The first clue that your child may have lice is an itchy scalp. But to see the real evidence, you have to take a close look at your child's head. While you seldom see the lice themselves, their eggs, or nits, are easily visible. These grayish-white oval eggs attach firmly to the hair shaft. They're tiny, about the size of a sesame seed, and won't wash or blow off, as a flake of skin would.
Effective remedies are as near as the corner drugstore.
Here's what the experts suggest you do. Someone with allergies or asthma. A person with lice or nits in the eyebrows or eyelashes. A pregnant or nursing woman. The doctor may prescribe a different medication or want to supervise the treatment for these people.