While there are a lot of things that I knew to expect when having children, others took me totally by surprise—and postpartum hair loss sits right at the top of the list. Call me underprepared ...

This all made sense to me for two reasons: One, I had very short hair back then; and two, the conventional wisdom among Black people was that Black people don’t get lice.. Unfortunately, that ...

Lice don't spread the way you probably think they do. Here's what to know. As school starts back up, so does the number of head lice cases. But humans have been dealing with the parasites for ...

Between 6 and 12 million children ages 3 through 11 get head lice every year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a lot of itching ...

There are parenting problems large and small in this world, but one woe remains constant: kids’ hair snags. We’ve all been ...

Something to keep in mind is this happens to a lot of people. Julie encounters people who are embarrassed about lice and shared, “There’s no shame or blame in head lice.

While lice won't go away on their own, you do not need to spend a lot of money on products or services that claim to get rid of the lice. Cannon said over-the-counter products will do just fine.

Girls are more likely to be carry head lice than boys. Long hair means it’s easier for the head lice to hitch a ride. Head lice don’t jump or fly, they move from head to head via direct contact.

Hair thinning isn’t just a vanity concern, and it’s far more common than many people realize. Across ages, genders and regions, more than 80 million Americans experience changes in hair ...

The myth that Black people don’t get lice has some basis in reality. While about 6 to 12 million children ages 3 to 11 get head lice every year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...