Recently, we had a child who was being worked on at our Chicago location. The child asked one of our technicians if he had gotten head lice because he was dirty? The technician replied, “That is just a myth, the #1 way of getting head lice is head to head contact. Basically, it’s a downside to having friends and being cool. I always say, ‘If I had a kid, and everyone in their class got head lice but my child, most parents would be thrilled. I would look at it like we need to get you in some clubs or after school programs.’ The child’s face started to glow. He paused for a second and said, “Awesome, because my friends and I like to play outside and sometimes we get dirty and I didn’t want to stop doing that.”
