LICE TIPS

Can you get lice from a swimming pool? Does chlorine kill lice? Read the article to know the truth about these popular questions about head lice and enjoy your swimming!

At LiceDoctors, we recommend weekly head lice checks, especially for families with school aged children, however, there are times of the year, or a season, that head lice is more common.

What is about lice that makes even the most even-keeled person feel panicky?

A green clean lice fighting team: that’s LiceDoctors. We won’t say we are going green because that is how we have always been.

Occasionally at LiceDoctors, we get a call from someone who describes symptoms of either body lice or pubic lice. While we are experts in head lice, we are not experts in body or pubic lice and, therefore, we recommend that those callers contact their doctor.

How to tell if you have bed bugs or lice? Here are the signs that help you differentiate between the pests to avoid spending money on unnecessary treatment.

Several Schools Across U.S. Drop Their “No Nit” Head Lice Policies. A new trend is creeping across the country; schools are dropping their “no nit” lice policies.

Seattle School Lice Policy Tends Towards Leniency

There is great variation in school head lice policies across the country. One district may have a strict “no nit” policy while the neighboring town may have a far more lenient policy regarding readmission to school after a lice diagnosis.

School head lice policies are determined on a district by district basis.