A Guide on Educating Children on Head Lice

For a child, getting lice can be devastating. Not just because they don’t realize that it’s not their fault, but because they fear bullying for their lice more than the actual infestation.

This is why it’s important to educate all children on lice and why getting lice is not something to be scared of. Instead, if a child has lice, they should simply tell an adult (at school or their parents) so they can go to a lice clinic straight away.

Though before we go to that part, let’s first discuss educating children on lice and what should be done. More

Important Facts You Should Know about Head Lice

Getting a tingling feeling on the top of your head? It’s getting hard to resist the temptation of reaching your hand up and scratching your scalp until the feeling just goes away.

No, it’s not just in your head. It’s LITERALLY “in” your head. Head lice.

In United States, almost 6-12 million people suffer from this condition. Head lice do not carry any kind of diseases however; they do cause irritation in your scalp. They cannot fly, and instead crawl on your scalp.

Here is everything you need to know about these blood-sucking parasites: More

3 Steps to Get Rid of Nits

Lice eggs – more commonly called nits – stick to the hair shaft and are quite difficult to comb out, even if you’re a good nitpicker. For those who have lice, it’s the nits that cause the most problem—they may rid their scalp of lice, but the nits still remain, waiting to hatch.

If you suspect that you have nits in your hair, it’s important to learn the best methods of removing them. More

Does Mayonnaise Really Kill Head Lice?

The trick of using mayonnaise to suffocate nits and lice has been quite popular for some time now. Parents boast about the effectiveness of using mayo for lice and how they were easily able to remove the lice without it costing them much at all.

However, mayo is about as effective as olive oil or Listerine; not at all! More

What are the Most Effective Measures against Head Lice?

Within microseconds, Google will display 7,880,000 results for the question above.

How about we just settle for one that’s actually helpful?

While the internet may offer countless hacks on getting rid of head lice, they aren’t really effective. In fact, in some cases, they can be harmful for your health. More