Expert Blames Selfies for the Rise in Reported Lice Cases

Smile! The selfie, the act of not needing anyone to take your picture. Nope. Instead turn the camera around on your own mobile device and snap. Another way is to stand in front of a mirror and snap that pose looking at the mirror. How about when you are with friends, do you ask someone to take your group photo? Ridiculous, no way! Get close and take the selfie with them!

This sounds all fine and dandy, but is it a health hazzard? Some say, yes!

Let me explain, a lice expert Marcy McQuillan tells SFist:

I’ve seen a huge increase of lice in teens this year. Typically it’s younger children I treat, because they’re at higher risk for head-to-head contact. But now, teens are sticking their heads together every day to take cell phone pics.

Whoa! That will make you think twice before you take a photo with heads touching. You will probably be like me now, pre-evaluating hair before taking the next group selfie. You may even go to extent of trying to keep your head away.

Then, you have the selfie prank of announcing to others you have lice. This one guy did just that in a store and watch the girl make a move away pretty fast.