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ABOUT LICE CLINICS OF AMERICA

We are a preferred provider in the Lice Clinics of America™ (LC of A) network. That means we have met rigorous standards to ensure you receive the highest level of care. Our technicians have been trained and certified to use the FDA-cleared AirAllé® device, a medical device that is highly effective at treating lice and lice eggs using heated air.

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Close-up of AirAllé

PROFESSIONAL LICE REMOVAL SOLUTION

AirAllé® (pronounced air-a-lay)

  • An FDA-cleared medical device
  • Effectively treats head lice and 99.2 percent of lice eggs *
  • A single, one-hour treatment
  • Used by head lice-removal professionals around the world
  • Provides a safe, fast and highly effective lice treatment

The FDA-cleared AirAllé device effectively treats lice and eggs through dehydration. This is a revolutionary alternative to treating head lice with pesticides, herbal lice remedies, suffocation products or lice combs. The device, which was invented by scientists at the University of Utah, treats lice and eggs through a specific combination of temperature, airflow, time and technique.

* Based on independent clinical studies – Journal of Medical Entomology

REVOLUTIONARY

Because the AirAllé device is so effective at treating lice eggs (which are the hardest for traditional lice products to treat), the chances of needing a follow-up treatment are very small.

Clinical studies done on over 500 people with head lice demonstrated the safety and efficacy of the AirAllé device and treatment (see published data in the peer-reviewed Pediatrics and Journal of Medical Entomology). Thousands of successful lice treatments are now being done each month with the AirAllé device.

MORE DETAILS

  • Distinguished Innovation

    The AirAllé® device concept originated in the laboratory of Dr. Dale Clayton at the University of Utah, where he is a professor in the Department of Biology.

  • 1980‘s - Early 1990’s

    Dr. Clayton successfully cultured lice on captive birds, such as common pigeons, for basic research purposes.

  • 1996

    When he moved his lab to the University of Utah, from Oxford University in England, he encountered great difficulty keeping lice alive on captive birds. He was informed that, because of Utah’s arid climate, they too had difficulty keeping insect cultures alive.

  • The Problem

    When his elementary school children contracted head lice, he thought it might be possible to control by reducing the level of humidity near the scalp. The question was how to accomplish this trick.

  • The Solution

    The culmination, of years of work and prototypes, was the publication in 2006 of a paper in the journal Pediatrics along with a press release by the University of Utah generated a feeding frenzy of worldwide media attention that validated widespread interest in such a device, and the critical need for it.

  • 2011

    A follow-up study was published in the Journal of Medical Entomology that showed the LouseBuster (which is now the AirAllé® Lice Device) was highly effective at treating lice and eggs.