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Ugh . . . Lice
shmokes:
Yeah, just vacuumed all the floors and furniture. On way to laundromat now. The wash room in my building just doesn't have the capacity for a job this size. Sheets, stuffed animals, coats, clothes, hats, scarves, blankets.
stu33:
Oh man...bad memories there...I still have a couple sealed up garbage bags in my attic of stuffed animals from my daughter's room from the last infestation, at least 6 years ago...pretty sure the bugs/eggs are dead by now...
Well Fed Games:
Blah... my daughter's in preschool and my wife teaches at yet another preschool, so I imagine it is only a matter of time... thankfully I shave my head already, but it is going to be a mess when it inevitably happens.
shmokes:
Catching them yourself wouldn't be that big a deal. First, you likely won't. Kids are way more prone. My wife checked me and I ran the comb through my hair and I don't appear to have any. If I did I'd just do the treatment (thanks for the recommendation crash, I picked up some of that spray--we'll see how it works). The big pain is all the hassle of getting rid of them from the house and kid. The wife is probably a lot more likely to have them. I haven't checked her yet. But she shares a brush with my daughter every day. Fortunately I do my hair with my hands so I don't have that exposure. On the other hand, I lie with my daughter in bed for an hour every night doing story time, so I'd think an opportunistic louse wouldn't have had any trouble changing cars.
hypernova:
NEVER EVER EVER SHARE BRUSHES!!!! Make sure each family member has their own brush/comb!
Our now 13 yo has had it about 4 times. One time about 5 or so years ago. During this past summer all the women in the family kept getting repeat infestations - wife and both daughters. Weren't quite killing them. Wife was being stubborn, and never followed the directions on the OTC stuff. Never waited the full week to reapply, or didn't reapply at all. After a few months of on and off again infestations in the three of them (my hair is only about 3mm long, so I don't have an issue with it) we finally got them all when we followed the directions and waited the 7-10 days.
Lice need to live near the head, within about a 1/4", I believe. They can only live off the head for about 3 or so days (IIRC). The eggs cannot survive away from a head for longer than about 7-10 days. If you can survive without certain sheets and such for about a month, then you don't necessarily need to wash them all.
Oh, and our 13 yo just got another batch of 'em. I don't like her friends anymore. One of 'em has a problem, because she's getting these f'ing things from somebody.
We use LiceMD. It's fairly sloppy and gooey, but it works well. Screw Nix. That stuff doesn't work.
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