Teenagers don't get lice. People with short hair don't get lice. We really need one of those red 'NO' buzzers in the clinic. But truthfully, one of us would probably get tennis elbow from hitting it all day long as we dispel the misconceptions stated above. Teenagers indeed can and DO get lice. People with short hair can also get lice. In fact, they can be the ones who bring lice into the household. In this day and age, we have to let go of that old idea that the pre-K to 5th

Lice vary in size based on age, but not really in color; they are always translucent.