You don’t have to search with a comb to find these disgusting critters in this poor woman’s hair. Watching how bad a lice invasion can get makes me appreciate the effort schools put into making sure children are lice free.
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#1 The skin-crawling footage zooms up close on a head of black hair which is dotted with tiny white eggs and boasts numerous wriggling insects
One woman, wearing gloves, parts the hair so the camera can focus on the tiny creepy crawlies scuttling over the 8-year-old's scalp.
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All over the child's black hair are tiny white specks - the telltale sign of head lice eggs - as well as slightly larger white bits.
Further videos on Mendoza's Facebook page show a hairdresser complete with cap and mask tackling the serious case of lice.
A comb bristling with dark hair shows the insects crawling over the strands while another image shows a pot full of hair, again filled with writhing insects.
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#3 All over the child's black hair are tiny white specks - the telltale sign of head lice eggs - as well as slightly larger white bits.
Head lice are wingless creatures which feed exclusively on human blood but are harmless.
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Lice favour the nape of the neck and the area behind the ears - as can be seen in the video when the camera zooms in as the woman searches for the insects.
They can live in the hair for a long time if not treated.
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#5 The footage zooms up close on a head of black hair which is dotted with tiny white eggs, also known as nits, and wriggling insects.
Karla Mendoza, from Mexico, uploaded the clip to Facebook along with numerous others images and videos of her daughter, Aranza, being treated for her lice at the hairdressers, called the infestation 'the worst case I've seen.'
'Worst case I've seen': Little girl with lice stuns hairdresser