Who Gets Lice?

Believe us when we tell you that you are not alone when it comes to getting head lice. Millions of children and their families get lice each year. Children are in close enough contact to their friends that lice can be transmitted easily.

While most parents worry least about Dad having lice out of everyone in the household, occasionally as an afterthought, people say “oh, wait...can you get lice in a beard!”. We have been treating head lice for over 20 years and have only come across beard lice three times, out of over half a million cases we’ve treated.

Head lice is the second leading cause of absenteeism from schools, after the common cold. Anyone with hair can get lice. Nobody of any age, gender, social status, ethnicity, or hair length is immune except someone who is totally bald.