Nits

[Littleoldme789]

My dd (9) has worn her hair down for a few times lately and then she tells me there’s nits going around her class. I done her hair tonight and didn’t find anything. However when I was emptying the bath I saw this on the side. Does it look like a nit? Aibu to rewash her hair and go through it again?

Focus not good enough to tell. It could possibly be an adult head louse.

No it looks more like a very wet money spider to me.

I tired to put the zoomed in picture but it’s saying it’s too big

Can’t see any legs. But then a head louse will have nearly as many legs.

I wouldn’t do any more tonight. Just lots of conditioner and a nit comb for the next few nights.

Does it have legs? How many? Have you done a google search on “head louse” and looked for images?

Possibly, though doesn’t immediately look like one to me.

I’ve always found it easier to go through my kids’ hair dry to check for them. Use a torch to properly look, especially behind ears and at the nape of the neck. Google to check what the eggs look like first.

It doesn’t look like what I’m seeing on google they look like but maybe I’m just super aware 🫣

It does to me, right size and colour for adult louse. Get that nitty gritty comb going 😬

If they're going around and she's been wearing her hair down then I'd be going through her hair with lots of conditioner and a nitty gritty. If she has them big enough for that to have come from her, there'll be no denying them with a proper check. Good luck!

You can buy lice combs that have a magnifying glass in the plastic. Very easy to tell then, lice have legs and they look transparent under a magnifying glass, it's the blood in them that makes them brown.

I didn’t see no legs and I could squish it if you know what I mean

Nits make a sound when popped

You can't squish a louse they are hard on top.

Nits don’t come out of the hair when washed (or dry) unless pulled out. They are fast and clingy little things.

I’d invest in a metal nit comb and the next time you condition her hair whizz it through small sections just to be sure.

probably an unpopular opinion here but I wish nit nurses were still a thing, I’d absolutely do that job!