Hakan is a huge Turkish oil wrestler with deep red skin and a strong accent. He has strange turquoise hair worn in circular curls aligned rather symmetrically on his head and a large mustache.
How long do head lice live? The life span of an adult louse on a host ranges up to 30 days. During this time, the female head louse can deposit about 90 eggs. After incubating for seven to 10 days, the nits hatch and, after another 10 days, mature into adult head lice and the cycle begins again. Off the host, adult head lice can live about two to four days at 74 degrees Fahrenheit (F) and one to two days at 86 degrees. Nits will remain alive off the host for up to 10 days; they will not hatch at or below room temperature (68 degrees F).
Head to head activities, use of combs/brushes, sharing hats, all can transmit lice from one person to the next almost immediately. Nits are either unhatched eggs or the remnants of hatched egges. Obviously, the unhatched eggs are problematic, since they will hatch in about two weeks and be mobile. Soon, they will be laying there own eggs. Nits are firmly glued to the hair shaft. The unhatched nits are within a 1/4 or so of the scalp. The nits do not easily transfer from person to person unless it is with combs or brushes.