse, in seven to 10 days. |
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| Hence, having nits close to the scalp does not necessarily indicate that a live lice infestation has occurred or will occur. |
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| Repeat the treatment 7 to 10 days after the first application, whether or not you have found living lice or nits. |
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| Finding nits close to the scalp is, at best, only a modest predictor of possible active infestation. |
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| The nits of head lice found within 7 mm of the scalp may be considered viable. |
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| Rinse clean and take a fine toothed comb to get all the nits out, section by section. wash and condition hair. |
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| Any nits that do not come out may be removed by sliding them along the hair with your fingers or tweezers. |
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| Lindane was a substance used in shampoo to get rid of nits in children's hair. |
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| If you continue to see live lice and nits after the 7 days, use the cream again as directed above. |
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| In the first trial, parents were instructed to remove nits with a nit-removal comb during step two, and in the second trial parents skipped this step. |
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| You can tell if your child has lice by checking his hair for nits. |
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| Patients were considered cured if they experienced no increased scratching and itching, and there were no visible lice or nits after a wet combing test. |
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| As long as we're picking nits, let's say that she didn't kill herself. |
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| What's the difference between head lice and nits? |
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| Never treat for nits unless you can find living lice. |
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| The female attaches her eggs, called nits, to the root of a hair. |
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| On examination by her general practitioner no visible opalescent nits or live lice and blue macules at feeding sites were present. |
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| School nurses were particularly adept at spotting nits, but appeared to lack the expertise, equipment, time and inclination to distinguish active from inactive infestations. |
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| Excessive household or school cleaning is not warranted following the detection of a case of head lice because neither head lice nor nits survive for an extended period of time away from the scalp. |
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| Parasidose Environment Spray for lice and nitsis the perfect complement to effectively combat the lice and nits on all non-machine-washable textile surfaces. |
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| The trouble is, even when you treat the nits at home, other parents don't and so your child keeps getting reinfected. |
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| In addition, once a child has been treated and returns to school with only nits, he or she is not contagious unless the nits are left to hatch. |
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| But now am in total fug about what to text Roxster about tonight, and whether I should tell him about the nits. |
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| Inspect entire head of hair well for any stray nits that might be hiding. |
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| Arranged for SATB Chi nits a cappella, Soprano and Tenor Solos. |
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| My little girl's come home crying because she's caught nits. |
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| Nits stick to the hair while things like dandruff and dried hairspray flakes can be blown away. |
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| Nits are also a measure of luminance, in so many candela per square metre. |
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| There is a significant correlation coefficient between the library facilities of various NITs across the country. |
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