Posts Tagged ‘head lice removal’
How do you get lice? Here’s who is most susceptible, and the truth about how it spreads
If you’ve ever parented elementary school-aged children, you know that a call you want to avoid is one from the school nurse notifying you that your child has been exposed to head lice. If such a call has already come, take comfort in knowing you’re not alone. “There are between 6 to 12 million infestations of head lice each…
Read MoreHead Lice DNA Can Reveal Details About First Americans
Head lice have been constant, if unwanted, human companions for as long as our species has been around. Evidence of this ancient connection includes a 10,000-year-old-louse found on human remains at an archaeological site in Brazil and an inscription on a 3,700-year-old ivory lice comb that might be the oldest known sentence written with an…
Read MoreMom refuses to get rid of her daughter’s head lice because she’s vegan
Usually, when your child gets head lice, you desperately try every method to try and kill them, ASAP. But one Aussie mom has taken the opposite approach — she doesn’t want to harm the nits AT ALL. And her bizarre reasoning will leave you scratching your head… (are you doing it yet? Same.) According to a concerned…
Read MoreWhat does head lice look like? Everything you wish you didn’t need to know about lice (but do) Head lice is hard to spot.
Here’s what parents need to know. As a parent, you and your children will experience plenty of rites of passage. Some are exciting (first steps and riding a bike.). Others, you’ll dread. It’s safe to say a run-in with head lice falls into the latter category. Head lice is a common and harmless issue, but…
Read MoreOldest known sentence written in first alphabet discovered – on a head-lice comb
Timeless fret over hygiene picked out on engraved Bronze age comb from ancient kingdom of Judah The double-duty ivory comb – bearing 14 teeth for lice and eggs and six bigger teeth for hair tangles – believed to have been made around 1700 BCE. Photograph: Dafna Gazit, Israel Antiquities Authority It’s a simple sentence that captures…
Read MoreSeven myths about head lice exposed. Plus how best to treat and prevent them in your family
ABC Health & Wellbeing / By Anna Salleh Bloodsucking head lice are more of threat to a parent’s state of mind than their children’s health. But this doesn’t make finding an effective way to deal with them any less important. The anxiety parents feel when they find these creatures in their kid’s hair has created…
Read MoreThe Claim: Washing hair with Coca-Cola will get rid of head lice
TWhile head lice is typically treated with special combs or professional head lice removal clinics, one social media user claims there’s an easier do-it-yourself remedy. A Feb. 25 Facebook post shared in a Homemaking Tips group claims Coca-Cola may “get rid of lice and nits FAST.” The meme includes a checklist of steps to complete, starting with washing 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 MoreAbout Head Lice in 400 Words (or less!)
s Do professional lice removal services work? Yes they do! Our two professional head lice removal clinics have been in business since 2015 and have successfully head screened and treated over 30,000 families with a 99%+ success rate. Even better, we take flexible spending plans and healthy spending plan cards. Sometimes, even insurance covers it. …
Read MoreEverything 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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