Preventing reinfection
Offer the following tips to customers:
- Tell close friends and family that head lice have been found so that they too can be checked
- Children should avoid prolonged head-to-head contact with friends and should not share hairbrushes, hats, etc
- Check the hair two to three days after treatment to be sure that it was successful and then carry out weekly detection combing
- Use preventative products (e.g. Hedrin Protect and Go, Lyclear Head Lice Repellent Spray, Vamousse Protective Shampoo, Vosene Kids 3 in 1 Shampoo, Puressentiel Lice Repellent Spray). These can be used during known head lice outbreaks or immediately after having successfully completed head lice treatment. They may help to avoid reinfection.
