How Our Process Works — How We Treat Lice at Our Lice Clinics
Confirm & book: Tell us what’s going on and choose a time. We’ll share simple prep instructions, so you can get in quickly at a Lice Charmers clinic or with our mobile team.
Lice check: We use dimethicone oil to wet the hair, section it, and lice comb through in every direction to screen everyone for an active lice infestation. We’ll show you what we find and you can decide if you want treatment.
Precision treatment: Your technician applies targeted heat to desiccate the lice and eggs, then sections the hair and combs every strand from scalp to ends under bright light. This method kills live lice and nits efficiently, even on thick or curly hair.
Aftercare & prevention: No aftercare is required, but we will give you guidance on what to do to take care of your home and how to avoid reinfestation.
What to expect at your appointment:
Plan for about 30–60 minutes per person, depending on hair length and density. You’ll sit comfortably while your technician parts the hair in small sections, works methodically root-to-tip, and shows findings on a white paper towel as we go. We explain each step, answer questions, and send you home completely lice free and non-contagious.
Lice Checks — The Lice Charmers Way
You can learn how to check yourself for lice or how to check for lice on your own head, but even with mirrors and combs, it’s easy to miss nits close to the scalp — especially if you have light or thick hair. Lice move quickly, and a missed egg can restart the infestation.
At Lice Charmers, professional tools and experience make the difference. Our trained eyes spot what others can’t, giving you fast, certain results.
Don’t spend hours guessing — let Lice Charmers confirm it once and for all.
We’ll show you what we find, so you can see for yourself.
Years of experience & and counting
How to Check for Lice & Nits (Lice Eggs)
Types of Check: Dry Checks vs Wet Checks
If you’re in a pinch for time, do a quick dry check.
If there is a high risk of exposure and you have time, do a wet check. We only do wet checks on our clients because they are much more accurate.
How to Do a Dry Check
- Go to a well lit area.
- Use a rat-tail comb or pencil and part the hair on the nape of the neck, around the ears, and the crown of the head.
- Inspect the scalp for anything in the lice identification section below.
How to Do a Wet Check
Supplies: paper towels, hair conditioner, detangling brush or comb, and a metal-toothed lice comb.
- Wet the hair and massage a small amount of conditioner throughout to prevent snagging.
- Hold the lice comb at a 15-degree angle to the scalp and comb from roots to end in one smooth motion.
- Wipe the comb with a paper tower and compare anything you find to the lice identification section below.
- Comb through the entire scalp in every direction, checking with the paper towel as you go.
A professional wet check takes 20-30 minutes, depending on the thickness, length, and texture of the hair.
Expect to take at least double that time for your checks because one or two missed bugs or nits is all it takes to keep a lice infestation going.
Professional lice checks are available at our clinics or in-home appointments.
Lice & Nits Identification Mini-Guide
Head Lice
- Six-legged
- About the size of a sesame seed when fully grown.
- Translucent when not digesting and brown to reddish brown when digesting.
Nits
- Shaped like a teardrop
- As small as a grain of salt
- Are light to dark brown when viable
- White when empty/hatched
- Securely glued to the hair shaft
If it’s easily flicked or blown away from the hair, it is not a nit.