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[quote=Anonymous]Here's more info on the Robi Comb, I think I'll stick with a metal lice comb. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1123177/ "No effectiveness trials for the electric comb are available yet, but at least one general practitioner, John Charlton, says that the few electric combs he has seen have failed miserably and are not a patch on combing (everyone) three times a day. Ms Ibarra and colleagues explain that their main drawback is that they must be used on dry hair for safety reasons and head lice move rapidly away from any disturbance in dry hair, thus evading the teeth. In addition, anything caught in the teeth, including scalp debris, will cut off the current, allowing lice in the vicinity to escape while the comb is cleaned. The simplest and most effective treatment,,, extraction of the nits with ordinary conditioner and a lice comb...[/quote]
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