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Three Types of Lice

No doubt, this is an itchy and gross blog.  In our lice treatment center we get a lot of questions about “the other kinds of lice”, head lice is bad enough but here is information on body lice and the lice “down there”, pubic lice.  People are often concerned when they have head lice that they could have the other two types of lice. Great news, they are not related to each other.

The commonalities of the three types of human lice are…

• They are all parasites
• They all feed on human blood
• They are all transmitted by close hair-to-hair or body-to-body contact
• They do not fly or jump, they just crawl
• Pets do not get human lice of any kind

Head Lice

• Lay eggs on the hair shaft
• They spread through head to head or hair to hair contact
• Anyone, of any age, any race, or any background can get lice
• Can be found just on the scalp and hair shaft
• The best, safest cure with a 99.9% success rate is Lice Lifters’ Triple Threat Treatment or The Nit Nanny Treatment Products

Body Lice

• Lay eggs in the seams of clothing
• Spread through close, person to person contact
• Usually homeless people are infested with body lice due to the fact that they do not change their clothing.  So this is the only lice that has to do with poor hygiene
• The only form of lice known to spread disease
• Best cure for body lice; since they spend more time on clothing and they only go onto their host to feed, wash clothing and linens in hot water to rid yourself of body lice. If that is not enough, in addition to washing cloth items, you can also rub The Nit Nanny Lice Solution all over the body, leave it on for 10 minutes and wash off.  Throwing out clothing for larger infestations may be necessary.

Pubic Lice

• Lay eggs on course pubic hair, armpit hair, beards, mustaches or eyebrows
• Spread through sexual contact
• Only adults get pubic lice since they attach to course body hair
• Called crabs due to their shape.  They look like tiny crabs 
• Best cure is to shave our use The Nit Nanny Lice Solution every 3-4 days for 12 days

I hope you experience none of them in your lifetime but remember that only the sweetest people get head lice!

Ilene Steinberg, CEO Lice Lifters Franchising

isteinberg@licelifters.com