Lice love warm weather. It’s a little-known fact, which is why clients are surprised to find out that there is a high season for lice. There are lice in every school, every day; however, there is a “high season” and that is summer. This answer surprises most clients, as they think lice are just a…

We typically hear, people have an infestation at school and think that their kids can get lice just by passing other students in the halls who have it. The fact is that head lice don’t jump, swim or fly. Simply put, without actual strands of hair to grab onto with their claws that are on…

According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), there are an estimated 6-12 million lice infestations each year in the United States among children 3 to 11 years old. Lice can occur in school-aged children and adults too! It is important when a lice infestation happens in a household that all family members…

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The Great Lice Egg Hunt – Free Lice Treatment offered to families in the Delaware Valley. It’s that time of year again—for lilies, chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and, of course, egg hunts. Every spring, parents bring their children to egg hunts, where kids rush around filling their baskets with delightfully colored eggs and other treats.…

No Itch Doesn’t Equal No Lice SHARING IS CARING CAN YOU HAVE HEAD LICE AND NOT KNOW IT? While itching is a primary symptom of head lice, and most people associate head lice with an itchy scalp, many people are surprised to find they have lice but no symptoms—at least for the first few weeks…

It can take a long time to get rid of head lice. People have reported dealing with outbreaks for months and even years. This is because most treatments don’t provide the one-and-done solution parents are looking for. Over-the-counter (OTC) lice medications, for example, call for an initial application of a lice shampoo followed by several…

Parents get anxious when their children have head lice—the bugs are creepy. For centuries, head lice have been associated with (incorrectly, we might add) poor hygiene, embarrassing parents and heightening the anxiety. It’s been pointed out many times that head lice pose no real health threat to humans. Yes, the scalp itches, and yes, treating…

An article in the Daily Mail found that 8 percent of UK parents had tried to use Vodka to cure their children of head lice. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. People have tried all kinds of kooky, sometimes dangerous methods for lice removal. Why? Because they are desperate. “The mothers are at their NITS end!” The article says.…

Trying to keep head lice away during the holidays? As the Holidays are right around the corner, make sure you have you and your loved ones covered from head lice issues. We can see an increase in head lice cases as more families are bunking together and have longer periods of time spent together during…