Gothamist: Heads Up, Parents, It's Lice Season!

AHT

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:09:24 -0500

Hair dryer. The heat kills the little buggers. Just be careful not to scorch your kid's scalp and you're good to go.

Rocknrope

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:35:23 -0500

I get deja vu when I read the third paragraph.

zodak

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:24:06 -0500

would you like to know more?

Tgirl

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 16:05:59 -0500

so, since most of us use commonly shared washing machines -ewww- how easy is it to get them that way?

NYLaughs

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:33:54 -0500

I cured it by shaving their heads last year. People might not consider it for girls, but it's natural, organic, and takes 5 minutes.

Peter

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:13:38 -0500

My head itches.

danno

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:12:36 -0500

Yup and yup. Two kids, three headsful of lice (them and the spouse; I was clean -- too much testosterone, I was told). There's a lovely and non-hysterical woman in Kensington (Brooklyn) who will do a careful job of lice-picking and teach you how, all without chemical shampoos. The *real* fun part is bagging up the bedding and towels and stuffed animals and whatnot and either washing it all in hot hot hot water or sequestering it for two weeks. Maybe a dozen kids (out of 500 or so) were sent home yesterday at my kids' public school. The real problem is that it's not like the chicken pox. There's no resistance to getting it again. And again. And again. Ick.

smarko

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:09:10 -0500

yeah, my kids had lice last week. tenacious fuckers, too. we were picking nits for days. it's really, really unpleasant. but it beats the shit out of crabs.

MT

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:39:14 -0500

At least one of your readers has kids (don't worry. I'm still relatively self-centered). No nit picking yet, thank God! I am still traumatized by memories from childhood standing in line in grammar school - pencil in hand - waiting for my turn to be inspected by the teacher. It always made me feel so dirty that I had to provide the instrument of my inspection so the teacher wouldn't be infected. Fortunately I never got sent home. I imagine being publicly culled from the herd for having lice like that must have been mortifying for a 6 year old.

Cacheton

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:38:03 -0500

Yeah, I have an old cd of theirs somewhere. The one with Gotta Keep em Sepa...wait, what?

Jen Chung

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:37:56 -0500

No--I don't want the next story to be about super bedbugs.

Future Taliban

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:33:36 -0500

Behold the REAL Sarah Palin when she wears no make-up.

DanielJ

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:31:15 -0500

The answer to your last question is no, we're all far too self-centered.