Ever year, an estimated 6 to 12 million children get head lice, leading to questions about missed school and work.

Although the nits can be confused with dandruff, when you see adult lice moving around your head, that’s unmistakable. “You can use physical methods to remove the lice,” Dr. Klein says, “and you can ...

School’s back and that means head lice will once again plague households with primary school-aged children. Here’s what you can to do to bust those nits.

Head lice affect millions of children every year. Schoolchildren are commonly affected by head lice, which attach to hair and feed on human blood.

Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD People exfoliate their scalps to help the hair and scalp stay healthy and clean and prevent pores and hair-growing follicles from clogging. Exfoliation is not a ...

Use head lice shampoo ‘Dimethicone’ twice, one week apart. It’s not an insecticide, it suffocates the live head lice. You then have to comb out the eggs stuck to the hair, so they don’t hatch.

A certified lice expert has shared the common misconceptions around head lice, breaking down what people don't understand about the insects. Cailin, along with her sister, work at a lice clinic ...

Head lice are small parasites that live on human scalps, feeding on blood. While they don’t cause serious health problems, head lice are a common and frustrating problem, especially among school ...

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Complicating matters further is the fact that lice appear to have evolved some resistance to pyrethrin and permethrin, the active ingredients in many over-the-counter lice shampoos.