Photo of lice, what age/stage would you say these are ?

[Liceylicey]

Found tonight

Found on me

near the hand in the Boden model

Perhaps smaller ones do you think ? Found on ds

It looks pretty big/mature. I scrolled past your photo thinking it was an ad!
does it matter what stage they are? Surely you just treat yourself/family either way? Creepy wee fecks tho - sympathy.

Key stage 3

Bit closer

Supose im hoping they are not quite adult size
so not been able to lay eggs yet

will of course treat tomorrrow
what the best treatment atm
it’s been a few years since we’ve had these

now been found in three heads so far

Those are adults, sorry.

So mumsnet - lice on the Boden catalogue 😭😂

Sorry about your lice problem though OP

Slather hair in cheap conditioner and comb every inch with a nitty gritty comb. Repeat every few days to get any newly hatched. Lice are apparently getting resistant to chemical treatments and the conditioner/comb treatment is v effective

Anyone else's head itching just looking at them..?

They are full grown egg laying lice, u have a big infestation.
Nitty gritty comb, conditioner, good luck.

Lots of conditioner and combing with a nitty gritty or whatever it's called. hedrin once worked for my family. Good luck

Oh no really ? Adult size ?

i was hoping they were just before adult size

Oooh, that is a total grown up breeding louse.

Bit like the day I had an itchy head in Tesco and puled the blighter out of my hair in the veg isle. I screamed

Treat, treat and treat again, treat the kids, DH, DMil and everyone.

The lice on ds were smaller
so maybe he caught them from me rather then other way round
hes primary school age

Definitely adults.
We had 3 separate rounds of the wee bastards over Xmas. Endless.

Hopefully I don’t have a big infestation ! Dd could only find two in my head

The ones on ds back
do they look smaller than the one on the Boden catalogue
ps sorry about that but it was sitting on the coffee table and only arrived today
so not binned it yet !!

Do you happen to have a black light? Might have one in a kids spy kit or Playmobil set or something?

Someone told me that lice glow under a black light and I've been waiting for DD to get them ever since so I could test the theory. If it works them that would make it so much easier to find the little fuckers and get rid of them.

I'm obviously a dick. I was why you were worrying about (or could even see) a picture of a louse in a catalogue. 🤣

Sympathy - we have been there in this house. Mumsnet advice is always the smother in conditioner/nitty gritty comb or Hedrin. These never worked for us. The only thing that did it way 'Lyeclear'- yes chemical but it blasted the wee fuckers away. Two treatments each for me and DS and banished after messing around combing for hours and hours.

Why are they on his back? <shudder> That's a total infestation if they're not even staying put on your heads 😬

Just to underline two previous posts…
the best way to treat an infestation is lots of conditioner, then, leaving conditioner in, louse comb. If no conditioner, it doesn’t work. Conditioner seems to weaken the insects’ grip
Good luck

They’re as big as can be. Fully grown.

gives me the itch just looking. Lots of treatment and hot washing of bed linen/hats/hooded coats