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Worried about the cost of lice treatment? Don't be! At LiceDoctors, we offer family-friendly pricing to make professional lice removal accessible to everyone.
Unlike other companies, we charge by the hour to make sure you're only paying for what you need and for the time that we're in your home.
Here's the details on our pricing:
Our prices are significantly lower than many other lice companies that may charge as much as $800 or more for a family of four
FOLLOW-ON TREATMENTS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
If you would like a follow-up treatment for additional peace of mind, or if you have been re-exposed from school or family members outside of your home outside of the 30-day guarantee we offer discounted rates!
Jenna, Google review, September 2026
Kyanna was very helpful, thorough and knowledgeable and helped us immensely. Highly recommend.
Julia, Google review, September 2026
WD was wonderful, kind and professional. Easy to talk to, knowledgeable and so sweet to my kids. Would recommend this company and WD to anyone.
Natalie, Google review, September 2026
Sarah was fantastic- she was thorough, professional and calmed any anxiety we had about this whole process.
Sany, Google review, September 2026
WD was awesome!! Recommended 10/10
Elsa, Google review, September 2026
WD did a wonderful thorough job, a professional. Thank you so much!
Evanston Arlington Heights Orland Park and Tinley Park Joliet Hinsdale, Western Springs and Westmont Elgin Wheaton Downers Grove Aurora Lincoln Park Skokie and Wilmette Elmhurst
A Logan Square two-flat, a Lakeview high-rise, a split-level in Orland Park: LiceDoctors sends a trained technician to homes like these all over the city and suburbs to get rid of lice right where your family lives. Nobody sits in traffic on the Kennedy with an itchy head, and no parent has to learn nit-combing from a video at midnight.
A same-day appointment is usually there for the asking, and evening or weekend slots are nothing unusual. All of you get a head check, each person who has lice is treated in that one visit, and a 30-day guarantee stands behind the work, provided the aftercare plan is followed.
Call LiceDoctors Chicago: (312) 765-7266 or book online.
Inside the city limits, technicians come to neighborhoods north, west and south of the Loop: Rogers Park, Edgewater and Andersonville, Lincoln Park, Lakeview and Logan Square, Wicker Park and Humboldt Park, Pilsen and Bridgeport, Hyde Park, Beverly and Mount Greenwood. High-rises in the Loop, Streeterville and the South Loop are on the map too, and so are the bungalow blocks of the Northwest and Southwest Sides. Families out in Edison Park and Norwood Park, or down in Chatham and South Shore, are part of the same service area.
Evanston, Skokie and Wilmette, Glenview and Buffalo Grove and Northbrook each have a page, as does Waukegan and Lake Forest up in Lake County. Lincolnwood, Winnetka and Highland Park get visits as well.
Toward O'Hare and past it, see Arlington Heights, Des Plaines, Vernon Hills and Palatine, Schaumburg, Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates and Bartlett and Elgin. Park Ridge, Niles, Mount Prospect and Elk Grove Village have no pages of their own, but technicians come there too.
Just over the city line sit Oak Park, Berwyn, Cicero, Forest Park, River Forest and Melrose Park. Farther west, Elmhurst, Downers Grove, Wheaton, Hinsdale, Western Springs and Westmont and Aurora have pages, and Lombard, Glen Ellyn, La Grange and Naperville are served as well.
Around Midway and south from there: Burbank, Bolingbrook and Oak Lawn, Orland Park and Tinley Park and, in Will County, Joliet. Evergreen Park, right next to Beverly, is covered too.
The hourly price already pays for the drive, up to the 30-mile mark. Joliet, Aurora, Elgin and Waukegan sit far enough out that the trip can run longer, and once a technician's drive tops 30 miles, the booking runs at least two hours. Outside the metro? Our Illinois page lists the rest of the state.
Call the 312 number or book online. Same-day slots are usually open, and the team works early mornings, late evenings and weekends, every day of the year. City homes come with their own logistics, so a little prep helps:
That car is unmarked, so nothing parked out front tells the neighbors why someone is visiting.
Here is what happens once the technician is inside:
A full family appointment tends to fill 2.5 to 3 hours of your evening. If the only person who needs treatment is one child with short hair, it can take about an hour.
Before heading out, your technician hands over the at-home part of the job: an olive-oil-and-combing routine that clears out any eggs too tiny to have shown up during the visit. For nearly all families, that is the end of it, with no return trip. When your technician walks out, the household is no longer contagious, so there is no marathon in the building's laundry room and no bagging up every pillow and stuffed animal; the plan replaces the deep clean. A few nits showing up over the next several days is normal, and the plan takes care of them. And many specks that worry parents in the days afterward are DEC plugs, flakes of dandruff or debris, not nits.
Telicia, Eri, WD, Stephen, Kyanna and Tonisha are the technicians who cover Chicago and the suburbs. Here is what families wrote after recent visits, all five stars:
The common thread is steady, careful work and kids who felt at ease. Julia's note about her kids is worth knowing if yours hates having their hair touched: the comb-out is slow and methodical, and the technician explains each step before starting it. Natalie's comment is a reminder that parents get anxious too, and part of the job is explaining what is happening so the adults in the room can relax as well.
You can ask questions at any point during the visit, and the follow-up plan is walked through before the technician leaves. The reviews shown on this page are reproduced word for word.
Start with the state, because it sets the tone. The Illinois Department of Public Health's school nurse guidance on communicable diseases follows the CDC: a student found with live lice does not have to leave early. They can go home at the usual time, be treated, and return to class once appropriate treatment has begun. The page lists head lice as not reportable, and it does not mention a no-nit rule.
For Chicago Public Schools, here is how one school's family handbook spells it out. The 2025-2026 New Field Elementary handbook says the school follows CPS Health and Wellness policies. It defines an active case as live lice that appear to be crawling, nits ¼ inch from the scalp, or both. The main office calls the parent, and at the end of the school day the student is medically excluded until a staff member rescreens them and the parent provides proof of treatment. So if lice turn up at school, expect a phone call from the office, and your child may come home with information sheets.
That handbook defines proof of treatment as an over-the-counter or prescription lice-killing product, or treatment supervised by a health care provider. LiceDoctors uses no chemical product, so before your child heads back, ask the office whether the note LiceDoctors emails will be accepted for the rescreen. Other CPS schools may word their rules differently, and your own school's handbook or nurse has the final say.
Daycare runs on a different clock. IDPH notes that Illinois child care rules exclude a child until the morning after the first treatment. Before drop-off, ask the director whether the center treats a LiceDoctors visit and our note as that first treatment, since centers can add requirements of their own.
If your child is in a suburban district, such as Evanston/Skokie District 65 or Oak Park's District 97, or in a Catholic or independent school, ask the nurse which procedure applies there. Then cover the basics: tell the school, find out whether the nurse there accepts a LiceDoctors note (email the office for it; it comes within one business day), check every sibling, and warn the parents of your kid's regular playdate crew. Our post on Chicago school lice policy has more background.
Lice treatment searches nationwide hit their high in July and August and their low in February. The calls track what kids are doing: day camps and sleepovers in summer, the first weeks back at school, and winter break.
CPS classes for 2026-27 started on August 24, so for city families, summer camp season ran right up to the first day. A case picked up in July can travel straight into a classroom, and because some kids never itch, checking heads on the weekend before school and again a couple of weeks in is an easy habit to build. If the school sends a notice about a case in your child's class, check that night instead of waiting for an itch.
Winter changes the setting, not the cause. Lice still move from head to head, which in January means sleepovers, indoor birthday parties and kids piled together on the couch for a movie. Thanksgiving and winter break also bring cousins from out of town, and a cousin who shares a bed can share lice too. Lice cannot jump or fly, so a seat on the Blue Line or a CTA bus is not how most cases start, and a louse stranded on a seat dies within a day or two.
Know what you are looking for, too. A nit is small and oval with one pointed end, it looks brown when held against something white, and it clings to the hair instead of flicking off.
Illinois families pay the standard rate, which starts at $199 for hour one and drops to $179 for every hour after. Past that first hour, time is counted in 15-minute increments. Each appointment has a one-hour minimum, and a single hourly rate covers everybody in the household, however many people need treatment. There is no separate fee for checking family members who turn out to be lice-free; it is all part of the time on the clock.
Travel costs nothing extra for the first 30 miles. If the technician has to come farther, a two-hour minimum applies instead. Sunday visits add $20, and a holiday fee can apply when you book on a major holiday.
To put numbers on it: three hours, the long end of a typical family visit, comes to $557, and two hours comes to $378. For most households, the bill ends up in the $450 to $480 range.
Because lice treatment is an eligible expense, HSA and FSA cards are accepted. If you plan to send the receipt to your insurer, it can show a diagnosis code, though any reimbursement is up to your plan. For itemized receipts, email the office and one arrives within one business day. See the pricing page for details.
Over 20 years and over 600,000 clients in, LiceDoctors' in-home method holds a 99.6% success rate when the household keeps up the at-home plan once the visit is over. Dr. Madeleine Sowash, MD, FAAD, has gone through that protocol and approved it; she is a dermatologist and serves as LiceDoctors' Lead Medical Advisor.
You will not see a pesticide, an enzyme product or a heat device at any point. The method is all natural and chemical-free, so it suits every age, from a first grader to a grandparent. The 30-day guarantee is simple: keep up the follow-up plan, and if lice return within that window, the re-treatment costs nothing.
The same protocol is used in every home, from a Gold Coast condo to a ranch in Tinley Park. For a parent juggling school pickup, work and a toddler, not having to go anywhere is a big part of the appeal. LiceDoctors has also contributed to domestic violence shelters, including Deborah's Place in Chicago.
Lice found after school, at bedtime or in the middle of a weekend do not have to wait for business hours. Call with your neighborhood or suburb and the office will find the earliest time it can; same-day visits are usually available. Have everyone who lives at home there for the visit, since each person gets checked. From a Rogers Park walk-up to a cul-de-sac in Orland Park, the visit works the same way.
Call LiceDoctors Chicago: (312) 765-7266 or book online.
Yes. A high-rise in the Loop, a lakefront condo and a vintage courtyard building all work the same way as a house. Let the front desk know you have a guest coming so they can send the technician up. The car is unmarked and the visit happens inside your unit, so neighbors in the elevator have no reason to know why someone stopped by.
After the visit, a note for school is one email away: write to the LiceDoctors office and it comes back within one business day, along with an itemized receipt if you want one. At least one CPS school handbook spells out what counts as proof of treatment, so ask the office or nurse whether the note will be accepted before your child goes back for the rescreen.
The Illinois Department of Public Health notes that state child care rules exclude a child with lice until the morning after the first treatment, so the next morning is the earliest return under that rule. Whether a LiceDoctors visit and note count as that first treatment is the director's call, and centers can add steps of their own. If they want the note, email the office; it arrives within one business day.
There is no extra travel charge until the drive passes 30 miles. If your technician has to go farther than that to reach you, which can happen in the outer suburbs, the visit carries a two-hour minimum instead of the usual one-hour minimum. Joliet and Aurora have their own pages, and Naperville families are served too.
It is unlikely. Lice get around by crawling from one head to another during close contact; shared hats, brushes and pillows matter far less. Lice have no way to jump or fly between riders, and one left on a seat lives a day or two at most. Close play, like kids leaning together over a tablet or sharing a bed at a sleepover, is the more common route.
Yes. A nanny or sitter who is in the home when the technician arrives can sit for a head check right after the kids, and if they have lice, they are treated in the same appointment. Billing is by the clock, not by the head, so one more check adds only the minutes it takes.
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