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Schematic of the regimen. Dimethicone (DM) was applied to subjects’ hair at three timepoints. Lice bodies and nits were separately counted, and (up to) 10 eggs were sampled for the calculation of hatch rate, on both day 0 (baseline) and day 8 (post‐treatment). The long‐term success of dimethicone in curing head lice infestations was evaluated 4 weeks after the final treatment using a telephone survey
