About head lice

Lyclear is sold in all major retailers and at most local pharmacies.

All Lyclear treatments provide a double physical action attacking both head lice and their eggs. Lyclear Spray (or Lotion) and Lyclear Shampoo suffocate and dehydrate head lice and their eggs, whereas Lyclear Sensitive attaches onto the respiratory orifices of head lice and eggs to suffocate them and penetrates into the heart of the eggs to stop their development.

The number of treatments depends on the type of treatment you choose. With Lyclear Spray one 15 minutes treatment (incl. thorough combing) will be sufficient in most cases to effectively get rid of head lice. We advise you to re-check your treated child for head lice after seven days and repeat the treatment if necessary (should you notice any living head lice). With Lyclear Shampoo, two 10 minutes treatments are recommended. Comb the hair thoroughly to be certain all eggs are removed from the hair. Treating with LyclearSensitive requires one (overnight) application only. No matter what Lyclear treatment you choose, always use sufficient product. This is vital for a successful treatment.

You can use Lyclear as often as you want. Normally, 1 or 2 treatments (depending on the treatment chosen) will suffice to get rid of head lice. However, it is possible that people who have been treated can get head lice again from other untreated individuals. In this event, you can use Lyclear again at no risk; it will still be as effective.

Lyclear treatments are specifically developed to get rid of head lice and their eggs. In the event of a severe infestation, some eggs could still hatch after your first treatment, so you might have nymphs or baby head lice in your hair. There is no need to worry, as these nymphs only become mature after 10 days. Before that time, they feed on blood to live, but are not yet able to reproduce. Treat your hair a second time, and all head lice and eggs will be gone.
Another option is that your hair may have been re-infested. This is probably the case if you find mature head lice of more than 2mm because nymphs are smaller than mature head lice. lf this louse is female, she may have laid eggs again. In that case you need to start treating your hair with Lyclear again.

Lyclear Shampoo is suitable for children from 2 years old. Lyclear Spray and Lyclear Sensitive can be used as of 6 months.

Lyclear treatment solutions don’t contain chemical ingredients. Possible side effects are limited but may exist: itching and irritation around the eyes, flaking of the scalp, contact irritation and redness of the scalp, ears or neck. As a general precaution, we advise pregnant women breastfeeding to consult a pharmacist or a doctor.

Contrary to insecticide-based products, the Lyclear treatment range does not contain any insecticides and acts in a purely physical manner. Therefore, head lice cannot become resistant to any of its ingredients.

Before starting to use Lyclear, it’s important to check the hair of each family member thoroughly, preferably in daylight. Use an anti-lice comb to check dry hair for head lice and treat all those with head lice the same day, in order to avoid re-infestation.
For more info on how to use the Lyclear treatments, click on the links below:

• Lyclear Spray
• Lyclear Shampoo
• Lyclear Sensitive

Head lice have nothing to do with hygiene. Anyone can get head lice, although they are more common in children. Head lice are spread through head contact or through the sharing of personal belongings (scarf, cycling helmet, etc.). Young children tend to have closer contact. That is why the primary school is a typical place where head lice are more easily spread. At any time, most schools will have a few children with active living head lice. Head lice do not discriminate between short or long, or clean or dirty hair.

No. Head lice live close to the scalp so cutting your child’s hair will not make any difference. The best you can do is to immediately treat your child. Read more about Lyclear treatments.

We strongly recommend to regularly comb and check your child’s hair to spot head lice. This helps to avoid infestation reach the rest of the family. If a louse is found, carefully check the rest of the family and follow the easy steps for our treatments. This will ensure your child and your family are free from infection.
Some additional tips to protect your family:

• Ask your children not to share clothing such as scarves or caps with friends
• Tie up or braid long hair
• Wear a swimming cap in the swimming pool
• Disinfect the area and wash the bedding and personal items (scarves, caps…) at 60°C. Vacuum the house and car, and then throw the bag away.

You can seek advice from the local school nurse, pharmacist, or doctor.

Head lice may be able to live 2 to 3 days outside of the hair in a humid environment, but it is believed that they can no longer reproduce in such conditions.

Lyclear products do not contain any chemicals, but have a purely mechanical mode of action; therefore head lice cannot develop resistance to any of its ingredients. There is a possibility that head lice may become resistant to ingredients of insecticide-based products. However, true resistance to insecticides is relatively uncommon. Other reasons much more likely to be responsible for apparent treatment failure:

• a bad diagnosis
• failure to follow instructions: not enough product, treatment duration is too short, lack of head lice and eggs removal by combing, etc.
• (re)-infestation by untreated school friends, family members including adults
• no cleaning and disinfection of the environment
• no check 7 days after the first treatment and repeated treatment if necessary

You can do this by measuring how far the eggs are positioned from the scalp. Eggs are laid near the scalp. Hair grows at about one centimetre a month. Therefore an egg that is situated 2 cm from the scalp was laid about 2 months ago.