No parent wants a call from the school nurse asking them to pick up their child from school, especially if it is because their offspring has been found to have lice. While it may seem gross, neither you nor your child is alone. The Center for Disease Control estimates that between six and 12 million youth between the ages of three and 11 are infested with lice each year in the U.S.

There are a number of reasons why so many young have their head invaded with lice. These facts include:

? Lice are quick. Insect experts have clocked lice running through a person?s hair at over 12 miles an hour.
? Lice live for approximately 30 days. In that time frame, the females lay five to six eggs a day. These eggs hatch in seven to 10 days.
? Before a child, or anyone for that matter, starts to itch from being bitten, they have to be bitten over 10,000 times.

There are a number of things you can do to prevent you and your children from getting lice. One of the most popular pieces of advice is to never share hair brushes, combs, or accessories. It is also recommended that children do not share towels even though lice cannot live off of the human head for more than a day.

Should you or your child become infested with lice, your best bet is to seek out a professional lice removal service. They will be able to help you get rid of lice. There are a number of treatments for lice that the professional lice removal service can offer you including a natural lice treatment and a non-toxic lice removal service.

It is especially important that you use a professional lice removal service to ensure that all of the nits or eggs, as well as the nymphs and full grown adult lice, have been removed before either you or your child return to school or work. This is due to the fact that there are strains of lice that have been found in over half of the U.S. that are resistant to over the counter treatments. Furthermore, lice are tiny and hard to see. After the egg or nit hatches and becomes a nymph, it is approximately 1.1 to 1.3 millimeters in diameter. When it is full grown, lice average no more than two millimeters in diameter. This is no bigger than a pin head and is often difficult to see. Therefore, without the use of a professional lice removal service, you may not remove all of the bugs from your child?s head.