I believe my 8 year old daughter has hair casts. We have had problems with nits/lice before. After much research, I'm sure what I am seeing are hair casts. They are white and thin and are stuck to the individual hair starands. However they break apart and I am able to remove them with my
fingersAmputated finger
Amyloidosis on the fingers
Clubbed fingers
Cryoglobulinemia - of the fingers
Finger pain
Herpes zoster (shingles) on the hand and fingers
Janeway lesion on the finger
Kawasaki's disease, peeling of the fingertips
Nail abnormalities
Replantation of digits
Ringworm, tinea manuum on the finger by sliding them off. They come off easily unlike the nits which require my fingernails. Also she has had these for what seems like forever and they have never evolved into
liceBody lice
Crab lice
Head lice
Lice, body with stool (pediculus humanus)
Lice, head - nits in the hair with close-up
Pubic lice. She has dark brown hair, so I notice them when I am fixing her hair. How do I treat this problem? (By the way, I have also ruled out DEC.) Will a
dandruffDandruff control
Seborrheic dermatitis shampoo help? We never use hair sparay or gels. All she does is wash her hair and use a conditioner.
I have stopped panicking now that I know and can easily recognize that these are not nits, but I would like to improve the situation and eliminate them if possible. What can I do? Thank you,
Klkee