Today I met a couple of delightful young women who just happen to have head lice. Thankfully, head lice has not dampened their charming personalities. I was so disappointed that I couldn't stay and visit with them - they were watching campy scary movies. It would have been a hoot! (Hey, I think something like Dracula would be the perfect movie to pick head lice too!) Head lice has been a problem for these girls for a long time. I truly understand how this can happen as head lice are not to be underestimated in their resilience. When we are young, our parents take care of problems such as head lice; small children don't have the information, the patience, the stamina, or the drive to deal with it on their own. However, once we get to the age where we start taking care of ourselves more - taking charge of our own appearance, our own grooming - we can probably learn to take some responsibility for dealing with our head lice problems as well.
My advice to these beautiful girls was to use the wet combing and blow drying techniques on alternating days until a full two weeks go by without ANY signs of bugs or new eggs. (You can read about how to do these techniques on this blog.) I felt these ladies were at the age where they could start to take charge of their own head lice problems (although Mom's extra encouragement is always a bonus!) In fact, they could help each other out - it's always great to have a buddy to help deal with head lice.
Ladies, enjoy watching the bloodsuckers on the scary movies and good luck getting the bloodsuckers off your heads! Call me if you have any questions.
