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Can bugs or parasites "nest" in your hair? something keeps twisting my hair layer by layer to my scalp. long hair last month.... now boy short. can comb out length but then it gets short again. my comb touched something that spins really fast. help!
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Sometimes: Ask someone to take a look. Head lice are usually obvious. But be careful to avoid compulsive obsessions about things no one else can find.
Answered 5/26/2018
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