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An electronic head lice comb has the advantage over many other solutions in the treatment of eliminating an infestation. While a dedicated shampoo has the ability to kill the live mature and young head lice it will not kill the eggs which are also called nits. The nits must be removed from the hair in order to be eliminated.
Removing the nits is a very tricky job. Not only are they minute they are almost colorless. It is possible to pick them off using tweezers or fingers nails but this is a very tedious way. It is almost guaranteed many will be missed and that spells danger for continuing infestation as all bugs need to be got rid off for success.
Wet hair tends to be easier to comb through. It makes sense to shampoo the hair first to get rid of live head lice. While the hair is still wet the next stage can be accomplished and that is to carefully comb through the hair to remove the nits.
A number of treatments are supplied with a plastic nit comb. The problem is because they are free they tend to be poor quality and soon break. Obviously a meta head lice comb is infinitely stronger and will last for years.
As good as a metal lice comb is, an even better solution is an electronic head lice comb. These battery powered gadgets are designed to make the job of finding and catching the pests so much easier. The electronic head lice comb is used in the same way as an ordinary comb. The difference though is that as soon as the device makes contact with a nit attached to a hair strand it will bleep to indicate its find.
Not only that, a tiny electronic charge will zap the nit to kill it. The very finely placed teeth of the comb trap the nit and detach it from the hair. The result, complete elimination of the head lice's eggs. All that is needed is a thorough and methodical comb through to ensure all nits are removed.
Theses gadgets are of course slightly more expensive than electronic ones but the advantages and vastly improved performance they give is well worth the small extra outlay. This type of comb can make the difference between successfully getting rid of an infestation and having repeated outbreaks as missed eggs hatch and reinfect the hair.
