Is this headlice? Photo attached

[mnusername2022]

On holidays.
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3 kids, never had headlice before.
Saw this on one kid today.
Lice?
Do i need to treat?

I meant to say I did it every time I washed my hair.

If you have treated and are combing (if you can) then you are unlikely to pass them on to anyone. Just keep checking/combing fairly regularly. It's worth making an effort to send them to school nit-free when term starts so that at least you know that first outbreak of term wasn't your fault.

It's fine to find it hard to deal with at the start because it is quite gross, but like other bits of parenthood you get more efficient at dealing with it and less grossed out. Apart from runny noses, I never stopped being a bit nauseous when faced with a sneeze splatter. 😖

Also, it really helps to keep long hair tied back when at school or with other children. Some of the parents at primary school used to swear by mixing tea tree oil with water in a spritz bottle, giving it a good shake and spritzing over hair on the way out every morning, but it seemed a bit of a faff to me.

Oh no, never thought about the grandparents!!!!!

Looks like lice. You need to coat hair in conditioner. Just cheap stuff and comb with a nit comb. Do this every other night for two weeks.

Comb through, wipe your comb on a piece of white loo roll/tissue/kitchen roll after each comb and if you find anything you’re unsure about, let it dry out slightly then stick a stray hair near it. Apparently if it’s a lice it should, in theory, crawl back on to the hair.

My failsafe for treating my hair - hair dye. Seems to knock ‘em dead in one go. Don’t know what that says about the health of my scalp though 🤷🏻‍♀️

Put the 'louse' on your thumbnail and then put your other thumbnail on top. If it cracks, it's a louse.

Honestly, cheap conditioner and combing is the cheapest way of clearing them. Our worst year was when DD was in Year 3. She had them permanently. Hasn't had them since (now in Year 10).

I didn't get them until I went to uni!

Just treat and go about your week. There are so many potential sources at all times - it's just a part of childhood. Tie long hair up when seeing others and use hairspray - it's a good deterrent.

I use a tea tree detangler for my dc - it works as a deterrent as well. We use a comb conditioner through once a week and then treat if we find anything.

Thank you all

How often do you all wash/wioe down glasses and sunglasses of person with nits?

Hairspray - any benefit to ourselves or others to do now?

Or wait until free to prevent reinfection??

The free combs that come with the nit stuff are poor. Get a nitty gritty. On your photo with the arrows I can see old hatched eggs. If your comb isn’t catching them it’s not catching the lice. The treatment will have killed them though. More eggs will hatch so you need to keep combing/and treat again.

I also always get a massive flaky scalp when I treat for nits. So could be both dandruff and nits.

Good luck