Posts Tagged ‘lice’
Yes, Mom’s (and dad’s) Get Lice Too!
Head lice do not know age. They do not care if you are a man, a woman, a mom, a dad, a grandma, or grandpa, if you have never had lice before in your life, or you have had it multiple times. All head lice care about is that you have a strand of hair…
Read MoreHow Do You Know If You Have Lice?
It is very hard to self diagnose because you can’t see the top of your scalp or back of your head very well unless you are looking in a mirror and then it is even more difficult. You can have another person look at your scalp. You are looking for three basic phases of lice:…
Read MoreWhat Is A Lice Nit?
Nits are a head lice egg. They are laid be a female louse. The female louse lays 6-8 eggs a day over a period of about two and a half weeks. A lice eggs takes about 5-7 days to hatch then they become a nymph then fairly soon after they become full blown adults. Nits…
Read MoreLice On Clothes
It is very rare to see lice crawling around on clothing because lice needs to live on a head among a hair where the temperature is a constant, the humidity is high, where they can lay their eggs that get glued to the hair shafts, and where there is a presence of blood for their…
Read MoreDoctors warn about dangers and spread of eyelash lice
If you love eyelash extensions, you’ll want to make sure you’re doing this one thing, so you don’t end up with lash lice!By Samica KnightUpdated 3 hours ago If you’re a fan of eyelash extensions or you wear them often, you may want to think about the last time you cleaned them. Some optometrists say…
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 MorePopping an Egg After Treatment-A Chicken Does Not Come out of A Hard Boiled Egg
Q: After treatment, we see a few eggs that can be popped. Is there anyway to identify if these nits are dead or alive? A: We receive calls after treatment insisting they still have lice because they can pop the egg. There is no way to look at a nit with the naked eye and determine…
Read MoreWhat to Tell Your Kids
When your child is sent home from school because he or she has head lice, the first thing you should say is, “You didn’t do anything wrong.” (You should say this to yourself as well!) It’s true. If your child comes home from school and says that another kid in school has lice, you can…
Read More6 Emotional Stages of Lice
1. SHATTERED INNOCENCE: You receive a lice notices by email from your school. Your daughters best friend’s mom calls to tell you that her daughter has lice. The head of the girl scout troop sends out an email letting you know 5 of the girls have lice. 2. DENIAL: “This doesn’t happen at our school.” “We wash our hair every day.”…
Read MoreSan Bernardino Press Article on Los Alamitos Lice Removal and Why a brush with lice may be getting more common
Experts say growing resistance to treatments and the advent of the selfie may be spreading lice more than in past By DAVID DOWNEY / STAFF WRITER Published: Jan. 5, 2017 Updated: 10:55 p.m. Why a brush with lice may be getting more common Infestations: Reliable statistics aren’t available. Six million to 12 million infestations occur…
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