What You Need to Know About Lice Insecticides
The most common over-the-counter lice treatment products use pyrethrin, an industrial insecticide used to kill lice. Natural pyrethrin is a derivative of the Chrysanthemum flower. Its synthetic equivalent is permethrin. Together the chemicals are referred to as pyrethroids. There are some 3,500 products that use pyrethroids in varying concentrations, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. […]
Family Visit Launches New Career Fighting Head Lice
When she took a trip across the country to visit family in North Carolina, Jackie Huynh couldn’t have known that the trip was going to change her life. The company that the California resident worked for had been sold to another company based in Texas, and she found herself without a job. When she got […]
Why Parents are Losing the Battle Against Head Lice
Why Parents are Losing the Battle Against Head Lice Many people only visit Lice Clinics of America professional lice treatment centers after trying to handle lice on their own and failing. Some try for a couple of weeks. Some try for a few months. Some try fighting lice for years. It’s a losing battle primarily […]
Couple Finds Business Taking on Head Lice
Nick and Erin Hawn discovered Lice Clinics of America and the AirAllé medical device the way many parents do—trying to figure out what to do about head lice in their own family. “Three weeks after our fifth child was born, we found head lice on two of our older daughters,” Erin said. “Life with a […]
OTC head lice treatments: How they work and how they don’t
When a child comes home from school (or camp or day care) with head lice, most parents rush to the pharmacy and buy one of many available over-the-counter (OTC) head-lice treatments. There are a couple of reasons to slow down before taking this step. First, there is no need to panic. Easier said than done, […]
What Do Lice Look Like
What Do Lice Look Like? Lice are hard to see, and sometimes seeing is in the eye of the beholder. This means parents that don’t want to see head lice on their child’s head often take a quick glance and assume everything is ok. On the other hand, parents that have dealt with head lice […]
New Lice Remover Kit Cures Lice Without the Mess or Toxins
It’s no secret that the vast majority of head lice afflicting children in the United States are now resistant to the chemicals used in the most popular over-the-counter (OTC) lice treatments. A study in the Journal of Medical Entomology published in 2016 found that 98 percent of head lice in 42 states are resistant to […]
Dangerous Home Lice Remedies
Home remedies for head lice have a kind of folksy appeal—using mayonnaise, olive oil, tea tree oil—seem at first blush to be benign at worst. There are also recommendations you can find for kerosene or gasoline these are just a few examples of dangerous home lice remedies! Don’t Get Burned The reality is that none […]
Reasons Your Head Lice Won’t Go Away and What to Do About It
Some 6-12 million people are afflicted with head lice each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many end up struggling with head lice for weeks, months, or even years. Why are head lice so difficult to get out of your life? Here are some of the most common reasons Your Head […]
Worried about super lice? Don’t be.
[h3]Worried about super lice?[/h3] You may have heard the reports about so-called super lice. Researchers have found that most head lice are now resistant to the pyrethroid family of insecticides used in drugstore lice products. The most recent study, published in March 2016 by the Journal of Medical Entomology, found pyrethroid-resistant lice in 42 of […]
