Patent ID: 8474176

Claim:
A method for removing nits, eggs, and lice from human hair comprising the steps of: providing a pair of abrasive pads, one of said pair of abrasive pads being secured to an inner surface of one tong of a pair of tongs, the other of said pair of abrasive pads being secured to an inner surface of another tong of said pair of tongs, each of said pair of abrasive pads being fabricated from a nonwoven fibrous material at least partially coated with an inorganic abrasive particulate material; placing nit-laden hair shafts between opposed pads of abrasive material; biasing the pads toward one another such that the shafts are cooperatively engaged therebetween; and mechanically stripping the nits from the hair shafts by moving the opposed pads engaging the hair along a length of the hair.