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Our Answers to the Most Common Google Search Lice Questions

We took the top 30 or so search questions we have seen from our website over the five past five years and here are your answers: Do lice removal services really work? Absolutely! We cannot speak for other lice removal services but since our first treatment in 2015, we have a 99%+ success rate Will…

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Ineffective Lice Products and Toxic Chemicals

When your child gets lice, the most common response is to run right to the store and purchase a product that says on the box kills lice and eggs. Not only are over the counter (OTC) pesticide products ineffective, they’re also full of toxic chemicals and hazardous to your health. Choosing a chemical-free head lice…

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Best advice for someone diagnosed with head lice?

1. Get your head checked by a professional as soon as possible. There are numerous cases where the person is misdiagnosed. We always head screen each person no matter what they tell us or who referred them to us 2. If there is a confirmed lice infestation, have the entire immediate family checked and any…

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Jennifer Garner blames old lice episode for missing Clooney’s wedding

Blame it on the lice! Jennifer Garner faulted the little critters for not getting an invitation to George Clooney’s Venetian wedding. The “Men Women & Children” star, 42, who is married to Clooney’s “Argo” collaborator Ben Affleck, stopped by “The Tonight Show” and explained her family’s absence from the lavish affair last weekend. The mother…

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ALMOST ALL LICE ARE NOW RESISTANT TO THE OVER-THE COUNTER TREATMENTS

Almost All Lice Are Now Resistant to Over-the-Counter Treatment The majority of head lice in the United States are now resistant to most over-the-counter treatments. According to the most recent study, researchers found that head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) in 42 of the 48 states studied, including California, carry an average of three genetic mutations…

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Everything you (never) wanted to know about head lice

Even talking about them makes your head itch, but lice is a common problem among kids and big frustration for moms. The reality is that head lice has always been around but its just that nobody wants to talk about it!!! Did you know that Lice is the second most common communicable disease in children,…

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Treating Head Lice: Making an Informed Choice

Did you just discover someone in your family has lice? Maybe you know a family member has lice and you have been trying to treat it yourself for a while but the infestation continues? Products to treat lice range from over-the-counter (OTC) treatments, to prescription treatments, to a professional lice removal treatment offered at our…

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Lice and Clean Hair

It is very common for people when they hear that somebody that has head lice to think or infer from that that it is a result of poor hygiene. That is a myth. In fact, lice prefer clean hair over dirty hair. Clean hair is actually easier for lice to grab. So when someone has…

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Lice resistance to the chemicals in Over-The-Counter Shampoos: Journal of Medical Entomology Study

Expansion of the Knockdown Resistance Frequency Map for Human Head Lice (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) in the United States Using Quantitative Sequencing Kyle J. Gellatly, Sarah Krim, Daniel J. Palenchar, Katie Shepherd, Kyong Sup Yoon, Christopher J. Rhodes, Si Hyeock Lee, J. Marshall Clark Journal of Medical Entomology, Volume 53, Issue 3, May 2016, Pages 653–659, https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjw023…

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