INEVITABLE WE NOTICE IS KIDS GO BACK TO SCHOOL IT IS MORE ABOUT
WHAT THEY ARE BRINGING HOME.
>> BACK-TO-SCHOOL MADNESS
UNDERWAY.
UNDERWAY.
UNDERWAY. FRANTIC FROM PACKING LUNCHES TO
HELPING WITH HOMEWORK.
HARD TO KEEP UP FINDING THE
RIGHT ANSWERS.
RIGHT ANSWERS. A REAL HEAD SCRATCHER
ESPECIALLY INEVITABLY ONE OF
YOUR LITTLE ONES COMES HOME
SCRATCHING THEIR HEAD.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
TALKING ABOUT.
TALKING ABOUT. NOT TO WORRY HIDING IN PLAIN
SIGHT WE HAVE ANSWERS.
>> AS SCHOOL GETS SETTLED IN
INEVITABLY LICE COMES TO SCHOOL
THE DREADED LICE LETTER COMES
HOME FROM SCHOOL.
THAT IS WHEN PARENTS PANIC.
IT IS A BEAUTY -- IT IS A BUSY
TIME OF YEAR.
IF YOU ARE NOT SURE WE
RECOMMEND YOU GET CHECKED.
WE DO WET CHECKS, AN EFFECTIVE
WAY TO CHECK.
50% OF THE PEOPLE COME IN DO
NOT HAVE LICE.
>> SHE DEFINITELY HAD ANXIETY.
SHE WANTS TO BE CHECK SHE
ALWAYS HAS ME LOOK IN HER HAIR.
SHE HAS NEVER HAD IT.
IT IS DEFINITELY ONE OF HER
BIGGEST FEAR.
BIGGEST FEAR. >> PAST YOUR FIRST TEST OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR.
SCHOOL YEAR. >> MY YOUNGER SISTER GOT LICE
AND SHE HAD IT FOR A LONG TIME.
DID NOT THINK I HAD IT ALL.
I DID NOT ITCH, I WAS SHOCKED
THEY SAID I HAD IT.
>> Reporter: THE REALITY IS
ONLY 60% OF PEOPLE ITCH.
THERE IS A GOOD PERCENTAGE OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.
THERE IS A LOT OF
MISINFORMATION.
MISINFORMATION. THAT IS WHY WE RECOMMEND A WET
LICE CHECK.
LICE CHECK. HOME TO THE HERE WHEN IT IS WET
INTO A WHITE PAPER TOWEL.
YOU WILL KNOW IN A FEW SECONDS.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WE RECOMMEND
YOU GET CHECKED.
>> SOME OF THE CHARACTERS YOU
WANT ONE -- YOU DON'T WANT TO
SENIOR YEARBOOK PHOTO.
>> I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE
ABOUT LICE BEING A GRANDPARENT
AND SCHOOL PRINCIPAL.
AS SOON AS SOMEBODY SAYS I
THINK SOMEBODY HAS LICE WE HAVE
TO SEND OUT THE NOTICE.
EVERYBODY PANICS EVEN IF IT IS
ONE CLASSROOM THE WHOLE SCHOOL
PANICS.
PANICS.
PANICS. >> PASS-THROUGH HEAD-TO-HEAD
CONTACT.
CONTACT.
CONTACT. THEY DON'T HOP, FLY OR JUMP.
IMPORTANT TO KNOW BECAUSE
PEOPLE THINK OH MY GOD MY KID
WAS NEAR THIS KID AND IT JUMPED
ON THEIR HEAD.
DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
WE DON'T USE PESTICIDES, USE
NATURAL, ORGANIC PRODUCTS.
WE DO ONE TREATMENT, COMB
EVERYTHING OUT AND SEND PEOPLE
BACK TO SCHOOL.
>> AN OFFICIAL LICE COUNT MAKES
A GREAT STOCKING STUFFERS. A
LOT TO TAKE IN HERE.
YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT GROWING
UP.
UP.
UP. A
UP. A LOT
UP. A LOT OF THINGS ON THE INTERNET
CAN BE LISTENED -- CAN BE
MISLEADING.
MISLEADING. WE KNOW THEY SHOW UP ON THE
SCALP OF ABOUT 12 MILLION
PEOPLE HERE, UPWARDS OF THAT.
BY THE WAY BACK-TO-SCHOOL NOT
NECESSARILY THE BUSY TIME OF
YEAR EFFECT MORE LIKELY THAT
GOT IT AT THE END OF LAST
SCHOOL YEAR OR OVER THE SUMMER.
WE SHOULD SAY THE WET PART THEY
ARE WINGLESS, A SIX LIKE A
PARASITE, EXCLUSIVE TO HUMANS.
WE HAVE THAT GOING FOR US.
THEY DATE BACK TO EGYPTIAN
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. CLEOPATRA HAD A GOLD LICE COMB
AND THEY LIVE ON THE HEAD THEY
DON'T FLY THEY DON'T JUMP.
IF YOU HEARD A FRIEND HAS LICE,
MY KID IS INFECTED, NOT
NECESSARILY 95% SPREAD FROM
DIRECT CONTACT AND THEY DON'T
LIVE VERY LONG ONCE THEY LEAVE
THE BODY.
THE BODY.
THE BODY. MAYBE IT'S ON A HEADREST, VERY
RARE.
RARE.
RARE. OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED BY THE WAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY I CAN SEE
WHITE STUFF.
WHITE STUFF. PARENTS CHECK IS OFTEN JUST
DANDRUFF, SCABS.
DANDRUFF, SCABS. THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY ARE QUITE CAMOUFLAGED.
PEOPLE SEEING WHITE STUFF, BUT
THEY ARE ACTUALLY CAMOUFLAGED
THEY ARE USUALLY GRAY OR BROWN
SO YOU PROBABLY WON'T SPOT THEM
WITH THE NAKED EYE.
>> HOW DO WE KNOW.
>> YOU CAN LOOK IN A PAPER AND
SEE IF YOU SEE CRITTERS.
JUST BE SCARED ALL THE TIME.
>> LET ME DISPEL SOME MYTHS.
WAS TOLD GROWING UP BLACK
PEOPLE DON'T GET LICE.
I NEVER GOT IT GROWING UP.
>> WHO TOLD YOU THAT?
>> NO ONE I KNEW DIDN'T.
BUT HERE IS WHAT HAS CHANGED
SINCE I WAS A KID WE STARTED
USING LESS OIL ON OUR HAIR.
FINALLY OUR FAMILY, ONE OF MY
KIDS GOT LICE, THE OTHER ONE
GOT IT, I GOT IT.
IMAGINE GETTING THAT TINY COMB
THROUGH HERE THIS THICK.
THAT IS AN HOURS LONG PROCESS.
WHAT I LEARNED IS THEY DON'T
LIKE OIL.
LIKE OIL.
LIKE OIL. I WASN'T USING A LOT OF OIL ON
THE GIRLS HAIR.
>> YOU DIDN'T WANT TO SHAVE YOUR
HEAD?
HEAD?
HEAD? >>
HEAD? >> A LOT OF THE STUFF YOU HEARD
FROM YEARS, BACK UP YOUR STUFF
KEEP IT ON THE HOUSE TWO WEEKS
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
MOST OF IT YOU CAN DEAL WITH
WITH A SIMPLE BRUSH.
SUPER LICE THE INTERNET TALKS
ABOUT THAT, IT NO LONGER RUNS
AWAY FROM CHEMICALS.
>> WAS CUT.
>> MAYONNAISE HAS OIL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE USE MAIL.
1997 IT WAS GOING TO THE SCHOOL
MOM CUT MY HAIR SUPERSHORT,
NEVER GOT IT BUT I HATE THE
MEMORY.
MEMORY.
MEMORY. EVEN TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> WHAT ABOUT COCONUT OIL.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY LIKE ANY
OIL.
OIL.
OIL. >>
OIL. >> A
OIL. >> A LOT OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
THEY USE.
THEY USE.
THEY USE. GO BACK TO THE SUPER LICE THEY
ARE NOT BIGGER, NOTHING
POWERFUL THEY ARE JUST IMMUNE
TO CHEMICALS.
TO CHEMICALS. A LOT OF NATURAL PRODUCTS
THERE, I GOT ONE WHEN I WAS
THERE THE DETANGLING SPRAY.
>> I HAVE THE TOO.
>> LITTLE BIT OF STUFF IN THERE
THAT MAKES IT LESS FRIENDLY.
>> GET AWAY