But while they’re nimble on our hair, once they’re off, they don’t last long –they’re clumsy, uncoordinated and die quickly. The term “nits” actually describes the eggs of head lice.

But while they're nimble on our hair, once they're off, they don't last long –they're clumsy, uncoordinated and die quickly.

For as long as humans have had lice, we’ve fought hard to get rid of them. Nit combs, the fine-tooth brushes used to remove ...

Nix Lice Treatment & Prevention Kit provides a total lice solution product that includes a lice shampoo that kills superlice and eggs (nits), a lice comb and a daily lice prevention spray to keep ...

Lice have plagued ... they latch onto hair with hooklike claws and pierce the scalp to suck up a meal of blood. The result is often a very itchy head. Relief comes only with the removal of all ...

Apply sufficient amount of gel to dry hair; wait 10 minutes. Rinse thoroughly. Use provided comb to remove lice and eggs. Shampoo and condition hair. Repeat if lice still present after 7–9 days.

School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Commonly used chemical products aren't working as well as they once did, meaning head lice are harder to kill.