Posts Tagged ‘lice removal’
Almost All Lice Are Now Resistant to Over-the-Counter Treatment
by Laura Geggel August 08, 2016 Live Science The vast majority of head lice in the United States are now resistant to most over-the-counter treatments, meaning that it’s now especially difficult to vanquish the tiny blood-sucking parasites, a new study finds. Researchers found that head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) in 42 of the 48 states…
Read MoreHaven’t Gone Anywhere? Yes, You Can Still Get Lice!
Even if you have not gone out less often or even not at all, you can still get head lice. All head lice need is a strand of hair and warm scalp to live on. So you just have to ask yourself have you or your child been around ANYONE in the past few weeks…
Read More5 Head Lice Facts
Head lice has many myths, stereotypes, and causes shock and disbelief for many. No one wants head lice, never thinks it will happen to them, and never happens at a good time. Here are 5 Head Lice Facts You Need to know. 1) Head lice is the second reason children miss school, behind the common…
Read MoreHow To Get Rid of Lice Eggs
If you are asking that question you are asking THE most important question for treating head lice. Why? Because lice eggs are very small-the size of a grain of sand, they are glued and bonded to the hair shaft very close to the scalp, outside products cannot penetrate their shell, and they do not move.…
Read MoreDo I Have Head Lice?
Sometimes it is hard to know if you have head lice. Self-diagnosis is tricky unless you happen to see them crawling around on your scalp. The best thing to do to find out if you have head lice is to find someone help look for them. You can certainly do it yourself in a mirror…
Read MoreWhat Are Nits and Lice
Head lice are parasitic insects that live exclusively on humans. They live on the head and they suck blood every 2-3 hours from their host. They like to crawl along the hair, they’ve got claws that have been especially developed to hold onto human hair shafts and they don’t live very long if they come…
Read MoreBest advice for someone diagnosed with head lice?
1. Get your head checked by a professional as soon as possible. There are numerous cases where the person is misdiagnosed. We always head screen each person no matter what they tell us or who referred them to us 2. If there is a confirmed lice infestation, have the entire immediate family checked and any…
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,…
Read MoreHow Do You Get Head Lice
Lice do not hop, jump, or fly. The only crawl. You get head lice almost exclusively it’s from head-to-head contact and not from sharing athletic helmets, sitting on couches, sitting at the movies, or sharing brushes. Lice have evolved to with special claws and they move very quickly and efficiently along two parallel hairs and…
Read MoreLice and Clean Hair
It is very common for people when they hear that somebody that has head lice to think or infer from that that it is a result of poor hygiene. That is a myth. In fact, lice prefer clean hair over dirty hair. Clean hair is actually easier for lice to grab. So when someone has…
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