Posts Tagged ‘getting rid of head lice’
Lice 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.…
Read MoreWinter Lice Prevention – Tips for Preventing a Winter Lice Infestation
Back to school time II—the January one when kids come back from vacations to school and day care—usually coincides with another lice outbreak in many communities. This is partially because families exchange more than presents over the holidays. Close contact with family members near and far can cause an easy way to exchange lice. Lice…
Read MoreWhy traditional Head Lice Treatment Options are a Marathon and Our 1 Hour Solution is A Sprint
Your Choice: Spend Many Frustrating Hours Doing it Yourself or Come to Our Clinic and Be Lice Free in about 1 hour? Traditional head lice treatment is a marathon, not a sprint. That’s because lice grow in three stages—egg (nit), nymph, and adult louse. Female adult lice lay eggs, which hatch in 7-10 days. The…
Read MoreSeal Beach Sun Article: Time for the new school year and, yikes lice! The answer is in Los Alamitos
Owner-Marlene Weiss, Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) and a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) with over 20 years of healthcare experience Yikes Lice! The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly 12 million children between the ages of 3 and 11 contract will contract head lice each year. That is one in 5…
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