It’s that time of year again! Lice are prevalent in schools across America, and it seems like Tennessee has been hit pretty hard lately. We have a few quick ways to prevent lice from spreading within your classrooms and schools. Keep long hair up. Lice don’t jump or fly, they travel from loose hair to […]
Warm weather is finally here! Schools will be out, the pools are open, summer camps are looking at registration, and your vacation is being planned. Head lice don’t take the summer off, and neither should you. Here are a few tips for staying lice free this summer! Continue head checking your children! Check before and […]
Thank you for choosing Knoxville Lice Clinic! Here are your lice treatment after care instructions. For All Treatment Services A head check with Treatment Goop application is not a lice treatment, it only tells if you have lice. If you have lice but did not get a Saline Comb-Out or Headwinds treatment, you have not […]
No one wants to deal with head lice, especially after a hectic and stressful holiday period! Parents have enough on their plates with the travel, entertaining, shopping, and cleaning everything up after the New Year. We put together this head lice checklist for preventing lice infestations after the holidays. Unfortunately, the holidays can be a […]
For decades, the standard of care for head lice has focused on reactive treatment using pesticide-based products. “Head lice has been associated with poor hygiene or dirty homes and has had mortified parents treating the nuisance in secret, often to no avail,” said Jennifer Fribourg, owner of Knoxville Lice Clinic. “That’s changing as the medical […]
We deal with a lot of head lice in this job. Prevention is our best friend, and we head check each other constantly! Some of our favorite things to prevent lice are : Our giant fluffy hats. Jennifer hand makes most of them so that all our hair is covered when we’re messing with people’s […]
It’s a spooky time of year! For most parents, the threat of head lice is the scariest thing around. School has been back in session for long enough that people are discovering lice, and the holiday season is right around the corner. Halloween presents it’s own set of issues. How many of you took your […]
We have a lot of families in here who find out they have head lice and freeze. Who do they tell? How far back to do they need to go? What if it’s embarrassing? The hard truth is that you need to share the information. Most people have head lice from 6-8 weeks before the […]
Our Full Service Lice-Tech Heated Air Treatment comes with a cosmetic comb-out, but what exactly does that mean? A cosmetic comb-out is: Cosmetic only! We remove most of the nits for a cleaner look. Our clinicians can usually remove about 90-95% of nits on the head in that single visit. This means that if you […]
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. A recent survey shows that many parents feel bullied because of head lice in the family. Knoxville Lice Clinic wants to help take the pressure off parents struggling with the stress and embarrassment of head lice. Parents are nervous about head lice because they think they will be shamed. A OnePoll […]