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How to Identify Head Lice
How to Identify Head Lice “One of the biggest reasons that head lice spread among children is silence,” Marlene Weiss, owner of Los Alamitos Lice Removal and Torrance Lice Removal, explains. “Parents don’t talk about it, and they are unprepared when they discover their child has head lice, and often waste a lot of time…
Read MoreWho Feels Bullied Because of Head Lice? Parents!
October is National Bullying Prevention month, and while the focus is rightly on the treatment of children, parents can feel bullied, too, especially when it comes to having head lice in the family.A OnePoll survey of 2,000 U.S. parents—conducted in conjunction with Lice Clinics of America—found that 52 percent of parents feel judged by other…
Read MoreEnd The Lice-Mare Today
It’s no secret that ridding a family of head lice can be stressful and time consuming—a nightmare that some have called a “lice-mare.” Most home lice treatments require repeated applications, tedious comb-outs and nitpicking, with no guarantee of success. If one nit is missed, the lice will return. Los Alamitos Lice Removal and Torrance Lice…
Read MoreUnexpected Ways You Can Get Head Lice
11 Unexpected Ways You Can Get Head Lice You know that lice can spread quickly—but do you know how and where? Here are the actual ways the tiny parasites travel from person to person. Attending a family reunion Family get-togethers are wonderful, but they are also a great excuse for relatives to squeeze together for…
Read MoreWhat To Tell Other Parents
Parents don’t like to talk about lice because of all the false stereotypes associated with lice. “only poor people get lice.” “only dirty people get lice.” Everyone likes to blame the school for being “dirty.” That’s a shame, because communication is one of the most effective ways to prevent lice outbreaks. Also, just about every…
Read MoreSending Your Child Back to School After They Have Lice
This Is When You Can Send Your Child Back to School After They Have Lice August 9, 2018 by Angela Anagnost-Repke “Your child has lice.” These are words that every parent dreads. Just the thought of lice on anyone’s head makes me itch all over my body and want to take a match to my…
Read MoreLice: Talking with the School
The best time to talk to school officials about head lice is before there is an outbreak in the school—like at the beginning of school year—when no one is in a state of crisis. Schools have been dealing with head lice for decades and most have a procedure for dealing with outbreaks. Find out what…
Read MorePreventative Steps to Avoid Getting Lice
What are some preventative steps to take in order to avoid a lice infestation in the future? CONTROL YOUR ENVIRONMENT Head lice cannot hop, jump, or fly. They only crawl. To reduce the chances of getting head lice from another person or from items that may have lice on them, we recommend you: 1) Avoid head-to-head…
Read MorePopping an Egg After Treatment-A Chicken Does Not Come out of A Hard Boiled Egg
Q: After treatment, we see a few eggs that can be popped. Is there anyway to identify if these nits are dead or alive? A: We receive calls after treatment insisting they still have lice because they can pop the egg. There is no way to look at a nit with the naked eye and determine…
Read More25 Chemicals in Lice Products Linked to Health Problems in Children
25Chemicals in Lice Products Linked to Health Problems in Children Pyrethroids are a class of chemicals used in insecticides, including the most popular head lice medications. A new study in the Occupational and Environmental Medicine reports what many had feared for decades—that “exposure to certain pyrethroids, at environmental levels, may negatively affect neurobehavioral development by…
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