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In head lice outbreaks, ‘selfies’ may be a surprising culprit
In a 2004 study, researchers tested six home remedies on head lice — vinegar, isopropyl alcohol, olive oil, mayonnaise, melted butter and petroleum jelly — and found that the only product that ...
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How Should You Treat Head Lice?
In terms of treatments for lice, you can be extremely successful using a multitude of remedies. There's no proven scientific evidence with the mayonnaise, the olive oil, and all of that kind of ...
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Yes, Black People Do Get Lice
Head lice begin life as very small (about 0.5-millimeter ... including petroleum jelly, mayonnaise, and olive oil, found that none were particularly effective. Consider treating with heat.
Lice Clinics of America Opens Albany Clinic
Clinic is the 8th to open in New YorkTroy, NY, March 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The country’s largest lice-removal clinic has opened a location in the Albany area. Families dealing with head lice in ...
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Reporter’s Notebook: Mayonnaise, email and drawing, sort of
One staff member at our company even shared a childhood memory about how she had to sleep with mayonnaise on her head when she got lice. Though she gagged through the night, it killed the lice.