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Do I have lice or am I just paranoid and have an itchy scalp because of dandruff because I haven’t washed my hair in nearly 2 weeks
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Anonymous 3w

As someone who has a history with lice and now have slight ptsd, just go through ur hair with a lice comb! Elevates the anxiety😇

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Anonymous 3w

It’s from not washing your hair. I just went two weeks without washing my hair bc I was sick and my scalp was SO itchy

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 3w

I’m having such a hard time telling if the little white specks are dandruff or eggs 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

Eggs will have this slight light brown sheen but they will also pop a little when u squeeze it between ur nails. Also, the eggs are gonna be hard to take off on the strand of hair.

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 3w

The thing is I usually go that long without washing my hair. Ideally it’s every week but usually it’s 2 weeks sometimes even three. It usually doesn’t get really itchy, not that I really notice but idk 😭

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 3w

Just so yk Unless you have textured hair two-three weeks is kind of pushing it hygiene wise. Your hair glands produce sebum (everyone’s do it’s healthy in moderation) and without a more frequent wash the sebum can make your hair very porous and it can kinda saturate the skin and hair follicles and glands to over produce build up in your hair and make it more attractive to lice in the long run as well. If you have textured hair I understand time frame wise you have to do things a little different

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

But I do recommend doing some scalp treatments or something if you keep this time frame to avoid all of that build up

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 3w

Ik it’s really bad hygiene wise I need to do it more often it’s just a whole mental process and I have such bad executive dysfunction. My hair is weird because some parts are extremely thick, coarse, and very textured and others are just a 2bish texture so it’s difficult to manage so oftentimes I just don’t. It’s rough out here 😭

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