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As kids head back to school, an unlucky few will likely bring home some unwanted guests – head lice. If you remember being sent home when the school nurse found lice in your hair, you might be ...

And if your kid becomes a statistic, olive oil can actually help smother, kill and remove lice eggs from a child’s head, ...

Between 6 and 12 million children ages 3 through 11 get head lice every year in the U.S., according to an estimate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a lot of itching.

Amador Flores Vargas was rushed to hospital after being bitten by the blood-sucking bugs, but he was unable to fight off the ...

Keeping in mind the challenges of thick, long, or unruly hair. Here we’ve rounded up the best head lice treatments for long thick hair to buy now. Superdrug’s headlice treatment is proof that ...

One of parents’ worst nightmares is their kid getting lice. But if you suspect it in your little ones’ head and don’t want to ...

As well as being formulated to repel head lice, it also acts as a great conditioner and detangler, making it super easy to comb through your child’s hair – particularly if it’s long and thick.