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What is a Cosmetic Comb-Out?

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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 have more nits, you will have more nits left behind. 
  • The remaining nits are dead, and cannot hatch. 
  • Lice lay eggs at the base of the hair, against the scalp. Our combs cannot get underneath some of them. 
  • As the hair grows, these nits will become visible, usually 10 days to a few weeks post treatment. 
  • If you have a large amount of nits, or are from a nit-free school district, we offer extra combing at a rate of $50 per 30 minutes past your appointment time.
  • For our Full Service Lice-Tech Treatment clients, we offer additional single-pass comb-outs during the first 30 days post treatment.

A cosmetic comb-out is not:

  • Not a traditional comb-out.
  • Traditional combing is not necessary because all of the remaining nits are dead.
  • Not going to end the itching.  Your bug bites and dry scalp cause the itching and will resolve with time.  This is true for all methods of lice removal.  We even wrote a blog post about it!

One Marvelous Lice-Free Year!

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This weekend marks one year since we opened our doors! Thank you to each and every one of you we have seen. You let us be a part of your family while you are here, and we truly enjoy helping our customers.

Here are some things we’ve done in the last year:

  • seen 605 families
  • checked over 1,000 heads!
  • done 717 Signature or Express treatments
  • employ 5 people from our community
  • checked and treated (for free) families in our community who could not otherwise afford it via our Easter Lice Egg Hunt
  • taught many how to do at-home comb-outs with our products to get lice free

On a personal note, we have made some great friendships here. Our clients notice that these are not just my coworkers, these are my friends. As much as you let us hang out with your family, you are hanging out with mine. This started as a job and became a passion project for all of us, and I am very grateful to have a place like this in my life.

They say that if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life. Our customers and my fellow employees make it so I get paid to have fun, and I’m glad I get to continue this for another year.