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After the initial stress of head lice is over and the lice have been removed, parents often begin to panic over the cleaning process. How do they make sure they won’t go home and get it again? Is their home infested with head lice now? Do they need to buy new everything? What are they…

Lice may be tiny, but they are mighty and with that come some pretty mighty myths surrounding them. For years, myths about lice have circulated. Like the idea head lice jump from head to head, when in fact lice cannot jump, they crawl. Or the myth that lice only like dirty hair, when lice have…

These are stressful times we are living in, being stuck at home for weeks now has put a lot of strain on all of us. Having to deal with head lice on top of everything is something no one should have to worry about. Unfortunately, head lice happen. It’s spring, children came from the close…

Head lice can be an uncomfortable topic to discuss, especially amongst adults. When it comes to neighborhood gatherings, PTA meetings, or lunch with the girls, the last thing anyone wants is to bring up the uncomfortable topics. Head lice is one of those topics though that seems to wedge its way into conversation at the…

We are a few months into the New Year and that means by now the appeal of the resolution making season has worn off a bit. Many of the new gym goers have stopped using their passes and reading their self-help books, but for a few it was the chance they needed to revamp themselves.…

Getting rid of head lice is never an easy task, and can overwhelm even the most organized person. Ridding head lice from your home though is a completely different beast. Cleaning your home after even one member of your family has lice is important, but how do you make sure it’s done properly? And where…

Treating head lice from home with the latest in do it yourself (DIY) lice treatment and removal techniques used to be common. Unfortunately, with the increase in super lice across the United States, including California, DIY head lice removal is no longer effective or a viable method. So, what are people supposed to do when…

Parents were asked to rank their worst parenting nightmares, and HEAD LICE ranked 3rd! 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 head lice. Top 10 Parenting Nightmares Kid coming home with…

We hear all the time of parents frantically cleaning their home after discovering a child has head lice—washing every linen, shampooing pets, bagging and quarantining pillows and stuffed animals for weeks, even throwing away things for fear of contamination. STOP! It’s not necessary, and understanding how lice live and spread can give you peace of…

Although the CDC U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strongly discourages “no-nit” policies in schools, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), some schools and districts still enforce a no-nit policy. “No-Nit” means that when a child has head lice, he or she is not allowed back…