Lice Centers of Wisconsin

01/27/2026

Lice Lessons Oil Treatment is 100% effective and pesticide free!

01/18/2026

Monthly screenings with a nit comb are the best way parents can work together to control the spread of lice.

01/17/2026

White material is likely waxy buildup or dry skin, not lice.

10/25/2025

10/21/2025

Sometimes an infestation is so severe we need to give the scalp time to heal. Check back in on November 2!

09/16/2025

We’ve been featured on the Part-Time Genuis podcast!

For a tiny insect, lice sure can cause big problems! Today Mango and producer Mary—both veterans of the head lice wars—dive into the ancient history of this itchy critter (including mummies with lice!), explore bizarre superstitions and home remedies you shouldn’t try (please don’t dunk your head in kerosene!), and finally, talk to some experts, including Lice Centers of Wisconsin, about treatments that do work… and why you might want to take a moment to appreciate your lice before you destroy them.

Podcast Episode · Part-Time Genius · 09/16/2025 · 40m

09/05/2025

Get into the habit of checking your child at least once a month for head lice. Don’t wait for notices from school or only check when you hear about “outbreaks“. Do this routinely.

09/03/2025

Hi moms, Laurie with Lice Centers here. We’re just days into the school year and moms are already talking head lice. Remember, your school doesn’t have head lice, KIDS have head lice, and they go to school WITH head lice. Here’s some information that will hopefully help you prevent head lice and treat it if your children ever get it.

08/14/2025

Do you know what that little brown “bead” glued to the strand of hair is? It’s a human head lice egg. Head lice eggs aren’t white, they’re brown. (The white looking eggs are empty casings). In order for the bug inside of an egg to survive, the egg has to be cemented to the hair shaft no more than a quarter inch away from the root of the hair, where the heat and humidity that radiate off of the scalp can keep the egg alive.

08/07/2025

How many lice do you see on the teeth of this nit comb? What else do you see?

07/29/2025

Lice eggs, get glued to the hair shaft no more than 1/4 inch away from the root of the hair. You can buzz cut the hair and still have eggs and lice in the short hair that remains.

07/24/2025

A full day of slaying head lice tends to make a gal hungry. If you haven’t yet, you absolutely have to stop by Layne's Chicken Fingers - Appleton, WI. I’m obsessed with these fries.