Head Lice: Head Louse Eggs are Tougher to Get Rid of Than the Louse Itself

There may be times when your kids come from school with a head full of lice. Many times these lice will spread like wild fire to all other members of the family. Unless you are aware of the fact, within no time the lice will lay eggs and the hair will be full of them, making it all that much harder to get rid of the infestation.

A female louse can lay about 50 nits per day and they live approximately 30 days. So, you can imagine the amount of eggs that they can lay if they go unobserved for a few days. To effectively get rid of the infestation before it gets too bad, you’ll need to know the signs and symptoms. The symptoms of having lice are acute scratching, a sharp stinging feeling from time to time and a continuous feeling of movement in the hair.

The Head Louse Egg is Pretty Lousy

Once you find out that you are attacked by lice, you can adopt any means to kill them from among the many available chemical and herbal methods available. However, most of the lice-killing solutions do not penetrate everything, especially the head louse egg. So, it is advised to repeat the process of killing the lice at least once every seven days to ensure that the baby lice are killed as soon as they hatch. Another procedure to get rid of the head louse egg is to use a lice comb and to manually get rid of the eggs.

If you think this is the end of the story, you can think again. The head louse egg or the nits whether dead or alive will remain attached to the hair. When they hatch, they will be dark brown in color and hard to find and this is why using the comb is very important.

The lice are easy to get rid off; however the head louse egg situation is another story. In order to get rid of them these have to be picked out individually from the hair. This is not only time consuming, it is also very traumatic because it pulls at the hair while doing so. It takes a very long time to clear the hair in this way and since there is no other way, it is also very frustrating. It’s also not fool proof, so don’t be surprised if it doesn’t work the first try.