Lice Infection - How to cure Lice Infection?
Lice infestation is common among women and school children. Any slackness in cleanliness breeds lice. It's a parasitic grey insect with six feet. It turns brownish after sucking the blood which it does with two small trunk-like whiskers. Long hair are more prone to lice infestation.
Avoid using towels, soap or comb of a person having lice. The adult louse runs from one scalp to another sticking eggs on the hair. The nit can be slid along the hair but not pulled off.
The lice can be killed with a single application of 1% gammabenzine hexachloride or 2% DDT emulsion or 25% benzyl benzoate emulsion. The scalp should be washed after 24 hours and the nits should be carefully removed with a comb as the ova are unaffected by these agents. The treatment may have to be repeated after every ten days.
Body lice (pediculosis corporis) reside in the seams of clothing and not on the skin's surface. The clothes should be thoroughly powdered with 10% DDT powder or should be boiled for 10 to 15 minutes. The itchy skin lesions respond to soothing agents like calamine lotion which should be applied after a hot bath.
Solution for Lice Infection
• An anti-lice oil can be mixed with coconut or mustard oil and 0.2% lindane (BHC) or 0.1% prethrum essence. This oil can be rubbed well into the scalp to kill lice. The ingredients can be purchased from a chemical dealer.
• Mix talcum powder with 0.2% prethrum dust (or add 10% DDT). Sprinkle 1 powder on the hair before going to bed. Rub it vigorously to that it reaches, roots. Cover your eyes, nose and mouth to protect them from the powder .
• Anti-louse lotion, either gamma benzene hexachloride or cream (Lorex Gammexane) or malathion (Prioderma) kills the eggs, which can be removed with a fine-toothed comb. Let it remain for 24 hours.
Hair Roots - What are the benefits of Hair Root cell color?
Before we go any further, let's return to the follicles, which contain the bulb-shaped roots of your hairs. These are nourished by tiny capillaries that carry minerals, proteins, vitamins, fats and carbohydrates. It is here, at the root, that newly dividing cells force older cells upward, where they die and harden into the hair shaft (the hair shaft is the visible part of the hair. It is a synonym of hair strand, the individual hairs that grace most of our heads).
The hair shaft has three layers: the cuticle, the cortex and the medulla. If you look closely at the cuticle under a microscopic, you'll see that it is made up of layers of colorless, tightly overlapping tiles, much like a tile roof. The cuticle is the strongest part of the hair fiber and protects the fragile inner cortex. The cortex is comprised of a hard protein called keratin. It is also the place where melanin - your hair's natural pigment - is located. The medulla - which for an unexplainable reason some people's hair happens not to have - does not extend all the way to the hair's tip. Though the medulla contains a small amount of pigment, it is essentially colorless; it does, however, help reflect the light that travels through the translucent cuticle and cortex.
Depending on your hair's natural color, it contains one or two different types of melanin: eumalin is the most common and is responsible for darker hair shades, including chestnut, coffee and black, while phaeomelanin contributes to light and reddish tones such as blonde, caramel, ginger and auburn.
A complex system in your skin works to produce, maintain and replace your body's hair.
