White or clear nits mean lice have hatched from their eggs. Brown nits may mean the lice are ready to hatch, but they may also be dead, depending on how far away from the scalp they are.

This is because nits are adhered to the hair shaft very close to the scalp, and are too small to be dislodged by typical hair brushes or combs. Lice are caused by an infestation of parasitic ...

Marianne had a phone call she would never forget. Her daughter’s preschool called and asked her to pick up her child because she had lice. As someone who had never dealt with lice growing up and ...

(2) Look for oval-shaped nits that are about the size of a grain of sand, stuck to the base of the hair shaft, closest to the scalp. At times, nits appear to be the same color as the hair in which ...

During that time, they lay eggs called nits, which they stick to the hair shaft very close to the scalp with an adhesive material. Those eggs incubate for about 10 days, Nolt said, before hatching ...

You might also find live lice or lice eggs called nits in your hair. Lice move quickly and avoid light, so these can be hard to find. Signs of active lice in your hair include crawling lice and ...

Any eggs found more than about half an inch from the scalp will most likely be the nits, the empty egg cases, which remain glued to the hair shaft and grow out as the hair grows. Eggs and nits are ...

(Nits are not easy to transfer to other people, given they are cemented to the hair shaft, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And if they are found more than a quarter ...