Parents: Don’t Feel Bullied Because of Head Lice!
Bullying has come to the attention of the national spotlight recently, and a recent survey shows that parents can feel bullied, too, especially when it comes to having head lice in the family. Lice Clinics of America – Hawaii wants to help take the pressure off parents struggling with the stress and embarrassment of head lice.
Parents are nervous about head lice because they think they will be shamed. A OnePoll survey of 2,000 U.S. parents – conducted in conjunction with Lice Clinics of America – found that 52 percent of parents feel judged by other moms and dads when their child comes home with head lice.
There is a long-held and long-debunked idea that head lice are associated with poor hygiene. The medical world has busted this myth, but the perception persists. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states, ‘Personal hygiene or cleanliness in the home or school has nothing to do with getting head lice.’”
Children get head lice from other children, plain and simple. The primary way lice spread is through head-to-head contact, not from a dirty house or the carpets at school. Head-to-head contact with an already infested person is the most common way to get head lice.
There’s also some evidence to suggest that head lice are actually a sign of cleanliness. Lisa Lewis, a pediatrician in Fort Worth, Texas, told Readers Digest, “lice don’t adhere easily to oily, greasy, or dirty hair. They love to infest nice, clean, dark, thick hair.”
One reason that parents dread head lice when lice enter their lives is that the bugs have become very difficult to treat. Traditional lice treatment products, when they work, require weeks of application and hours of tedious nitpicking. Some of the reaction you may feel when you tell other parents could be that frustration. In our experience, most parents are grateful for the warning, so they can check their own kids early and treat if necessary, before the infestation spreads to the rest of the family.
Unfortunately, those traditional products rarely work. Many parents try and fail to treat head lice with those products because head lice have become immune to the chemical pesticides in them. The most recent study in the Journal of Medical Entomology found that so-called ‘super lice’ comprise 98 percent of head lice in most U.S. states. Also, the pesticides used in lice products have been linked to developmental and behavioral problems in children.
The good news is that Lice Clinics of America – Hawaii can help. The clinic is part of a network of more than 350 lice treatment centers in over 36 countries offering head lice treatment using the FDA-cleared AirAllé® medical device. The AirAllé has been clinically shown to kill live lice and more than 99 percent of eggs (nits) using heated air to dehydrate the lice and eggs.
Our treatments take about an hour, are non-toxic, pesticide-free, and are guaranteed to be effective. This means you will leave our clinic lice-free, saving yourself hours, days, weeks, even months of frustration.
Lice don’t cause or carry diseases, so they are not a health concern—more of a medical nuisance. You can now be done with head lice in about an hour. A simple problem has finally met a simple solution—no more blaming or feeling shame about a mere inconvenience. It is important to be transparent about lice so that the community can treat our keiki together, preventing re-infestation.
To learn more or to schedule an appointment, visit www.liceclinicshawaii.com, email info@liceclinicshawaii.com, or call (808) 866-9060.
