For anyone dealing with their first encounter with an infestation of head lice education is definitely something that will help them.
Sadly not everyone manages to understand the complete set of steps needed to totally eradicate the creatures.
One of the problems is that folks just think it is a simple matter of dosing the infected person with a good medicated shampoo.
Perhaps they indulge in a second shampoo and soak 'just to make sure they're gone'.
Well, there is good news and bad news there.
The live critters will almost certainly be gone, which is good.
The bad news you will not be rid of them and they will return within a matter of days.
How come? Juvenile and adult head lice have claws which they use to cling onto shafts of hair.
They can be combed out and a good dedicated shampoo will kill them allowing for their remain to be washed away.
Their eggs, however are cemented by the female to hair shafts and can only be combed out by using a fine toothed, specially designed 'nit comb'.
Fail to clear the eggs and the cycle of infestation continues.
Not only that, clothes, hats, scarves, bedding, fabric headboards and furniture also need to be thoroughly washed at high temperature or deep cleaned.
These little creatures do not have the ability to leap around or fly, however they crawl from head to head, hair to hair, hair to sofa, hair to pillow.
You get the picture.
They can be and will be anywhere, hence a really good clean of not just the victim's hair but other family members, anyone who may have had close contact plus clothing and surroundings.
While it may sound daunting to have to do all of this, it is necessary if you are determined to be rid of the head lice completely.