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In reply to the discussion: New York couple looking for nanny asks insane questions: “How often do you wash your hair” [View all]yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)13. No, avoiding close contact with an infested person is how you keep head lice away.
How recently you washed your hair has nothing to do with it. Lice will multiply regardless of how clean your head is unless you use a special lice killing shampoo AND use a special comb to remove the nits.
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New York couple looking for nanny asks insane questions: “How often do you wash your hair” [View all]
Liberal_in_LA
Jan 2013
OP
No, avoiding close contact with an infested person is how you keep head lice away.
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#13
Anyone who has had a kid probably knows this. Plain soap and water has no effect on lice......
wandy
Jan 2013
#52
The cleanliness of a person's hair does not determine whether or not they have head lice and
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2013
#5
Well, good for you. When my kids were in school they got head lice on a few occasions.
Arkansas Granny
Jan 2013
#21
This statement is why humans went around for a long time thinking the World was flat
snooper2
Jan 2013
#35
All that proves is that teachers are sometimes as ignorant as anyone else about head lice.
yellowcanine
Jan 2013
#47
Sorry, but they were the ones being pulled out of my classes to get deloused. n/t
Tempest
Jan 2013
#28
Depends when the child was born. My granddaughter turned 5 in December so she couldn't
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#19
Well if the response is "I've never washed my hair" then it isn't an insane question
tularetom
Jan 2013
#15
You know know it takes a special kind of person to take care of children. I sure wouldn't
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#22
Do they carry a portable sink around with them? Actually too clean can cause problems too.
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#34
I have never had head lice. I think if I did I would have completely freaked out.
smirkymonkey
Jan 2013
#60
After the nanny killing the children incident in NYC recently, I'm wondering if this was an awkward
DeschutesRiver
Jan 2013
#73