Hair Loss Cure

Head lice is hardly a very prepossessing topic of conversation, however it is an ineluctable fact of life that head lice and other parasites do exist even with the advanced methods of hygiene available to us. According to researchers, head lice infestation, or Pediculosis capitis, is one of the most common childhood infections, affecting 1 to 3% of six- to 12-year-olds even in industrialized countries.

Researchers have now found that the best way to find head lice is to comb thru a child’s wet hair; which has been seen to be more effective than mere visual examination.

The study first checked students first by visual inspection, using an applicator stick to part the hair at the temples, behind the ears and on the neck.  In the second instance conditioner was applied to wet hair and fine-toothed comb was used to look for objects from roots to ends of the hair.

While the efficacy for visual inspection was found to be 28.6%, it was over 90% in wet combing of hair.

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