Nauseating moment mother runs a comb through a young girl's hair and discovers an insane lice infestation
- A professional head lice removalist has shared footage of a client's infestation
- Sherri Richardson, owner of Nitpickers Perth, posted a clip to TikTok last week
- It shows hundreds of lice being sifted out of a little girl's hair with a nit comb
A head lice removalist has shared skin-crawling footage of an infestation in a young girl's hair after the blood-sucking insects bred unbridled for weeks.
Sherri Richardson rids children and adults of the pesky ectoparasites through her Perth-based business Nitpickers, and frequently posts tips online about how to remain lice-free.
Last week, the mother posted a video to TikTok to show how rapidly an outbreak can get out of control after finding a colony of bugs running rampant on a client's scalp.
Perth mother and professional lice removalist Sherri Richardson shared skin-crawling footage of a lice infestation
'What happens when you refuse to sit so someone can nit comb?' she wrote.
'You get over run in just a few weeks.'
The clip shows Ms Richardson running a comb through a little girl's hair, sifting out hundreds of squirming head lice onto the metal blades.
'This infestation is no more than eight weeks old. Look how many different sizes there are,' she added.
The video quickly went viral, racking up more than five million views and almost 75,000 reactions.
A follow up video posted days later showed the infestation had almost completely disappeared after a week of treatment.
Ms Richardson said nit combing one week later was the best way to catch any missed lice.
'This is the most effective way to end an infestation and keep them from returning,' she said.
'This infestation is no more than eight weeks old. Look how many different sizes there are,' she wrote alongside a close-up of the lice left in the head comb
Head lice are small, wingless, blood-sucking insects that live in human hair and feed off the blood in scalps.
An adult louse is about the size of a sesame seed, according to Healthline, while a nit - the egg of a louse - is roughly the size of a flake of dandruff.
Head lice are highly contagious and spread from head-to-head contact with an infested patient.
Lice can also be contracted by sharing tools such as brushes, combs or towels with someone who has an infestation.
Head lice are most common in primary school children who pass the insects to each other during play.
Symptoms include extreme itchiness of the scalp, a crawling sensation across the scalp and sores or scabs on the scalp from scratching.
Most cases can be treated at home with a fine-toothed comb or over-the-counter medication, but severe infestations should be presented to a professional clinic like Lice Clinics of Australia.
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