The Social Stigma Surrounding Head Lice

If you have ever encountered that persistent itch associated with a head lice infestation, or have had a family member experience it, you’re familiar with panicking about your social standing. What if anyone finds out? What if they start crawling while you’re speaking to someone? What of someone publicly points it out?!

The emotional strain of social stigmatism is real.

Though head lice are a centuries-old problem, experienced by millions of households in the US itself each year, people still remain uninformed of why it actually spreads.

In fact, it is likely you yourself have associated poor hygiene, poor living conditions, and parental carelessness and other misconceptions with lice.

Lice – Anyone Can Get Them!

Here is the thing: lice do not judge. They do not care about social classes, the standard of homes, or even the hygiene of hair itself.

What they care about in finding a human host to plant themselves on, burrow deep within the layers of hair, and start their own little colony of creepy crawlers.

In essence, getting lice is not equivalent of being labeled dirty. You can live in a clean, pristine home, maybe shower 3 times a day, and yet you are just as susceptible to getting lice as someone with less-than-standard hygienic living conditions.

The Right Response

So if the next time you encounter someone who has head lice, or informs you that they have head lice, do not react as if one would in a plague. You can keep your distance, or ask the person to get treated and keep their head covered for the time being. Whatever you do, you not resort to petty responses, or isolate the person.

If you yourself are facing an attack of these persisting critters, take measures to get them removed. It is wise that you do not let fear of judgment keep you from taking the right course of action:

• Limit the spread. Keep your heads covered till getting lice treatment so that others around you are safe.
• Children are likely to get lice from someone in school; informing your child’s teacher of the matter is important. Schools can call in experts who conduct lice screenings.
• Try not to rely on home remedies; they are not thorough, and have a greater chance of lice survival. A wise route to take here is getting professional head lice removal
• Their in-house treatment services are designed to be discrete. If you feel like rebelling against the social stigma, then proudly walk into a reputable treatment center and have those irritable little crawlers out of your head.

If you need a safe and natural lice treatment plan, then consider our services. The Coral Gables lice treatment center of Urgent Lice Removal provides efficient lice removal services, within the clinic or in the comfort of your own home.

Meanwhile, remember that not only does negating judgment cause stress for a family with lice troubles, but also keeps troubled persons from getting the appropriate lice treatment. People end up hiding and ignoring this itchy problem from the fear of being judged and isolated.

Eliminate this social stigma once and for all.