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Find a comfortable area for you and your child. Have your child seated so you can easily maneuver around him/her while checking for lice.

Examine the head under bright, natural light. Head lice may be hard to detect because they move quickly and are very small.

Newly-laid eggs are almost transparent. It is helpful to examine the head from different angles of light. This is easily done by moving around your child while examining.

Part the hair and closely examine the scalp, especially the nape of the neck and behind the ears.

To find the eggs & nits, look for small white or yellowish-brown specks that are about the size of a poppy seed and are attached to the hair shaft near the scalp. You may see lice quickly moving away from the sunlight.

To tell the difference between eggs and dandruff, try to dislodge them from the hair shaft. If they are not easily removed, they are probably eggs.