How to Stay Lice Free in 2019
For decades, the standard of care for head lice has focused on reactive treatment using pesticide-based products. Head lice were associated with poor hygiene or dirty homes, and mortified parents treated the condition in secret, often to no avail. That’s changing as the medical and educational communities have taken steps to bring head lice out […]
Your Post Holiday Head Lice Checklist
No one wants to deal with head lice, especially after a hectic and stressful holiday period. Parents have enough on their hands with the travel, entertaining, shopping, and cleaning everything up into the new year. Unfortunately, the holidays are a peak time for head lice, so it’s important to be aware. This is especially true […]
Don’t Let Uninvited (Lousy) Guests Ruin Your Holidays
No one wants to talk about head lice during the holidays, and that’s a problem. With kids spending time together and families gathering and hugging, the holidays can be a peak time for head lice. Too many people often deal with head lice in silence and isolation because they believe the myth that head lice […]
Your Holiday Head Lice Prevention Guide
The holiday season is one of the peak times for head lice as family’s travel, stay in close quarters, and kids spend more time with each other. There are also more occasions for hugs and hair-to-hair/head-to-head contact—the primary ways that head lice spread. If you want to keep lice out of your life this holiday […]
The use of Permethrin, by Larada Science’s National Medical Director Dr. Krista Lauer, MD
Lice have been around for thousands of years. Cleopatra herself was buried with a louse comb. These tenacious pests have proven to be highly capable of evolving and adapting over the centuries. Although man-made pesticides such as permethrin and the pyrethroids found in popular over-the-counter products have been highly effective for treating head lice, this […]
Why ‘No-Nit’ Policies Make No Sense
While discouraged by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), and the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), some schools and districts still enforce ‘no-nit’ policies. This means that when a child has head lice, he or she is not allowed back at school until no lice […]
Lice Free 1-2-3 is Here!
November is ‘No Lice No-vember’ at Lice Clinics of America® and clinics are offering a special ‘Lice Free 1-2-3’ program that is available through the end of the month. The offer includes: $20 professional screenings $20 credit if lice are found, and you are treated at the clinic 20% discounts on lice prevention products purchased […]
Just 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 […]
Acu-Poll Study Results
Lice Clinics of America in conjunction with OnePoll surveyed 2,000 parents living in the U.S. to unveil their top worries.
Stick to the Facts and Stop the Bullying Surrounding Head Lice
School children can be quick to make fun of any perceived difference among them and having head lice is no exception. Some get the idea from their parents that if a child in their class has head lice, the child and his or her family are somehow at fault. This can lead to the bullying […]
