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Head Lice Life Cycle
Head Lice Stages Head lice are human host parasites that live on the head of humans and only humans. They feed on the blood of the human scalp and they do not live on pets. They need to take a blood meal about every 2 to 3 hours. They crawl down off the hair shaft…
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 MoreHow Long Can Lice Live
Human head lice don’t live very long at all. Their entire life cycle is only about 30-35 days. The adult lice needs human blood to survive. They suck blood and feed about every two to three hours off the scalp of the head. If they come off the scalp, should that happen, they die within…
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…
Read MoreOver-The-Counter Treatments: How They Work and How They Don’t
When a child comes home from school (or camp or day care) with head lice, most parents rush to the pharmacy and buy one of many available over-the-counter (OTC) head-lice treatments. There are a couple of reasons to slow down before taking this step.First, there is no need to panic. Easier said than done, of…
Read MoreYikes! Study Connects Selfies and Head Lice and It’s Terrifying
Yikes! Study Connects Selfies and Head Lice and It’s Terrifying Today in horrifying science news: most kids with their own cell phones end up with lice within five years. Insert scream emoji here. Real talk mamas: from the moment your toddler figured out how to swipe open your phone, launch the camera and push a button,…
Read MoreWhat You Need To Know About Super Lice in Southern California
What You Need To Know About Super Lice in Southern California We get it, parenting is no breeze. From shuttling kids, to cooking dinners, there’s hardly enough time to squeeze it all in. The last thing you need to deal with is your kid getting lice. And worse, parents in California and all other states are dealing…
Read MoreLos Alamitos Lice Removal Receives 2016 Best Businesses of Los Alamitos Award For Second Consecutive Year
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELos Alamitos Lice Removal Receives 2016 Best Businesses of Los Alamitos Award Los Alamitos, September 09, 2016 — Los Alamitos Lice Removal has been selected for the 2016 Best Businesses of Los Alamitos Award in the Lice Services category by the Best Businesses of Los Alamitos Award Program. This is the second consecutive…
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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