Head lice are the worst. Everyone hates itchy scalps. They are disgusting, and it can be a hassle to get rid of them. Today, there are ways to prevent lice infestation and you can easily find proper treatment. To get rid of head lice, you need to treat your hair and your entire home, including furniture and carpets. But, it cannot guarantee that you will not have head lice after the treatment, as they can appear anywhere.

Let us accept the truth: Head lice occur in children and adults. Yet, they are more common in children. In the United States, lice infect between 6 million to 12 million children ages 3 to 1 each year. For this reason, we need to be extra careful with our hair care habits and routines.

So if you want your home to be lice-free, you'll love this list of prevention tips to help you get there. Read on to learn more!

Prevention Tips: Home

1. Wash your clothes, bedding, and towels frequently in hot water for at least 20 minutes during peak lice season.
2. If the items cannot be washed in hot water, you must dry-clean them. It would be best to have an anti-lice spray to eliminate head lice in your furniture or other inanimate objects in your home.
3. Vacuum floors and furniture, including carpets and mattresses where lice may have fallen. Throw away the vacuum bag immediately.
4. Use a lint roller to remove clinging strands of hair from clothing, furniture, and carpets.
5. Inspect your child's hair, especially if they have been in close contact with other children (at school, at the playground, or at a sleepover). Use a high-quality fine-toothed comb to initially check your child's hair for lice. If you can't find any nits, you can stop there. If you do find a nit, then check again manually.
6. Keep hair clean and dry. Washing regularly with shampoo and rinsing thoroughly is the most important way to prevent head lice. A dry head is also less likely to be infested by head lice than a damp head.
7. If a family member has lice, do not share combs and brushes for one week after starting treatment.
8. Store coats and hats separately to prevent the spreading of lice.

Prevention Tips: Personal

1. Do not share combs, brushes, and other grooming items.
2. Avoid head-to-head contact. Keep your hair tied back during activities such as games like tug of war or sports.
3. Avoid hairspray or gel when treating head lice, as these products complicate treatment. A hair gel, hairspray, oil, or similar non-medicated hair care product will not kill lice or prevent eggs from hatching and attaching to hair.
4. Comb through your hair with a fine-toothed comb after coming into contact with a person who has head lice. This is one of the early actions you take after contact with an infected person.
5. Comb your hair with conditioner and divide your hair into small sections to see the lice and nits in the hair.
6. It would be best if you disinfected or cleaned headphones, hats, headbands, and other items that come into contact with the others before you use them.
7. Avoid lying down where the person with lice has laid or sat within 48 hours. Head lice can live up to two days without a host. So there are chances that those that have fallen on those surfaces are still alive and can also infect you.
8. After washing and conditioning your hair for at least 10 minutes, blow-dry your scalp and hair completely. The high-speed volume of blow dryers and heat can stop lice from hatching.

Let your home be lice-free today!

Although it's challenging to keep your home free of lice, there are safe, effective, and non-toxic ways to do so without the use of pesticides that are found in anti-lice shampoos available on the market.

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