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Haven’t Gone Anywhere? Yes, You Can Still Get Lice!
Even if you have not gone out less often or even not at all, you can still get head lice. All head lice need is a strand of hair and warm scalp to live on. So you just have to ask yourself have you or your child been around ANYONE in the past few weeks…
Read MoreCOVID-19 and Head Lice: 5 Things They Have in Common
Schools have enough challenges keeping head lice outbreaks from happening and no doubt will be challenged to minimize the spread of COVID-19. So with schools starting up this time of year that got us to thinking about some of the things COVID-19 and Head Lice have in common: 1.Not Always Simple to Identify the Symptoms:…
Read MoreYes! You can get head lice during COVID-19?
During this global pandemic, there are much fewer instances of being exposed to lice: no school, no choir, no sports, no cheerleading, no PE, no after school activities means less exposure to the outside world and head lice. Many people are also deciding to not go out as much for dinner, to visit friends, to…
Read MoreFACILITY CLEANLINESS-COVID-19 MITIGATION
At Torrance Lice Removal, the health and safety of our customers and employees is critical. We are here to serve you, and we want to share information with you about how we operate safely, effectively, and so you and your family can be treated in the cleanest possible medical environment. We ask that all of…
Read MoreWelcome to Torrance Lice Removal!
Established in 2015, our professional head lice removal clinic is family owned and operated. Treating lice yourself can be very frustrating, time consuming, and costly. You have over the counter pesticides, expensive prescriptions, and comb outs that take hours and most of these options are not even effective. Lice have mutated over the years and…
Read More5 Head Lice Facts
Head lice has many myths, stereotypes, and causes shock and disbelief for many. No one wants head lice, never thinks it will happen to them, and never happens at a good time. Here are 5 Head Lice Facts You Need to know. 1) Head lice is the second reason children miss school, behind the common…
Read MoreHow Are Lice Spread
Some people say I got head lice lying on the beach, sitting on a chair at the movie theatre, or wearing my friends hat. Those are very unlikely ways of spreading head lice. Head lice are spread almost exclusively with head to head contact. With one strand of hair touching another. And the reason is…
Read MorePediculosis Treatment
Pediculosis is the medical term for a head lice infestation. How do you treat head lice or pediculosis? You have the option of doing it yourself with various products that I will talk about or you can get it done professionally by someone that knows how to do it and can do it quickly. The…
Read MoreWhere Can Lice Live
Head lice live on the scalp. They have evolved over thousands of years and have adapted to an environment that is very, very specific to a certain level of humidity, temperature, and the presence of human blood that can all be found on the human head. That means they don’t venture from that. They live…
Read MoreWho Can Get Lice
Anyone can get head lice. Lice do not know age, income, ethnicity, if you are a boy or a girl, what you do for a living, if you have had lice before or if you have never had lice. All they care is that you have a hair strand for them to live on. If…
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