Head lice are tiny insects that attach themselves to hair and feed on blood from the scalp.

While head lice cannot fly or jump, they can spread from person to person through close contact or possibly through sharing hats, brushes or other items that have been infested. Lice lay eggs (or nits), which hatch in around 6 days, making infestation an ongoing problem.

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Proper treatment is necessary to deal with head lice and prevent them from spreading.
While head lice can be frustrating, treatment is a relatively easy process. The key to treatment and eradication of a head lice infestation is to break their life cycle. It is extremely difficult to kill all the eggs present when the infestation is first treated so treatment needs to reoccur as per manufacturers instructions.

All other members of the family should also be inspected for head lice and treated if necessary. Do not share hats, towels, pillows and brushes.