A hairdresser has shared a skin-crawling video of a teenager with ‘more lice than hair’ as the parasites crawl through her long locks and onto her face and neck.
Rachel Maroun, 21, a Sydney-based head lice technician, was visited by a 13 year-old girl with long brunette hair who had been suffering from millions.
Ms Maroun was shocked by the severity of her case when she arrived. She showed Ms Maroun her hair, which had ‘hundreds’ of eggs buried and lice crawling all over it.
Rachel Maroun, 21, a Sydney, Australia native, works in a lice clinic. She was shocked to see a 13-year old girl with more lice than hair strands when she brought her. While she was combing them, the lice started to come out in ‘wads.
The large parasites can be seen crawling all over her neck, head, and face in the video she shared with her TikTok followers of 1.7 million.
Before starting the treatment, Ms Maroun, queries whether she’ll have to shave the girl’s hair because the infestation is so bad
One TikTok user shocked by the comment about the girl’s hair being ‘alive’ with parasites commented on TikTok
The video was shared by her 1.7 million TikTok followers. In it, the hairdresser films the client’s hair, and asks if she will have to shave her long hair because of the infestation.
She wrote: “We have a huge treatment today so grab your hair nets, and let’s get in it.
So my first thought when a client calls me like this is “Oh my God.” This is a lot.
“My other thought is, can we shave our hair?”
Giving viewers a closer look at the eggs and the lice, which are seen crawling around next to one another, Ms Maroun adds: ‘Sometimes we do shave hair but I didn’t want to do that to a 13-year-old girl with long hair.’
The post, which has since racked up 74 million views, has shocked viewers to their core, with one commenter saying: ‘Her entire head is alive with them!’
Ms Maroun continued the treatment by stating that lice were having an absolute blast in her hair.
“I believe there were more lice than strands on her hair.
Ms. Maroun (Pictured Left), who works in a lice clinic, was shocked to see a 13-year old client (Pictured Right), who had’more lice then hair strands’. However, after three appointments that took eight hours each, the child was cured.
“There was no space in her hair so they were crawling on her face and sucking blood out of her eyes.
You can also see the lice dropping onto the teen’s clothing and crawling all over her body.
The client remains calm and plays on her phone while Ms Maroun gets to work, combing through the hair and scooping out ‘massive wads’ of lice – which she proceeds to pop to kill, using a glass tumbler.
The lice can also be found on the floor covering the shoes of the hairdresser while she works on her hair.
Finally, the child was free from lice after three appointments which took eight hours.
The hairdresser clarified that it was not a case of neglect – but that the child had special needs and ‘wasn’t able to communicate that she had lice until much later’.
The post became viral and was liked 8.8 million times. It was also viewed 74,000,000 times.
Hundreds upon hundreds of parasites crawled onto the teenage’s face, ‘drinking’ blood.
Ms Maroun rolled the large parasites in a glass tumbler once they were removed from the client’s hair. She then ‘popped’ them to show how much blood they had been contaminated with from the girl.
One person commented, “Omg how can it get this bad tho. [sic]
Another user wrote, “My head hurts,”
Another person said: “Please, the fact that she’s just sitting here feeling them all crawl of him is beyond me.”
Another user wrote, “Oh nah, we gotta gobald,” [sic]
One person stated that ‘Whatever you get paid is not enough.
“How calm!” She has lice running all over her head! Another viewer was added.
Another commentator said: “Christ this poor girl, her whole head is alive with them.” Glad that you were able help her. [sic]
Ms. Maroun admitted that the situation was ‘overwhelming’, but that she finds the satisfaction in seeing the final results is what makes her job worthwhile.
Jam Press: “It’s really overwhelming because obviously, I am sympathetic towards poor child that’s in that situation,” she said.
“But it is the primary thing that motivates my to do a good work because I know it means that I can make a real difference.
Ms. Maroun used cream in the girl’s hair to remove the lice from the hair strands.
“I felt a lot of pressure to win that case. I understand that the lockdown severely limited the family’s ability to seek professional assistance.
“They were dealing to a case super lice and the client wouldn’t let her parents do it because she was suffering from over-stimulation. They left it all up for me.
It’s very rare to have such severe cases, but it’s still shocking when it happens. I was shocked that someone could have them for so many years and still be able to accept it.
Ms Maroun stated that the treatment was so effective that the young girl couldn’t stop smiling and touching her head. She described it as an “indescribable relief”.
She stated, “Seeing her scalp was a landmark moment, but seeing her long locks completely clear was what made it so worthwhile.”