Treatment for Head Lice

Lice treatment varies with the level of infestation. If someone has just a few live headlice in their hair, and only a few nits are found, that means it's a relatively new case of head lice. A quick comb out should end it.

 

Pictures of Head Lice

If you are attempting to do lice treatment on your own, come vist our head lice picture gallery so that you can easily identify head lice.

Head lice treatments in New York

Pyrethrum- or permethrin-based pediculicides should not be used by persons with asthma or that are sensitive to ragweed, should not be inhaled or swallowed or used near the eyes or allowed to come in contact with mucous membranes, e.g., the eyes, nose or mouth. Note: Pyrethrum and pipernoyl butoxide are now considered to be carcinogenic. Lindane has been identified as both neurotoxic and carcinogenic and is already banned in 18 nations around the world. No pediculicide poison should be used on infants, pregnant women or nursing mothers or on cut or abraded scalps. No poison should ever be used to “treat” lice twice if it failed the first time, clearly indicating the lice may, at the very least, be resistant or immune to that particular product/poison. There are no poisons in LICENDERS head Lice Shampoo and it is guaranteed effective against headlice