My kid has lice! Where did I go wrong?! Here’s an important fact about lice: they prefer clean hair. That’s right, lice are actually attracted to frequently washed scalps. They have an easier time laying eggs on and grasping relatively clean, oil-free hair. So the answer is, you didn’t go wrong. In fact, you have [...]

NitWitty employs a no-nonsense lice treatment process based on personal experience, medical literature and a thorough understanding of our insect foe. We do not recommend the use of pesticides or exotic oils, and we do not try to sell our customers unnecessary soaps, lotions or laundry detergents. We have done the research and practical implementation [...]

Though it is probably not the right order of things, before explaining how to prevent head lice, there is one thing we absolutely want you to know that does not prevent lice… washing your hair. In fact, clean heads attract lice. Kids around Los Angeles County can add this to reasons not to take a [...]

Most parents we talk to prefer the non-toxic approach to lice removal. Maybe it’s just that we’re in the Los Angeles area, and our ‘granola crunchy’ California-ness is getting the best of us. But even though we’re in Los Angeles, people do sometimes ask about the bug-killing shampoo, Rid, that is available in stores. Here’s [...]

Most people know that lice are a pain, but basically no real health threat. People ask me what they should have done to prevent it. And, every now and then a young mom worries that they’ve neglected something. They think the presence of lice is saying something about their parenting skills and overall devotion to [...]