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3. Lice removal is a two-week process. There is no quick fix for this. You must comb the hair for two weeks to ensure every nit is gone and to make sure you are not contracting lice back from someone else.
4. It is advised that parents check their children once a week when they don’t have lice. This means sit your kids down, remove tangles, and use a nit comb to comb through the hair. If you find evidence of lice or nits you will be happy that you found it at an early stage.
5. You get lice from head-to-head contact with someone who has lice. Lice are found on children more often because they play so closely together. But this is a human parasite, not a child parasite. Any age, race, or gender can get lice. It is a human thing. It does not mean people are dirty. It means a person was in contact with someone who has lice.
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