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“The Deceptive Dozen”: The National Pediculosis Association Offers 12 Important Tips to Help Parents Avoid Misleading Information on Head Lice Twelve of the most commonly made statements about head lice that mislead parents, require fact-checking and put child health and wellness at unnecessary risk.

Below is a press release just released today by the National Pediculosis Association (National Head Lice Association) targeted to help parents avoid misleading information on Head Lice: "The reward is an environment of mutual assurance that everyone is doing the best that they can for the health of their children and their community."   Boston, [...]

2017-02-10T21:06:50-05:00
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The “No-Nit Policy” And All It’s Buzz

You may have heard recently in the news that many schools all over the country, including here in Montgomery County, as well as the surrounding counties, are abandoning the "no-nit" policy. Basically, this means, that children  are allowed to come back to school once they have been treated for lice, although they may have a [...]

2017-02-10T21:06:51-05:00
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I Love You and I Don’t Even Know You!

"I love you and I don't even know you!" is a phrase we get the pleasure of hearing often around here. So many a time we handle frantic calls from random strangers, who often become like friends, after long, soothing phone calls and visits. To most, lice seems like the plague. Quite fitting, since this [...]

2017-02-10T21:06:57-05:00
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The Questions We Always Get

  When we get frantic lice calls from parents wanting to make appointments, one of the first questions we are asked, is "what should we do until we come to you?" The next question is usually, "should we go to the drugstore and purchase an OTC treatment and do before we come to you?" The [...]

2017-02-10T21:07:02-05:00
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No more “louse-y” Holidays!

It is November and it is so hard to believe that the Holidays are around the corner. With the holidays, often can come "lice" and that can offer a whole host of conflict amongst family members. The Holidays are a time where loved ones are supposed to be together. Children are to play and families [...]

2013-11-14T08:42:53-05:00
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Nothin’ Better Than a Comb!

There are numerous products available to us today both over-the-counter and by prescription that claim to kill head lice and /or to kill the nits. The truth is,  none of them are 100% effective. This results in parents using too much of the chemical treatments or using the chemical treatments too often. That is why [...]

2013-07-24T18:51:27-04:00
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Summer Camp and Lice Treatment Policies

  The school year is over-Hooray! Summer is here! The time for fun, relaxation and for a lot of kids, this means time for summer camp. Summer camps are committed to the well being and safety of all members in their camp community. Over the past several years, camps across the region have seen a [...]

2017-02-10T21:07:03-05:00
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Head lice bugging you?

Did you ever wonder sometimes what bugs some people these days? Some people have a fear of illness. Others have a fear of snakes or wild animals. But one fear that we most frequently hear is that of...the dreaded "L" word... Lice. A little 4 letter word that can bring havoc among a household. A [...]

2017-02-10T21:07:11-05:00
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Rome was not built in a day!

At Potomac Lice Lady, we receive tons of calls each and every day from frantic parents who have learned that their children contracted lice. Some display more anxiety than others and it is our job not only to help in eradicating the lice but to educate as well. What most parents want to know when [...]

2017-02-10T21:07:12-05:00
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