Selfies are causing a HEAD LICE infestations among teens

• California-based head lice-treatment expert Mary McQuillan says recent uptick in teen lice cases is from selfies
• She claims teenagers are routinely putting their heads together for photos, sometimes daily, and this is the cause of the uptick
• Other doctors claim the photo craze wouldn't make much of a difference in the spread

In the rush to butt their heads together to capture a great group shot, teenagers may be inadvertently capturing something else - headlice! Health experts are claiming the selfie sensation is not just infesting social media but scalps as well, and has lead to an increase in lice among the younger generation.

Marcy McQuillan, a lice-treatment expert who runs two lice-treatment centers in California called Nitless Noggins, says she's seen a dramatic uptick in the incidence of lice among young people, and it's due, she maintains, to all that head bumping for selfie snaps. 'Head lice are spread through head-to-head contact,' she said.

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