Dealing with Lice When a family is afflicted with head lice, there is a tendency to panic. Dealing with head lice can be frightening and stressful, primarily because people don’t tend to talk about how to treat head lice until they are dealing with them, which is when they are frantic and frustrated. Understanding how lice live can help reduce some of the fear and anxiety associated with an outbreak. Lice are parasitic insects.  This means that lice need some kind of host to provide an environment where they can survive and propagate. Head lice have evolved with humans for hundreds of tho ..read more

Super lice are no match for the company’s FDA-cleared AirAllé® medical device Salt Lake City, UT – October 29, 2020 – Lice Clinics of America, the world’s largest network of professional urgent care head lice treatment centers, announced that the company has reached the milestone of 700,000 successful head lice treatments using heated air, with a success rate better than 99 percent. This impressive achievement comes in a year when locally owned businesses have struggled due to the global pandemic. The company has enjoyed explosive growth since forming the Lice Clinics of America brand in 2014 ..read more

When it comes to tackling a case of head lice, one recommendation you’ll find over and over by lice experts is to do combing. Combing can serve as both a confirmation of whether someone has head lice, as well as a way to treat an infestation by physically removing the bugs and nits. Many tools known as lice combs are available on the market today to aid in the combing process. But is a dedicated comb for head lice truly necessary? What differentiates a lice comb from regular hair combs? Hair Combs vs. Lice Combs Typically, an adult louse grows to the size of a sesame seed. The eggs (also calle ..read more

Head lice have been around for thousands of years. Treatments have varied widely over the centuries. The first recorded treatment of head lice was found in an Egyptian medical guide known as the Ebers Papyrus, dated around 1550 BC. It recommended filling one’s mouth with warm date meal and water and then spitting it on the skin “in order to drive away the Fleas and Lice which disport themselves.” In China, documents from 1200 BC indicate they used mercury and arsenic compounds to drive away head lice. By 450 BC, Egyptians recommended shaving the entire body to eradicate lice, which, while effe ..read more

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, many around the world have stayed indoors to help prevent the disease’s spread. College students are participating in lectures online, adults are telecommuting from home, and their kids are in Zoom meetings and Google Hangouts for school. Yet in this unprecedented era of social distancing, lice is an epidemic that parents are still battling. With schools across the country operating either partially or completely online, how are families still catching head lice? The Frustrating Reality of Lice What most people don’t know is that a case of head lice often be ..read more

If you’ve dyed your hair before, then you definitely know the strong chemical smell of the dye and have felt the tingle on your scalp as the dye works its magic on your hair. It makes sense that a bug might have a hard time living through that kind of chemical warfare. However, does it actually work? The Claim If you do a Google search about whether or not hair dye kills lice, the results will give you links to success stories. The idea is that the chemicals in the dye are strong enough to eliminate the lice, that they would work similar to over the counter “lice cures” which are insecticide-b ..read more

With Families Isolating at Home, Lice Infestations Are Intense Salt Lake City – July 8, 2020 – Lice Clinics of America (LCA), headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, reported that clinics across their U.S. network saw an average increase of 25 percent in lice activity from April to May of this year. Infestations of lice affecting the entire family have been more severe during the pandemic, likely due to the fact that families have sheltered at home together. “We’ve been hearing from customers who’ve said they tried to use home remedies to remove head lice but due to the severity of the infestat ..read more

If you’ve been infested with head lice for the first time, the first place you may think to go for help is Google. But even though there are scientific and reliable sources online that have accurate information, there are just as many erroneous claims and unhelpful tips being spread about head lice, many of which are just as easy to believe. Don’t worry, Lice Clinics of America is here to share the facts! Skip the headache of analyzing pages of Google results and find the answers to your head lice questions below. How do lice spread? Head lice spread primarily through direct head-to-head or ha ..read more

If you’ve never dealt with head lice before, it’s hard to know when you (or a loved one) are experiencing an infestation. Because 50 percent of individuals suffering from head lice don’t exhibit noticeable symptoms, it’s possible to get head lice and live with them for weeks without realizing it at all! To combat misinformation and equip you with the knowledge you’ll need to handle a case of head lice, here are the facts you need to know: Lice cannot jump, fly, or swim. This means they are spread almost exclusively through direct head-to-head contact. Lice and their eggs also cannot survive of ..read more

As Lice Clinics of America head lice professionals, we are all used to having the most effective and safe head lice treatment at our fingertips. It seems unfathomable that some people are still suggesting alternative remedies without any scientific basis. Even more concerning is the fact that many of these recommendations could be dangerous. A few weeks ago, someone posted a comment on our public Facebook page suggesting kerosene as an effective treatment for head lice. This came with a “how to” guide. They suggested parting the hair into sections, applying kerosene to each section and sitting ..read more