Some people believe that African American Hair is less prone to getting lice but is it true?
Well, the truth is statistics conducted in 1985 from headlicecenter.com show that 0.3 percent of African American kids get head lice compared to 10.4 percent of Caucasian kids in school. The reason for this is because the lice prefers more of a round constructed shape rather than a oval shape. Head lice cannot jump or fly, they can only crawl. And they use their six legs with claws on each of them for this very purpose. The main use for these claws are to cling to round shape hair and lice have difficulties using there claws to crawl in and garb onto oval hair making African American hair less prone to getting lice.
Head lice reproduces in just few weeks and one person can infect a lot of people around them. This is why treatment should be done as soon as possible.There is are a variety of treatments for head lice either natural or commercial.There are organic shampoos that respect your hair, but when you are treating head lice, repeated shampoos during several months will tend to damage the scalp. Then, most of these shampoos are effective against live lice but not against the eggs they lay. To completely wash away baby and adult head lice you have to use a liquid that contains oil. This can vary from olive oil to mayonnaise. The viscosity in the oil makes the lice impossible to breath which kills them off.
Although, I found this information very informative, I did not understand what exactly this had to do with African Americans. I understand that according to your statistics they have a lower chance of getting lice in their hair, but what exactly does that have to do with their race? Consider figuring out what in their hair makes their susceptibility rate so low and how that compares to Caucasians or other races in that matter. I see where your coming and how it relates to race, but expand on it a little but more. I was confused on what in particular this had to do with different races.
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ReplyDeleteI like your blog so far it interesting to hear how lice is picky and they prefer round then oval heads.