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Expert Claims Selfies Are Giving Teens Head Lice

Teens everywhere are smooshing their heads together in an attempt to capture the perfect selfie, and while that sounds pretty innocent, danger is lurking just around the corner: all those selfies could be causing an uptick in head lice cases.

Lice Lifters notes that though lice is usually found in elementary aged kids, we have seen a huge increase in lice cases in teens this year. The obvious culprit for this anomaly? Evil, evil selfies.

Typically it is younger children we 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.

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