Well, I had my long hair fall into a waterbath many years ago, also into paraffin when embedding. I suggest shampooing with Head and Shoulders to prevent dandruff!! Gayle Callis At 09:15 PM 12/11/2006, you wrote: >Gail > >You left out dandruff, Im sure that is a prime source of non nucleated >squames on slides. > >David M. Peck HT,HTL(ASCP)