Ways to Stay Lice Free During the Holidays

When visiting all of your family and friends staying lice-free may seem hard. With a couple of changes, you can avoid these little bugs. Here are a few tips to possibly prevent a lice outbreak at all of your holiday plans. 

Style Your Hair Close to Head

Head-to-head contact is the only way to get lice, but you can help prevent outbreaks by styling your hair tight to your head. When you wear ponytails or buns it makes it more difficult for lice to get a grip on hair strands and travel to the scalp.

Avoid Touching Heads with Pictures

The only way to contract lice is by your head touching the head of another person who has lice. The good news is lice and lice nits do not jump. They do not have wings so they can not fly either but lice can grab onto strands of hair. While taking selfies or family pictures for Facebook or Instagram try to pose with your heads apart.

Avoid Over-the-Counter Treatments

If you are trying to prevent lice or check yourself for lice stay away from kits you can purchase at big box stores. These kits are often filled with chemicals that are harmful to the skin. Instead, use peppermint essential oil or peppermint spray. The mint aroma keeps lice from wanting to cling onto hair.

What to Do If My Loved Ones or I Get Lice?

Whether before, during, or after your holiday plans if you find lice in your scalp go see an expert. Lice Clinics of America Milwaukee has a patent AirAlle device that completes an efficient treatment in less than an hour. They also have trained technicians that can-do head checks and standard comb throughs of the scalp.

Visit Us Today at Lice Clinics of America in Milwaukee Today!

After reading these tricks on how to stay lice-free during the holidays, if you get lice you will know who to call. Head into our trained lice treatment center in Milwaukee, NE, and try our AirAlle treatment today. With several different treatment plans and trained technicians giving head checks we can help any lice problem. Head to our website to book an appointment at: https://liceclinicsmilwaukee.com/