Learn how to tell the difference between dead nits and live nits or live lice eggs in 3 steps.


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A question I get a lot is, "How do I know whether or not these nits are lice eggs in the hair are alive or dead?" And there are three ways to know one way or the other.

COLOR:
Number one is the color, and it's not what you think. Probably the biggest misconception about lice eggs is their color of them. When they're very first laid, they're usually a lighter golden color like this. But as they get closer to hatching, they get darker and darker.

So they're going to turn into this kind of two-toned color where they have just part of it is a dark brown, and then the rest is golden. And then eventually, right before they're going to hatch, they turn into this very dark brown and almost black looking color.

Now, after they get to be this really dark color, they hatch, which means they come out of the egg. And what you're left with is an eggshell. This is what you're going to see that looks white in dark hair. This is just a leftover shell. This is after the bug has already left.

And these that are left in the hair that are white like this. This is what people typically call nits as these white shells in the hair.

HATCHED or NOT HATCHED

Number two, think hatched or not hatched. So the mistake I see people make often is that they'll see these darker lice eggs in the hair, and they will assume that the darker lice eggs mean that it's dead. Like, "Oh, this is black. That must mean it's dead."

And that's not true. Instead of thinking of lice, eggs, and nits as whether or not they're dead versus not dead, the thing that you can actually tell is whether or not they've hatched or they have not hatched.

So you think if something has not hatched yet, then it's going to be darker. It's either going to be like a darker golden color or two-toned or really dark brown or black like this. And the darker it is, the closer it is to hatching, so the bigger the threat. As opposed to these white-looking lice eggs, those are just the shells left over. Those have already hatched, so there's no longer a bug in them, so they're not a threat anymore.

LOCATION:
And number three is the location in which you find them. Lice eggs are always laid within a quarter-inch of the scalp because they have to have the heat of the head to grow and hatch. Let me show you what I'm talking about.

This girl has had head lice for three years, and you can see all of these white lice eggs called nits. Further down the hair strand, you look up close, right up next to the scalp. Do you see these darker lice eggs? See how they're brown. That's because there's still a bug in them. They have not hatched yet.

So a mistake I see people make a lot is that they'll focus on these white nits further down the hair strand when those don't have a bug inside them anymore. The real threat or all of these lice eggs that are right up next to the scalp.

Will the nits ever come out of the hair on their own?

No, when lice lay their eggs, they glue them to the hair strand. So somebody like this, that's head lice for a long time, this girl's had lice for like three years. And these lice eggs that are way down here were actually laid next to the scalp. In her case, her hair has grown that far out, so lice eggs will stay on there pretty much forever.

And for most people leaving even those hatched lice eggs in the hair, it's just gross. So I always take every single lice egg out.

Now I know that sounds like a really daunting task because, in your mind, you're thinking, "I'm going to have to pick all these eggs out or try and use one of those crappy combs that come in a kit." But, if you want to know how to get rid of all of the lice and all the lice eggs quickly in one treatment, go to my website, MyLiceAdvice.com. There's a step-by-step video system. I'll walk you through how to get all of these lice eggs out of the hair without doing any nitpicking at all.

Either way, you're going to want to get all of the lice eggs out of the hair. That's the best way to get rid of lice. You kill every single bug, and you get out every single lice egg.

And if you do have lice and you'd like some help, then head over to MyLiceAdvice.com. There are loads of free resources there, including a free house cleaning checklist specific to head lice.

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