Lice lady- cost?

[Anonymous]

Bumping this...What's the going rate for lice removal? Our first time dealing with this and YUCK. Has anyone tried Lice Clinics of America or Potomac Lice Lady recently?

[Anonymous]

Not sure about current pricing (I'm sure it's a lot) but during a lice outbreak last year, some parents used Lice Lady and found her to be really abrasive/rough with their families during the combing stage (daughters, so lots of hair!). Lice Happens was reported as really kind and understanding during the combing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What a bunch of losers you are. Do you honestly outsource every single thing now? Put some lotion on the kids head. Drown them. Clean the sheets in hot water. Toss pillows. If you see any eggs left, use a 10 bottle of RID

It is not a big deal. My DD has it twice. No one else in the family got it.

Losers? Please get over yourself. I am the type who makes my DD’s Halloween costumes by hand, repurposes before buying g at the store, and I also make nearly half a million in income every year at my job. Not wanting to pick dead bugs out of my child’s hair doesn’t make me a loser.

I know this is an old post but I wanted to respond anyway for anyone dealing with lice for the first time:

I handled the lice on my own and while it is doable, I would 100% recommend to anyone dealing with a first-time lice infestation to hire a lice lady to help that first time, especially if it's someone who will talk you through the process and leave you with products.

I never had lice growing up and had no idea how to approach it. I also didn't know any of the early signs, which led to the infestation being worse than it should have been before we started treating, and then didn't have the right products on hand and the stuff I was able to buy quickly to treat immediately is NOT what wound up being most effective. I was researching online, watching YouTube videos on combing technique, and I didn't really know how to separate good info from bad at that time (a lot of the advice on lice online, especially if sponsored by some of the lice product companies, is not particularly good).

Now I feel confident I could solve a lice infestation on my own. I have supplies at home already in our first aid kid so I wouldn't have to buy anything, and I know exactly how to treat, comb, and follow up to make sure I get it all. But it's hard-won knowledge. If you are dealing with your first lice outbreak, especially if more than one person in the family has them (especially if YOU have them, as I found treating myself to be one of the hardest parts that first time), and you can afford to spend a few hundred on a lice lady, DO IT. Watch closely as they lice comb, ask questions about the products they are using, talk about follow up care and preventative care.

I now do a lice check on my kids at least twice a month (more frequent if I know there's an outbreak at the school or during mid-winter when lice are most likely to hitch a ride in coat hoods or hats in school cubbies) and do a preventative lice combing at the same frequency. And if I ever see nits, I do a lice spray to saturation, let dry, and then do a lice comb with a deep conditioner in the morning.

Lice are rampant at our elementary school, frustratingly, but this helps us keep ahead of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I used LiceMD, which you can find at Harris Teeter. It's basically dimethicone, and completely safe. Even better, a study conducted by NIH found that dimethicone was one of the most effective lice treatments out there (along with a good lice comb). I treated my daughter - who has long, thick hair - and it was gone within a week (actually, the live lice were gone right after treatment, but you have to comb throughout the week to ensure you have removed the eggs.)

When she has it again in 3 weeks and you start telling everyone off, know that you are the lazy AH, not them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I used LiceMD, which you can find at Harris Teeter. It's basically dimethicone, and completely safe. Even better, a study conducted by NIH found that dimethicone was one of the most effective lice treatments out there (along with a good lice comb). I treated my daughter - who has long, thick hair - and it was gone within a week (actually, the live lice were gone right after treatment, but you have to comb throughout the week to ensure you have removed the eggs.)

When she has it again in 3 weeks and you start telling everyone off, know that you are the lazy AH, not them.

PP's treatment sounds effective, actually, as long as she's doing a good job with lice combing to follow up. Application of a smothering product to kill Amy live lice followed by repeated, thorough lice combing should be enough to get rid of them.

What PP did is actually harder than hiring a lice lady (which I also think is a good option). The only "lazy" treatment is to not treat at all or to not bother identifying an effective treatment. Some people cannot afford to hire a lice lady and have to treat themselves -- this doesn't make them lazy and we should actually encourage people sharing effective treatments because the more people who know how to get rid of lice, the better for all of us.

I think the worst thing about lice is the shame around it, which tends to keep people from asking for help when they need it, and that tends to perpetuate lice outbreaks.

[Anonymous]

I'm here for my periodic lice thread plug for Lice Clinics of America. Walk in with lice. Walk out lice free. Save yourself weeks of combing.

https://www.liceclinicsofamerica.com/landing/herndon/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=GMB&utm_content=landing_page_click

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm here for my periodic lice thread plug for Lice Clinics of America. Walk in with lice. Walk out lice free. Save yourself weeks of combing.

https://www.liceclinicsofamerica.com/landing/herndon/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=GMB&utm_content=landing_page_click

If you are doing it correctly there should not be more than 1 week of combing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm here for my periodic lice thread plug for Lice Clinics of America. Walk in with lice. Walk out lice free. Save yourself weeks of combing.

https://www.liceclinicsofamerica.com/landing/herndon/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=GMB&utm_content=landing_page_click

If you are doing it correctly there should not be more than 1 week of combing.

+1. Once you know how to do it. One treatment followed by luce combing every few days for 7-8 days should be enough.

One key is you need a good lice comb. The ones that comb with lice treatment packages are not good (the treatment itself might be fine, the combs tend to be clumsy and I effective). I have this comb and it's very good, gets every last nit:

Nit Free Terminator Lice Comb -... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000HIBPV8?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm here for my periodic lice thread plug for Lice Clinics of America. Walk in with lice. Walk out lice free. Save yourself weeks of combing.

https://www.liceclinicsofamerica.com/landing/herndon/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=GMB&utm_content=landing_page_click

They did not catch everything in my daughter, so we had to go back. It's also insanely expensive. You can buy their special oil on Amazon and the Licemeister comb and do it yourself for 1/10 of the price.

Also, they won't guarantee anything unless you have everyone in your home checked and treated which is a real pain in the butt.

Just DIY, friends. Lice Cinics of America is a massive ripoff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm here for my periodic lice thread plug for Lice Clinics of America. Walk in with lice. Walk out lice free. Save yourself weeks of combing.

https://www.liceclinicsofamerica.com/landing/herndon/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=GMB&utm_content=landing_page_click

They don't have pricing on their website because it costs $30/person to check and then the treatment is something like $200/person. Normal people can't afford that.

[Anonymous]

Priceless

[Anonymous]

^^ priceless

DD, with thick, waist leneth hair, had lice at least 3 times a year in 3rd and 4th grade. Agree with what everyone said about going to the professional the first time. Fortunately, my husband and our 2 boys and I never got it (love my husband, but would not have trusted him on the comb outs). Once I learned what to do, I treated DD going forward.

Then in HS, she worked at a summer camp. All fine until the summer after senior year of HS. Turns out she went to college, out of state, with lice. I told her to go to one of the heat treatment places (walk in with lice, walk out with no lice), and we'd pay the bill. It was $400 2.5 years ago in a major city (like Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston). And worth every penny

My head is itching just typing this

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^ priceless

DD, with thick, waist leneth hair, had lice at least 3 times a year in 3rd and 4th grade. Agree with what everyone said about going to the professional the first time. Fortunately, my husband and our 2 boys and I never got it (love my husband, but would not have trusted him on the comb outs). Once I learned what to do, I treated DD going forward.

Then in HS, she worked at a summer camp. All fine until the summer after senior year of HS. Turns out she went to college, out of state, with lice. I told her to go to one of the heat treatment places (walk in with lice, walk out with no lice), and we'd pay the bill. It was $400 2.5 years ago in a major city (like Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston). And worth every penny

My head is itching just typing this

Agree. So much lice at summer camp. Anyone sending their kid to summer camp, please, p,ease check their head (and treat them, and tell camp), before they arrive. And check them as soon as camp is done- preferably before they even go into the house!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t see the nits in my daughter’s hair. I don’t know if it’s because of the color of her hair or I’m just bad at it. I also think the professionals are worth it. We’ve never paid for the follow up/second treatment. Do that one ourselves. But I’d rather have the professionals do the first treatment. They can get all the bits the first time through. We even went to a lice lady in Maine while on vacation at my in-laws. Depends on your disposable income but if $150-300 is not a huge deal, I’d go for the professionals.

Same, really hard to see and in my hair was only visible with an led flashlight. Plus our hair is too fine for the nit combs to work.

[Anonymous]

Bump OP here -

We’re doing the hear treatment one. Honestly I just need it to go away and if they can do that in and out with some , the $ is fine.