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What is the difference between head lice and nits?

Answered on 11th January 2016
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Head lice are the tiny insects that cling to the hair on the scalp. Nits are the empty white eggshells that are left behind after the lice have hatched. They look like dandruff, although they stick very strongly to hair and are not easy to brush out.

 

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