As most parents of elementary school aged children will tell you, getting the dreaded lice letter from their kid’s schools always tends to send them into a state of panic, confusion and dread. The thought of creepy crawlies inhabiting their child’s

Imagine having to pick your child from school in the middle of the day because you receiveda call from the principal’soffice who dares to claim your child hashead lice! You take him home, spend hours combing through his hair with a

As many as 6–12 million people in the US get infested with head lice on an annual basis. It’s natural, then, to want to find out as much as you can about these bugs. This can become unnecessarily difficult because of the

You would think that during the cold winter months, there would be fewer pests around. While this is true for outdoor bugs, it isn’t the case with indoor insects like head lice. If you’re a parent wondering if the chilly weather

According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, anywhere from 6 to 12 million people get infected with head lice every single year! Many of these affected people choose to go the home treatment route instead of going to

Through thick and thin; through sickness and health; come rain, come snow—a family that sticks together stays together. Sure, there are times when we wish we had a choice in choosing our family. Sure, there are times when Dad’s cringey jokes

There comes a time in our lives where we learn to expect the unexpected. Tangoing with the thunderbolt of surprises Fate sometimes throws our way, we’ve come to accept that things don’t always go as we plan. Going to a meeting

There’s been a lot of discussion regarding whether it’s fair to force kids to miss out on school for having lice and nits. In many schools across the country the old “No Nits” policy has been revoked on the grounds that

Over the course of many years, our technicians have seen all kinds of infestations. Some infested heads can be cleared in within half with a few strokes of a fine-tooth comb and then there are the others—the ones that require an

It’s known that lice don’t present any immediate dangers to their host. They don’t carry bacteria and nor do they cause diseases. However, despite being free of diseases, there still is huge stigma around those that have lice. There’s an “irk