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THE LIFECYCLE OF LICE

·         Egg is laid on a hair shaft, also known as a ‘nit’

·         Louse hatches after seven days

·         Louse grows, shedding its skin after two, five and ten days

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·         Louse is now an adult and ready to reproduce

·         Female louse lays egg two days after mating

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·         Female lays four to eight eggs for the next 16 days

·         Having lived for about a month, the louse dies

Traditional over the counter treatments no longer work.  Lice have become resistant to the pesticides in Rid and Nix.  Lice Lifters of Lafayette Hill treatment is all natural and pesticide free.  You will leave confident that your head is free from lice.

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