Instagram customers seem to have questions and issues after actress Jenny Mollen shared a video revealing her itchy head lice discovery whereas on an airplane.
Mollen, who appeared in the movie “My Best Friend’s Girl” and is the spouse of actor Jason Biggs, mentioned she was mid-flight from Los Angeles to New York when she realized she had lice that was identified by a pal.
Her Instagram announcement, alongside with a follow-up submit, was shared by Mollen late final month however has made current headlines and prompted customers to hold forth.
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“The people on that flight. Ugh… poor them,” one girl wrote beneath Mollen’s preliminary submit.
Actress Jenny Mollen (not pictured) admitted she boarded a aircraft and discovered she had head lice, sparking social media customers to hold forth. (iStock)
Another person commented, “Itching…from here….”
“I hope you told the crew,” mentioned one other.
Mollen, who was seen with a plastic bag on her head in the video, mentioned she had been scratching her head for 2 weeks.
In a newer video, Mollen is seen getting lice elimination therapy and clearing up the controversy about flying with lice.
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“The airplane seat that’s a bummer for whoever sits there next,” Mollen mentioned on Instagram, the place she tagged the New York City-based lice elimination firm, Licenders.
She mentioned, “I wanted to be clear, I did not know I had lice until I was on the airplane.”
One person commented, “You should be banned from flying.”
“The world in its oversharing era,” mentioned one other.
Jenny Mollen, pictured right here, says she didn’t know she had lice when she boarded the aircraft. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images)
“Calm down, People! It’s just lice,” one person commented on the video replace.
Another mentioned, “I hope you told the airline.”
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Lice are parasitic bugs discovered on folks’s heads and our bodies and might unfold by shut person-to-person contact that transfer by crawling and can’t hop or fly, in line with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Lice transfer by crawling and can’t hop or fly, in line with the CDC. (iStock)
Christine Bonanno is the proprietor of Fairy LiceMoms, knowledgeable lice elimination service that has been in enterprise for greater than 18 years with areas on Long Island in New York and in Austin, Texas.
Bonanno instructed Fox News Digital through electronic mail that the most typical approach to catch lice is thru head-to-head contact.
“It is possible to catch lice while traveling on an airplane. You would not get it from the airplane seat itself, you would have to sit next to someone who actually has it,” mentioned Bonanno.
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Bonanno added, “the only place lice can live is on a human head… An adult bug will crawl from one head to another – you cannot catch an egg – only a bug.”
Bonanno instructed Fox News Digital that you may get lice whereas touring on an airplane, however not from a seat, for the reason that bugs solely dwell on folks’s heads. (iStock)
She mentioned the simplest approach to deal with lice is to comb out all of the bugs, and it is vitally vital to speak with these you might be round to allow them to be checked and handled.
“The hair acts as a bridge for lice to crawl from one head to another. So the less hair exposed the better. Hair tied back in a braid or bun helps,” mentioned Bonanno.
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Bonanno, who’s a licensed head lice elimination clinician, mentioned sure scents corresponding to lavender, peppermint, coconut and tea tree oil might assist repel the bugs.
Treatments at elimination service corporations like Fairy LiceMoms usually take between one and two hours however could take longer whether it is completed by somebody themselves.
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“We inform shoppers, ‘once a week take a peek,’ which means test your self for lice weekly, so even for those who do get [lice] it will likely be manageable and straightforward to deal with,” Bonanno mentioned.
