The comb is about one inch long by 0.9 inches wide and has teeth on both sides that were likely used to remove lice and their eggs from hair, similar to the two-sided lice combs still used today.

Curing head lice: Chemicals, combs or a little outside help? Melissa Levin of Dix Hills, owner of Lice Tamers, screens Nicole Gellers hair for lice at Lice Tamers in Melville, March 24, 2015.

Experts say no-lice policies — and in-school lice checks in which a nurse or other adult combs an entire class for bugs — don’t actually stop the spread of lice, and are especially ...

In fact, Wilcher doesn't recommend daily nitpicking if you're using a good lice comb and have applied a product to get rid of the critters. "I recommend giving it 7 to 10 days to not do anything ...

An ancient lice comb, believed to be from around 1700 BCE, has on it the oldest known sentence written in first alphabet. Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority 2022-11-12T12:07:28Z ...

Hot air, cold air, combs: battling lice is a $1.9 billion business. Treatment options are a $1.9 billion market — and growing. By Joe Carlson. August 26, 2019 at 4:26PM.

The first — and only — early Canaanite sentence was recently deciphered on a Middle Bronze Age ivory lice comb found during a 2016 excavation at Lachish in central Israel.

Electric Comb Could Zap Lice From Your Scalp. It's safe for humans, but bad for bugs. By Alexandra Ossola. Updated Jun 2, 2021 10:29 AM EDT. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter ...

In 1989 he and a colleague reported finding lice combs, dated to 1500 B.C. in caves in Israel. “I am sure that there could be more combs, older combs, in America,” Mumcuoglu says, ...

A seven-word inscription discovered by accident on a 3,700-year-old lice comb is the oldest known sentence written in an alphabet, according to a new study.

In the popular game show 25 Words or Less (now streaming on Peacock!), and the board game of the same name, contestants compete to communicate five target words to their teammates using as few ...