- Sanitation: It is very essential to maintain a clean environment, so that lice do not get opportunities to breed and spread.
- Personal Hygiene: Having a bath daily, shaving facial, as well as pubic hair regularly, wearing washed and clean clothes, etc. are simple steps that go a long way in preventing a host of infections, including lice.
- Care Of Your Hair: Wash your hair at least twice a week and keep a watch for symptoms suggestive of lice infestation.
- Nails: Keep your nails trimmed always. Long nails can aggravate pain while scratching and precipitate secondary infection.
- Sharing Personal Items: Minimize sharing of combs, towels and clothes with friends or relatives, especially if they may be infected.
- Physical Contact: Children have a tendency to sit close to their friends, and playing too sustains physical closeness. They should be advised to keep distance from people / children who are known to have lice in their hair.
- Don't use a damaged comb to remove lice, instead use a fine toothed comb for the same.
