Head Lice
Holiday Head Lice Prevention
As we gather around our family and friends this season, joy isn’t the only thing we can be sharing. Head lice can spread like crazy during the holiday season as we gather in tight rooms, hug long lost relatives, and send our children off to sleepovers. Preventing the spread of lice can be easy though…
Read MoreCelebrating our favorite Holiday ‘No Lice November’
With the holiday season approaching, one gift families don’t want to receive is head lice. The holidays are one of the peak seasons for head lice as children celebrate with lots of hugging and close contact. Lice Clinics of America® -Philadelphia wants to share their Lice Free 1-2-3 message this month. Dealing with head is lice…
Read MoreJust in Time for Halloween: Head Lice One of Parents’ Scariest Nightmares
Did you know that head lice are the third most feared experience for parents? That’s right. Head lice rank third among parents’ ‘worst nightmares.’ More parents fear head lice than chicken pox, pink eye, strep throat and the flu, to name a few. Only a broken bone and a broken heart scare parents more than…
Read MoreWhy Choose Lice Clinics of America – Garnet Valley & Conshohocken, PA?
We have learned that head lice can infamously cause stress, disgust, and embarrassment for millions of parents whose kids get infested each year. But thanks to the latest Lice Clinics of America clinic, parents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania no longer have to worry about treating the icky bugs themselves. At Lice Clinics of America – Philadelphia…
Read MoreSafely Removing Head Lice
It’s no secret that getting rid of head lice in your family can be stressful and time-consuming—a real-life nightmare. Most do-it-yourself lice treatments require repeated applications, tedious comb-outs, and nitpicking, with no guarantee of success. If one nit is missed, the lice will return. So how to get rid of these pesky bugs? Lice Clinics…
Read MoreWhy Schools Are Moving Away from “No-Nit” Policies
When kids get lice, two of the most commonly asked questions parents ask at Lice Clinics of America® are, 1) why wasn’t I notified that lice were found at my child’s school? And, 2) why aren’t kids with lice sent home from school until they are lice-free? “The majority of schools have moved away from…
Read MoreHead Lice Love Warm Weather
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…
Read MoreWhere Do Head Lice Come From, & How Do You Get Them?
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…
Read MoreHelpful Tips on How to Prevent Lice & Eggs
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…
Read MoreA School Lice Letter Isn’t The Answer
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