Head Lice in Denial
It is sometimes very difficult to detect head lice. In Chicago, we recently did a Free Lice screening for a school in need. They have had many Lice cases reported and they needed help identifying who indeed had Lice and consequently inform the parents. Our professionally trained lice removal technicians screened all students and teachers. We gave free educational materials on Head Lice along with Educational Parent letters on how to deal with this pesky parasite. The next day we had a parent come in to our salon with a Hair Fairies parent letter. At the school screening, our technician taped the child’s nit attached to the hair shaft (that was found at the Lice screening) to the Parent Letter. The parent was confused as to what this was. To her understanding, she always believed nits (eggs) were white in color. But actually nits are always a shade of brown once placed on a white back drop…and always the same shape and size. Once we showed her samples of other nits and bugs she started second guessing herself. She also thought Head Lice jump and fly. After seeing our samples she also understood how they do not have back legs to jump or wings to fly. The The mom was so dumbfounded at this NEW information she said she was going to get a second opinion and will continue to check her daughter. We wished her the beast of luck and we even gave her a free screening card. She can come in to the salon and our trained professionals can not only get rid of head lice but also help identify Head Lice. Identifying head lice is half the battle. Once you have a trained eye (with techniques that will safeguard you from missing anything) you are ready to efficiently start the lice removal process.
March 15th is our free lice screening day. Hair Fairies does free screening once a month. Please check our website monthly for future screenings.