Did you and your family stay with families and friends during Hurricane Sandy? If so, you could be facing a head lice hurricane! Did you perform a head check on your children post Hurricane Sandy with a good metal lice comb?

Do you know the ways to contract head lice?

• More than 90% of head lice cases come from head to head contact with an infected person. (hair touching hair)

• Hugging

• Children working and playing together in small spaces where heads touch (books and hand held video games)

• Cloth seats in the movie theater, on a bus, train, or plane

• Sharing dress up clothes, hats or hooded sweatshirts

• Lying on someone’s bed or pillow

• Sharing brushes or hair accessories

• Using someone else’s towel

• Sharing a batting or safety helmet

• Trying on clothes or costumes in stores

For more information on head lice detection and prevention please visit our web site at www.licelifters.com

Elizabeth Mishkin

Marketing Director

Lice Lifters

www.licelifters.com