Prescription lice treatment can be hard to get and some OTC treatments arent very effective.
This will make Sklice more accessible for patient care.
When a child has lice, they might have to stay home from school until the treatment is successful.
Richard Bailey / Getty Images
Nits will look like small white or yellow-brown specks and be firmly attached to the hair near the scalp.
Nits can be confused with dandruff, dirt particles, or hair spray droplets.
How to Treat Lice
There are both OTC and prescription medications available to treat lice.
Regardless of the product you choose, always follow the instructions on the label.
Deirdre Hooper, MD
The biggest problem with lice treatment is that it is time-consuming.
Sklice, a topical lotion treatment, can be applied to people 6 months of age and older.
Unlike with other treatments, no combing is required.
The biggest problem with lice treatment is that it is time-consuming.
No one does a good job of combing.
Only 18% of patients that used a vehicle control product were lice and nit-free after 15 days.
Ivermectin’s method of action targets nerve and muscle cells of a louse, causing paralysis and death.
In addition to Sklice, there are also other AAP-approved lice treatments that are available OTC and by prescription.
However, it should not be relied on to treat an active lice infestation.
You might need to see a board-certified dermatologist.
Head lice are found worldwide and do not cause serious illness or carry disease.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Head lice: epidemiology & risk factors.
Devore CD, Schutze GE.Head lice.PEDIATRICS.
2015;135(5):e1355-e1365.
doi: 0.1056/NEJMoa1200107
Skerrett PJ, Havard Health Blog.New anti-lice lotion is good news for nitpickers.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Head lice-treatment.
National Institutes of Health (NIH).Permethrin lotion 1%.
Lachlan Pharmaceuticals.ULESFIA - prescribing information.
ParaPRO LLC.Natroba - prescribing information.
Amanzougaghene N, Fenollar F, Raoult D, Mediannikov O.Where are we with human lice?
a review of the current state of knowledge.Front Cell Infect Microbiol.
Published 2020 Jan 21. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2019.00474
