When Should You Repeat Lice Shampoo? There is a lot of confusion in 2020 about how to treat lice. First of all most parents feel deeply stressed upon learning that their children have head lice. This leads many parents to use pesticide lice shampoo to treat lice. However the latest data indicates that lice shampoos […]
Lice Shampoo Frequency. First of all head lice eggs are impenetrable, and are therefore lice shampoos containing chemicals or pesticides have no impact on nits. Then what’s the best way to get out the nits? Especially relevant is that there is only one way to completely remove the nits. And that is to remove the […]
Lice Shampoo Frequency? Parents are at a loss about how to safely treat head lice at home. First of all parents find it confusing to discover that their children have lice without any itching symptoms. Secondly parents are eager to learn how to effectively kill lice without harming their children. In addition many common myths about […]
Lice Treatment Information Every Parent Can Use. Holy Cow, there is head lice going around my child’s school! This realization is enough to make any parent nervous. Because most parents are not sure about the best approach to lice treatment or lice removal treatment. Furthermore parents are put into a time crunch in terms of […]
Lice Transmission Head Touching. First of all the primary means of lice transmission is direct head to head contact. Because direct head to head contact gives lice the opportunity to travel from one warm scalp to the next warm scalp. This is especially significant because lice cannot survive once the temperature drops. For example lice […]
Baby head lice are known as nymphs. Nymphs are delicate and fragile and share several similarities with premature human babies. For example baby head lice nymphs need to maintain a constant body temperature and frequent meals to survive, just like preemies. The ideal lice nymph body temperature mirrors that of the scalp of an elementary […]
Lice Comb. If my daughter swims in a chlorine pool every day does that protect her from catching head lice? Actually no, chlorine pools do not serve as a head lice treatment or preventative because Head Lice are waterproof and their eggs are also waterproof. Consequently the best head lice removal treatment involves mechanical removal of […]
We have lice and we are losing our minds! Top 3 reasons lice is so stressful. 1. Parents are busy and don’t have time to spend long hours lice combing. 2. Lice stigma is still rampant in our society. 3. Parents are confused about how to treat lice, so they often use ineffective lice treatments. […]
Head lice look like what? Yes folks there are plenty of lice and nits around the Boston area this spring. First of all do you know what they look like? Nits look like little sesame seeds. Furthermore nits are always the same size and shape and also are always laid within 1/8th of an inch […]
Lice Removal Home Remedies. Can I treat my child’s head lice at home? I don’t want to use the OTC lice shampoo that contains pesticides? Yes, you can treat your child at home. It turns out that the OTC lice treatments are no longer effective in eliminating head lice in the USA. Lice Removal Home Remedies. […]
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