Critter Chronicles: The Origins Of Super Lice

Finding lice in your hair is that moment you remember for a long time. The feeling of little critter crawling all over your hair is aggravating, but to make matters worse, the lice today are not just any lice.

They’re SUPER lice.

Here’s the thing: you will never actually know the difference between regular lice and super lice. For starters, there are no capes involved (wouldn’t that be easier though? You could just catch them by their capes). Super lice are actually pretty normal in appearance, just most stubborn.

As far as experts know, super lice are not health risks to humans. These are just tiny nuisances, which can withstand most of your remedies and chemicals.

At The Beginning

The primary cause of these miraculous critters is lice chemicals. For decades, parents around the world have been picking up over-the-counter lice chemicals every time their kids get lice.

This go-to lice treatment worked well, up till the time lice began to get smarter, and decided to revolt. The lice born from surviving nits are naturally adapted to the effects of these chemicals. Crawling from one hair to another, these super critters have now spread wide and far. Lice infestations in more than half of the states are said to be consisted of super lice.

Resistance to lice chemicals has been recorded to go back as far as 20 years, when pyrethroid-based lice chemicals were all the rage in the local drugstores. While part of this upper problem can be attributed to the continuous use of pyrethroids, the other half is due to the improper use of shampoos and lotions consisting these chemicals.

Most lice chemical producers are now trying to outdo lice by adding in stronger compounds. There are two problems with this strategy:

The problem started out because of chemicals, and people are trying to solve it with more chemicals. It’s like adding extra fire to an already high-burning fire. If lice adapted to the previous chemicals, they will adapt to these too.

The compounds used in lice chemicals consist of toxins, irritants, and even carcinogens. No lice infestation is too big to dump stuff on your skin that can lead to severe health issues, which include asthma, neurotoxicity and cancer.

Now that head lice are no longer affected by chemical treatments, how about letting go of these altogether? An pesticide free lice treatment involves nothing lice can possibly adapt to.

The lice specialists at Urgent Lice Removal use high-grade nit combs to treat. Not only do these eliminate lice and nits, but keep your hair and scalp chemical-free.

Call us today at 800-748-9451. We take appointments at our lice clinics in Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, as well as offer at-home lice removal services.