Lice Treatment & Lice Removal Service in Orlando, Florida

From a bungalow in College Park to a new build in Horizon West, LiceDoctors brings lice removal to the house instead of asking you to haul the kids somewhere. A trained technician comes to your home, and same-day appointments are usually available, anywhere from Apopka down to St. Cloud.

One visit covers the household. The technician looks over everyone who lives there, treats anybody found to have lice and bills by the hour rather than by the head. You finish up with a simple routine at home, and our 30-day guarantee applies: keep to the routine, and if lice show up again inside 30 days, the return treatment costs you nothing.

Call LiceDoctors Orlando: (407) 505-4259 or book online.

Where technicians go across Orange, Seminole and Osceola counties

Inside the city limits, technicians visit homes from Thornton Park and Lake Eola Heights near downtown out to Baldwin Park, Audubon Park, College Park, MetroWest and Lake Nona. A lot of what people call Orlando sits in unincorporated Orange County, though, and those addresses are just as routine for us: Dr. Phillips, Pine Hills, Hunters Creek, Meadow Woods and Alafaya on the east side near UCF. Waterford Lakes and Avalon Park, also out east, are covered too.

Housing here runs from older bungalows and lakefront homes to gated subdivisions, townhomes and large apartment complexes, and the visit is the same in each one. Downtown condo towers are on the list as well; just tell us about the concierge desk or the parking garage. If you are not sure your neighborhood counts, give the cross streets or ZIP code when you call.

Winter Park, Maitland and Seminole County

Heading north, we come to Winter Park and Maitland, then across the county line to Altamonte Springs, Casselberry, Longwood, Winter Springs, Oviedo, Lake Mary and Sanford. Past the St. Johns River in Volusia County, Deltona has a page of its own.

Kissimmee, St. Cloud and the west side

To the south, Kissimmee also has its own page, and we reach St. Cloud and Celebration in Osceola County as well. On the west side, families in Ocoee, Winter Garden, Windermere and Horizon West book through this page, as do households in Apopka to the northwest and Clermont over the Lake County line.

Drives of up to 30 miles are folded into the hourly rate; anything longer means a two-hour minimum. Central Florida spreads out, so if you live toward Clermont, DeLand or the far side of St. Cloud, raise it on the phone before the appointment is set.

A home visit, step by step, in Central Florida houses and apartments

Gated communities are common here, so when you book, pass along the gate code or let the guardhouse know a visitor is coming. In an apartment or condo complex, include the building letter and where to park. The technician's car carries no logo, so nobody in the parking lot or out by the pool knows why they are there.

You can book by phone or online on any day of the week, Sundays and holidays included, with appointments that start early and run late. That flexibility lets a visit fit around a late shift at the parks or the airport, or a weekend tournament schedule. Same-day slots are usually open.

Choose an air-conditioned room with bright light and a sturdy chair. Each resident gets a careful head check, and every case found is treated on the spot, adults included. Here is what that treatment looks like. After a quick walk-through of the process, your technician coats the hair with oil, works section by section with a professional-grade comb to lift out lice and eggs, and then, once the hair has dried, goes back over it picking nits off individual strands by hand. A final round of oil and combing ends the session. The hand-picking is slow on purpose, since a handful of missed nits is all it takes to start the whole cycle again.

Budget an afternoon or an evening: a typical family takes 2.5 to 3 hours. One short-haired child on their own takes about an hour, and long, thick curls take longer, so mention hair length when you book.

When the work is done, the technician hands over the aftercare routine. It is nothing more exotic than olive oil and combing over the next stretch of days, and its whole purpose is to deal with eggs too tiny for anyone to spot on visit day. That routine is the reason almost every family needs only one appointment. The moment the technician walks out, the people who were treated are no longer contagious, and there is no need to deep-clean the house or haul every towel and sheet to the laundry room.

Technicians and recent reviews from Central Florida families

Four technicians serve the Orlando area: Reginia, Arlene, Rebecca and LaTosha. Every one of them follows the same protocol, and each visit begins with an explanation so your kids know what to expect before anyone picks up a comb.

Recent Google reviews from local families focus on how the visit felt. Kelly, in October 2026, wrote, “This was our first time dealing with lice,” and said her technician put the family at ease with the treatment and left detailed follow-up instructions. Victoria, in September 2026, wrote that her technician came to the house the same day to treat her daughter and was professional, informative and reassuring.

Arlene draws praise of her own. Gabriella, in September 2026, called her “Super diligent and patient” on a long and complicated case, and Kate's October 2026 review sums it up in three words: “Arlene was fabulous.” Another September review, from Angela, calls the service “the best one in town.”

School clinic rules in Orange County and beyond

In Orange County Public Schools, lice questions go to the school clinic, and that clinic is also where your child's return to class gets decided. Rules differ by district, so start with the one your child attends.

Orange County Public Schools

The clinic page at Lakemont Elementary, an OCPS school, spells out the district rule. It says OCPS policy does not allow a student with head lice to remain in school, and students with lice wait apart from classmates until someone picks them up. Lice and nits have to be removed at home before the child comes back, and the page says the child should be treated using a “recommended shampoo,” without naming one. An adult must then bring the child to school for a check in the clinic before class, and the child cannot ride the bus until that check is done.

In practice, the clinic check decides when an OCPS student goes back. Because LiceDoctors uses no shampoo or chemicals, call the clinic ahead of time and ask whether a comb-out visit meets its rule. Then plan to drive your child in yourself the morning after the visit, and leave time for the clinic check before the first bell.

Florida and national guidance

The Florida Department of Health's head lice page offers general treatment tips and does not set a school exclusion rule. The CDC takes a gentler line than OCPS: it says a student with head lice need not be sent home early, can head home at the end of the day for treatment and then return, and it notes that pediatricians' and school nurses' national associations, the AAP and NASN, favor dropping no-nit policies. Where a district rule is stricter than the CDC's, the district rule is the one that decides whether your child sits in class tomorrow.

Seminole, Osceola and other schools

For schools in Seminole, Osceola, Lake or Volusia County, or a private school, call the clinic or front office and ask exactly what they need to see before your child returns. Child care centers and VPK programs may set requirements of their own, and the director can tell you what those are before drop-off.

Wherever your child is enrolled, let the clinic know, then check brothers and sisters, carpool buddies and any friends who slept over recently. If the school, a camp or your employer wants written proof of treatment, ask whether a LiceDoctors note will do, then email the office after the appointment; the note comes back no later than the next business day. Our Orlando school lice policy post has more background, but the clinic has the final word because rules change.

When lice calls pick up in Central Florida

Nationally, the lice-treatment search curve tops out across July and August, then sinks to its low every February. Here camp season and back-to-school run into each other: summer camp lasts right up until school starts back in August, so a case picked up at camp can surface once classes are a few weeks old. Checking heads the weekend before school starts, and again a couple of weeks in, gives you a head start.

The holidays bring a second wave. Grandparents fly into Orlando International, cousins share bunk beds, and sleepovers stack up over winter break and spring break. All of that is close contact, and close contact is how lice travel, mostly by heads touching; sharing a hat, hairbrush or pillow is a much rarer route. Lice cannot jump or fly, and the dog and cat cannot carry them.

Itching is often how parents notice, though some people never itch at all. Nor do lice mean anything about hygiene: they are common in children from about 3 to 11 and the people they live with, in spotless houses as much as messy ones. A quick look at the scalp behind the ears and along the nape of the neck is a good habit after camp or a holiday trip. If you are wondering about the couch or the car seats, our article on how long lice live off the head explains why a day or two is the limit.

Lice treatment prices for Florida families

Florida uses LiceDoctors' standard rate card: $199 for the first hour, then $179 an hour after that. Time is billed in 15-minute increments once the first hour is up, and every appointment has a one-hour minimum. The rate is for the whole household, so the bill depends on how long the work takes, not on how many people need it. Checking a visiting grandparent adds minutes rather than a per-person charge, and when several people need treatment the hours simply add up, which is why most families land in the 2.5 to 3 hour range.

To give you a sense of totals, two hours comes to $378, and a full three hours comes to $557. A family of four typically ends up around $480. Sunday visits cost $20 more, and the big holidays can bring a holiday fee.

As for travel, the hourly rate already covers drives of up to 30 miles, and longer trips come with a two-hour minimum. HSA and FSA cards are fine to use, as lice treatment is an eligible expense, and your receipt can show a diagnosis code for anyone filing with an insurer, though reimbursement is up to the plan. Want an itemized receipt? The office sends those by email. See the full pricing details.

What stands behind every Central Florida visit

Behind each appointment are more than 20 years of in-home work, over 600,000 clients and a 99.6% success rate for families who follow the simple at-home plan afterward. Dr. Madeleine Sowash, MD, FAAD, a dermatologist, gave the protocol her approval after reviewing it; she is LiceDoctors' Lead Medical Advisor, and you can read about Dr. Sowash on our site.

It uses no pesticides, skips enzyme products and never involves a heat device. That keeps the treatment all-natural and chemical-free, and fine for every age in the house. Lice that no longer respond to familiar store-bought products are widespread nationally, so a method that relies on none of them makes sense. The 30-day guarantee covers every visit: if live lice turn up again inside the 30-day window and you have kept to the routine, call the same local number and a technician comes back at no charge. Families rate LiceDoctors 4.9 on average across more than 8,400 reviews nationwide.

It also happens at home, so there is no sitting in I-4 traffic with a scratching eight-year-old, and nobody in a salon waiting room wondering what you are there for.

If you found lice tonight, you do not need to wait out the week. Call the Orlando line or book online, tell us your neighborhood and how many people live with you, and we will find the soonest technician we can, often the same day. Gate code ready, kids fed, a good chair by the window: that covers most of the preparation.

Call LiceDoctors Orlando: (407) 505-4259 or book online.