Lice Combs
Lice combs have been around for tens of thousands of years. For example, they have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs. Lice combs don’t kill lice but they remove them and they can be very effective in removing head lice. There are basically two different types of lice combs. Plastic combs have short, closely spaced…
Read MoreLice and Furniture
Head lice live on human hair. Lice crawl down to the scalp and must feed every 2-3 hours or so on human blood and their eggs must nest on the scalp in order to survive. They don’t live anywhere else. They like warm, humid environments like they find underneath layers of hair. They are not inclined…
Read MoreWhat Color Are Lice and their eggs?
Head lice and their eggs tend to vary in color. From yellow to white to tan and they can be even brown when they are adults as they feed on the human blood. As an egg, they tend to mostly be yellow, clear, or tan in color. Many times they look like the color of…
Read MoreLice Shampoos
When people talk about head lice shampoos, generally what they are talking about is a product that is a shampoo or a cream rinse or a gel or a moose or some other oil type formulation that you mix in with your hair that is used to kill head lice. These products are usually available…
Read MoreCan lice fly?
Head lice are a wingless human parasites that are uniquely adapted for feeding and breathing on human heads. They have six claws designed to hold on very tightly to strands of human hair and they don’t like to hold onto things like furniture or pets. Their claws are only made to hold onto human hair.…
Read MoreYes, Moms Get Lice Too!
Lice do not hop, jump, or crawl. They have six legs and only crawl from hair strand to hair strand. 50% of the people we treat are children ages 3-17 but the other 50% we treat are adults, usually moms. Lice is spread by head-to-head contact. 50% of the people we treat are children ages…
Read MoreSymptoms of Head Lice
Symptoms of Head Lice Since lice eggs are the size of a grain of sand, do not move, and do not cause itching and live lice are only the size of a sesame seed and may or may not cause itching, you may have head lice and might not even know it. In many cases…
Read MoreCan Head Lice Jump?
Can lice jump? Head lice are a wingless human parasites that are uniquely adapted for feeding and breathing on human heads. They have six claws designed to hold on very tightly to strands of human hair and they don’t like to hold onto things like furniture or pets. It is just for human hair. They…
Read MoreHOY LOS ANGELES: Orgullosa de quitar piojos y liendres: “Hay mucha demanda”, dice inmigrante
By Selene Rivera, Hoy Los Angeles Lo que para muchos podría ser un asco el limpiar cabezas llenas de piojos, para Marlene Espino-Weiss es todo un oficio de orgullo. “Los piojos pueden vivir hasta 42 días en la cabeza, se alimentan de tu sangre cada tres horas y pueden poner hasta seis huevecillos por día”, dice…
Read MoreLice Eggs
The total number of days of life for a lice is about 30-35 days. Head lice start life as an egg that is laid by an adult louse on the bottom of a hair shaft. A female adult lice when fertile will lay about 5-7 eggs every day for about 14-17 days before she dies.…
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