Are these headlice?

[DesignedForLife]

Just that really, everything I've found online says headlice get no bigger than 3mm or the size of a sesame seed. These are much bigger, the size of a grain of rice. Anatomically they look like lice, just so big!

The first time one of my dc got lice they were quite big {boak} I think they can even be bigger - with the subsequent rounds I got to them when they were smaller as the merest whiff of a scratch and I would check their heads. You need to keep checking your and dc's hair every couple of days for a month as if you miss a couple of eggs they will hatch but you have a window to comb them out before they become mature enough to lay eggs. Ideally you would then nit comb once a week for a good while at least to check no reinfesting from school.

I tried chemicals, but pain in the arse combing and conditioning for weeks seemed to be what cleared them out.

Once you've got rid make sure DD's hair is tied back or preferably plaited (assuming long enough) for school and lightly spray with cheap hairspray, makes it much harder for the lice to get into her hair.

You can get a free nitty gritty on minor ailments from the chemist.