Head lice, otherwise known as nits or kutis, is one of the most frustrating medical conditions parents have to face. Dr Bryan ...

Head lice begin life as very small (about 0.5-millimeter-in-diameter) eggs called nits ... Using a metal nit comb, apply a non-pesticide, silicone-based material like dimethicone from hair ...

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD When your scalp is itchy and white flakes are visible in your hair, you may wonder ...

A certified lice expert has shared the common misconceptions around head lice ... it will sometimes kill the bugs but it won't do anything to the eggs. 'It was the combing [the mayonnaise ...

so they do not drown, Ricketts said. Plus, a lot of the treatments target the moving lice not unhatched eggs, she said. And you could be missing eggs, no matter how tight your nit comb’s teeth are.