Lice at School

Lice are common as children return to school, find out why; chemical treatments don't work on Super Lice, but help is available!

Identifying nits can be challenging. We take out the guesswork; Offering expert advice and helpful solutions.

Is the trend of taking “selfies” especially among teenagers fueling an increase in the incidence of head lice? There are arguments to be made on both sides of this issue.

When I Can Go to the Pharmacy and Buy an Over-the Counter Treatment? Why pay for lice removal service? That is a question that many people mull over when trying to decide their first line of fire when treating head lice. Frankly, the majority of our clients have taken the pharmacy route and have found that the OTC products do NOT work. 

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Depending on where you live, there may be multiple lice treatment options. Cities like New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and others may have many such services. Because there are few barriers to entry to the lice treating world, anyone can set up shop. That includes moms who have finally beaten back lice in their own kids, as well as hairdressers looking to make some extra money.

We received a phone call recently from a concerned woman in Louisville who was quite certain that she had picked up head lice from her hair salon. "I live alone and work with adults. My daughter and her children live in Texas and I haven't seen them in a few months and they have no signs of lice. I can not think of any other way that I could have contracted it.

Although lice are more commonly found in females, each year thousands of males are diagnosed with head lice

Ariel in Indianapolis called us recently to thank us for helping her family to get rid of the case of head lice that had infested the family.