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Reasons Your Head Lice Keep Returning

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You’ve applied the latest over the counter medication to your scalp and that of your child thinking that’s it. You’ll just wait and presto. Your lice problem will be solved and for a time it is. Then months, weeks or even days later those nits and adult lice return taking…

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How to Check Your Head for Lice

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Finding head lice in the hair is a more daunting task than some people might imagine. They are very tiny and do not easily give up their little nesting place – your scalp. However, conducting a thorough search is the first step to ridding yourself and your child of these…

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Facts and Myths about Head Lice

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As the school year returns, more and more stories of  head lice outbreaks are bound to start popping up in the media causing parents to be gravely concerned and in some cases panicked about their children’s well being. The problem is that the media sometimes fails to give consumers complete…

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Dangerous Chemicals Used in Traditional Lice Treatments

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“Sometimes the medicine is worse than the disease. It is unfortunate that well intentioned parents treating their children with toxic or flammable substances have caused deaths and poisonings.” Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health   Unfortunately, many people believe that the only way to relieve…

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