Archive for January, 2008

Professional Head Lice Removal Service

headlice January 28th, 2008

LICENDERS provides lice home removal services in the New York City area, including Long Island and Westhchester, Connecticut, and parts of New Jersey. One of the benefits of using a head lice removal professional is that you are not alone in dealing with the lice problem.

A part of the LICENDERS protocol is a routine follow-up phone call to our clients.  This is typically done 1 or 2 days following the original lice removal treatment and it is a priority to our staff here at LICENDERS.  The purpose of this phone call is to review the maintenance process after the initial headlice treatment session. Often, when a household is dealing with a headlice problem, there is a general feeling of being overwhelmed. Our clinicians take the time to patiently explain in detail the lice and nit combing-out process that needs to be followed.

Due to the natural stressfulness of a lice infestation in the family, it may be difficult for a client to fully focus. LICENDERS understands this, and makes sure to stay in touch with our clients after they have experienced the professionalism and reassurance of our home or salon lice treatment services. Clients are understandably a lot calmer once we have provided the home head lice removal, and we want to make sure that they remain in control. LICENDERS staff  help our clients to follow the instructions they were given at the time that the clinician was combing out the lice and nits. We clarify the details of the lice removal process, and answer any questions that may have been formulated after the lice treatment was completed.

LICENDERS takes our relationships with our clients seriously. Once our lice removal service is contacted, we are there for our clients until both of us are confident that the lice are history!

To be continued

Lice Combs That Really Remove The Nits (part 3)

headlice January 21st, 2008

Continued from Choosing a Lice Comb - Removing Every Nit (part 2)  

Previously, we introduced the subject of lice combs, and how to choose the best one. As explained in the past, that when treating head lice, the most important factor may very well be the lice comb. There are many different lice combs available these days. The comb that you use must have teeth that are spaced extremely close together. It is very important when you purchase a lice comb, that it is coming from a source that has expertise specifically in human headlice.

Some lice removal products are tested on pubic lice, or body lice. Both pubic and body lice are larger than the human head lice parasite. The lice nits and nymphs (baby lice) that live on the heads of children are extremely small. When a nit is first laid, it is as tiny as a speck of dandruff, or the knot in a piece of thread.  If the tines of the lice comb are not tight enough, these tiny nits will not come out of the hair. Left in the hair, the nits will continue to incubate and grow, eventually hatching into new bugs, and restarting the cycle of head lice.

Remember that even after you use an effective lice shampoo, nits in the hair are still viable. Shortly after the lice shampoo treatment, a nit can hatch, and tiny nymphs will already begin to thrive on the head. When you are combing out the nits, you want to be sure that you are also catching those tiny baby lice. A nymph, which is a newly hatched baby louse starts out the size of a grain of sand – and crawls very quickly. A worthwhile lice comb, used with an effective combing-out method, should be successful in catching even those tiny nymphs between the teeth.

Further discussion of this topic in the future will evaluate the different lice combs available today on the market.