When we were discussing lice in funeral studies, one of the studies who had been a cosmetology student and came back for a different career mentioned that one of the reasons that black people don't appear to get lice as often as white people is 1) hair styles and the culture of community hair styling and 2) hair product used in black hair tends to discourage lice due to a difference in common textures. The more common white people don't use the same kind of product (I know when I use the deep conditioning stuff out of the 'ethnic hair care' aisle, it's completely different {works amazingly on my hair after the prescription stuff I have to use, though}) and that has a big difference as well.
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When we were discussing lice in funeral studies, one of the studies who had been a cosmetology student and came back for a different career mentioned that one of the reasons that black people don't appear to get lice as often as white people is 1) hair styles and the culture of community hair styling and 2) hair product used in black hair tends to discourage lice due to a difference in common textures. The more common white people don't use the same kind of product (I know when I use the deep conditioning stuff out of the 'ethnic hair care' aisle, it's completely different {works amazingly on my hair after the prescription stuff I have to use, though}) and that has a big difference as well.