You get the call and it you have confirmed it for yourself. Yes, it is now your families' turn. Your turn for what you may ask? Lice, yes it is true, the time has come to experience lice. We tell our clients it is a right of passage of parenting. Your children are bound [...]
You have just received the call from your neighbor. Your child has played with her children everyday this week and last. She has been dreading making the phone call to you because she has to tell you that her child now has.....LICE. You start to feel your palms get sweaty. A hundred thousand thoughts go [...]
The dreaded colored letter comes home from your child's school or camp program. Someone in his/her class or group has lice. What are you to look for? How do you really know if your child has lice? Parents check their children's heads when these notices come home but most often they really do not know [...]
The answer to this question is you probably don't. So often, people find out that they have lice and keep it to themselves. They are embarrassed. They do not want others to know or better yet, they do not want other people to know that their children have contracted it. Why? Well, unfortunately, these little [...]
Common Myths About Head Lice Myth: Lice "jump" from child to child.Truth: Lice cannot leap. Lice are transferred by contact, either directly or through another device (such as a comb, hat, furniture and or bedding). Myth: I should use a pesticide on every surface of my house if my child has lice. Truth: Off of [...]
Head lice have 3 stages: the nit, the nymph, and the adult lice. From egg, until the end of the life cycle of the lice is approximately a total of 30 days. Nits are the eggs of the head lice and are laid on the hair shaft. They are laid by the female adult louse. [...]
Usually the first sign that you or someone in your family has lice is visible scratching. Another sign could be small red bumps or sores from the actual lice bites. If you have been exposed to lice, you should have yourself and your family members screened to prevent infestation happening in your household. All [...]