Success, maybe
May. 14th, 2004 08:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
danaerisWell. I just sat down with a movie and painstakingly brushed through my hair with a nit comb, after a few days of not having done so. All the previous times I'd done so, I found a few eggs, and a few really small live ones.
I found a lot of dandruff -- my scalp is still somewhat suffering from the whole process -- and I pulled out a lot of hair. But I didn't see a single egg OR live bug.
I did however see one live one on my sock on my foot. I tried to kill it but it fell off my hand onto the multicolored brown carpet. Bloody hell.
So when I had combed my hair thoroughly, I put it up, and vacuumed the carpet AND the couches in the living room. Before I go to sleep I'll vacuum my room again too.
For those who are wondering about the scabbing and dandruff... a common side effect of lice, BEFORE any chemical shampoos are used, is dandruff, scaley skin, scabbing, and even open sores and hair loss in extreme cases. In the case of large open sores, antibiotics are usually prescribed by a doctor -- the antibiotics not only keep the sores from getting infected, but it gets into your blood stream and kills the lice when they bite you.
Luckily, I haven't gotten that bad. I only had dandruff, scaly skin, and a few scabs. And it looks like I'm almost done treating it. Phew.
I found a lot of dandruff -- my scalp is still somewhat suffering from the whole process -- and I pulled out a lot of hair. But I didn't see a single egg OR live bug.
I did however see one live one on my sock on my foot. I tried to kill it but it fell off my hand onto the multicolored brown carpet. Bloody hell.
So when I had combed my hair thoroughly, I put it up, and vacuumed the carpet AND the couches in the living room. Before I go to sleep I'll vacuum my room again too.
For those who are wondering about the scabbing and dandruff... a common side effect of lice, BEFORE any chemical shampoos are used, is dandruff, scaley skin, scabbing, and even open sores and hair loss in extreme cases. In the case of large open sores, antibiotics are usually prescribed by a doctor -- the antibiotics not only keep the sores from getting infected, but it gets into your blood stream and kills the lice when they bite you.
Luckily, I haven't gotten that bad. I only had dandruff, scaly skin, and a few scabs. And it looks like I'm almost done treating it. Phew.
