How to Prevent Head Lice in 5 easy steps

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(Free-Press-Release.com) September 30, 2011 -- Head lice can affect anyone, anywhere. Lice don’t care if your hair is clean or dirty or whether it is covered in essential oils and they certainly do not care how old you are or what ethnic race you are. If you have hair, you are at risk of catching head lice… period.
Most of the time catching head lice is by direct head to head contact with another person. And transmission can happen quickly… in the time it takes to hug a friend or whisper a secret in their ear, you can catch head lice.

Unfortunately, there is nothing proven to prevent head lice. Head lice are not deterred by special scents like tea tree oil or lavender oil and they are not bothered by hair dye, hair spray or gel.
So how do we protect our families? The best thing that you can do is to lower your risk of catching it. Here are some simple things that you can start today to lower your risk of catching head lice.
1. Educate children: Teach them to avoid head to head contact and not to share personal items such as combs brushes and hats
2. Have children wear their long hair up at school. This is the simplest and most effective method of head lice prevention. A ballet bun, braids or even just a ponytail will greatly reduce the risk.

3. Check regularly and comb out weekly. A quick comb out once a week will get anything off the head before it has a chance to get established.
4. Protect your head when travelling by bus, car, and plane or even when in theatres. Head lice can survive for up to 48 hours off the head so you want to make sure you’re protected.
5. Do not use lice treatments to prevent. These are designed to be used only if live lice are present. They do not prevent head lice.

Most importantly, teach your child to tell you if their head is itchy or if they feel like there’s something moving in their hair. This will give you a chance to catch the infestation at the earliest stages which makes removal much easier.

Remember, there is nothing that will prevent head lice. Your best defense is to arm yourself with the right tools and information so that if it ever touches your family, you will know what to do.

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