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I know many people who can "catch" the live ones with a comb. Especially, the professionals.
You do not need to use a pesticide, physical removal can and does work. Again, especially when you go to a professional.
Could you point me to a link that says a mere comb and a professional does work as a total solution? Because everything I read said in conjunction with the combing (which is very important) works. I have yet to see one link that says all you need is a comb.
And you are correct, pesticide isn't needed since you can use a smothering type treatment.
The Lice Place guarantees that you will be lice-free after one treatment of their professional combing with their mousse (a white, peppermint-smelling). It is not a pesticide. This is likely what the OP's professional used (or something very similar).
It worked like magic for me and my daughters in two different outbreaks. The comb they use is excellent - I highly recommend it. Also recommend the techniques used by this place. They comb several times, including looking at each strand with a magnifying glass thing that looks like something Geordi LaForge wore (for those who liked Star Trek: TNG).
Out of curiosity, why does lice seem to be more prevalent in elementary school? I don't recall anybody at that age carrying combs, or even wearing hats, although in high school we did both. I lent, and borrowed freely in high school, and also slept over the houses of others with more regularity as a teen. I never had lice.
I am eternally grateful after reading this thread, that I never experienced it as a parent either. It just seems like the chance of transmission would be higher in high school than elementary school, should sharing belongings be the cause.
Out of curiosity, why does lice seem to be more prevalent in elementary school? I don't recall anybody at that age carrying combs, or even wearing hats, although in high school we did both. I lent, and borrowed freely in high school, and also slept over the houses of others with more regularity as a teen. I never had lice.
I am eternally grateful after reading this thread, that I never experienced it as a parent either. It just seems like the chance of transmission would be higher in high school than elementary school, should sharing belongings be the cause.
Good question. That makes perfect sense for the sharing belongings part.
I think it's because elementary school students are hugged more and cuddling with other family members more than teenagers do. So it spreads within the families, and if the families aren't doing proper treatment for everyone, lice are more likely to be reoccurring in the population.
They hug each other at school more than high school students do. (Silly sexual harassment being applied to elementary school students will put an end to that eventually.) I know hugging was one of the main reasons my girlfriend was battling lice for 10 months---her girls are in 8th and 9th grade and they attend a school where hugging everyone is a weird cultural thing. They all hug every time they see each other each. Not all high school students have that hugging everyone culture.
Another factor could be most parents of teenagers probably have learned to have a larger fear of lice so they handle treatment more seriously than elementary school parents who haven't really been through it or seen how bad it can be via watching other parent's experiences.
good luck getting rid of this new lice. and don't think there is something horribly wrong with your kid or your school if it is there. it happens to the best and cleanest of kids. Just remind kids not to share combs, pillows, hats, scarves and even clothes.
Out of curiosity, why does lice seem to be more prevalent in elementary school? I don't recall anybody at that age carrying combs, or even wearing hats, although in high school we did both. I lent, and borrowed freely in high school, and also slept over the houses of others with more regularity as a teen. I never had lice.
I am eternally grateful after reading this thread, that I never experienced it as a parent either. It just seems like the chance of transmission would be higher in high school than elementary school, should sharing belongings be the cause.
It's because elementary aged kids don't use hair products or blow dry their hair as often, which kill lice.
OMG - I remember getting them in our family and my damn eyesight is so poor I couldn't see the buggers very well. It took weeks before we finally got rid of them - turns out daughter had worn a knit cap the belonged to a friend - that is where our infestation started. Didn't help that we were in the middle of moving across country either.
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