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Did you know Hair Fairies have a press release every month? You can find this press release on our bulletin at each one of our head lice salons.  The cool thing about these releases is that we may have special promotions, giveaways, and tidbits that can help with head lice treatments.
 
If you haven’t read our press release for the month of February, we are offering 25 % off lice removal services for clients who must repeat treatments within six months.  On top of that, we are offering that discount to clients who refer other clients.  Furthermore, if you refer and/or book a school screening with the school administrator, your treatments will be discounted for 25 % off!

You can check out our press release online at our very own Hair Fairies website, www.hairfairies.com  Check it out!

On the first head lice treatment, we remove everything that is visible. About 70%-80% is visible in the first visit. It is very difficult to get rid of the head lice infestation in one visit due to lack of visibility. The nits when they are first laid are transluscent and are very hard to see.The nits go from light brown to dark brown. The closer the nits are to hatching, they become darker, and more visible. When the nits hatch, the louse is very small, and they are flat on the surface, therefore the lice comb won't grab on to it. The remaining 20%-30% is removed in the second treatment. The second treatment is shorter than the first, since you will have less nits and/or head lice left.

Unless you follow the two head lice treatments, we are unable to successfully remove the head lice, and deem you lice free, as well as guarantee our services.

Apps or Application programs for mobile devices have been becoming popular these days.  Here at Hair Fairies Salon-San Francisco, it came to our notice that there are apps for Head Lice!  And yes, not just one app, but two, and not just two, but three of them!  This information stemmed from our clients who had mentioned to us that there are Lice Apps on the iPhone that give out head lice information. 

 

I did some research of my own and load and behold…..there are currently three apps!  The first app is an actual game where it looks like you can plant lice on any photo that you post.  The other two were information programs for Head lice and Bed Bugs.  Check them out if you’re curious and interested!  The only disclaimer is only view them for your pleasure.  If you have any real questions and concerns, please call us! 

 

We have 11 years of experience solely dealing with Head Lice, so if you have any questions on the matter don’t hesitate to call us.  The apps are fun and all, but again, please make sure to contact Hair Fairies and or the Center of Disease and Control when it comes to head lice questions.

 

 

 

Dancing Queen

Some parents may come into Hair Faries frantic, scared or nervous. Parents are often times overwhelemed with dealing with this Head Lice infestation. They have to tell their freinds and family that they have been in close contact with that they have Head Lice or worse, their school! Hair Fairies is a safe solution and will deal  with your Head Lice problem once and for all! Children are diffrent. They are care free and not cognizant of what is on their Heads. As funny as that may sound, in Chicago, we had this little girl who had a very moderate case of Lice. She is a 2 year old dancing machine. While mom was worried about her sibling having Head Lice, the little girl  started dancing to her favorite pop songs. We named her "Dancing Queen". She brought smiles to other Parents, kids and even Hair Fairies Technicians. She shed light on what could be a positive experience for many other families dealing  with these pesky parisites. Dance your heart out "Dancing Queen"! this is your song!

Hair fairies services are guaranteed and all of our products are organic. We do not use pesticides, so our products are not toxic. We are also pediatrician recommended. Most the clients that come to hair fairies have already used an something which they believed would get rid of the head lice; for instance, nix or rid, and had to come to hair fairies because they did not get rid of the infestation. After a second treatment, and once the whole family have been screened, and everyone who has head lice is treated, you are entitled to 14 days guarantee excluding Saturday in which you can come in as many times as you want. The 14 days guarantee is free of charge.

The over the counter products kill about 60-70 percent of the head lice and nothing gets rid of the nits. You either have to comb them out, or manually picked them out one by one. These products are pesticides so they are toxic and they are bad for your scalp and hair. Most people after using the over the counter products complain that their hair is falling out and having a dry scalp, as well as not being able to get rid of the head lice.

We Listen to our Clients

At Hair Fairies we listen to our clients. Some of the best ideas have come from them as they are in the actual situation of dealing with Head Lice. Placing Jackets, hats and Gloves in bags at school. Doing free screenings once a month at our salon. etc....

Great ideas on prevention have come from many of our clients while being treated. So while we are confident in our expertise, we aren’t above listening to the Moms and Dads we treat. New ideas come from all over and one of the most overlooked places for ideas in most businesses seems to be the customer. Not at Hair Fairies Inc, "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. "
Leo Buscaglia

We are a Clinical Salon solely dedicated to the removal of Head lice treatments and screenings.  But did you know we also offer Free head lice checks in schools and sometimes in our salons?  Please call into any of our location and ask us how and why?!

 

We have been working with schools in our neighborhoods when we first open up about 11 years ago and each location have been working with schools to help check the students for early detection and prevention.  We often times offer 2 FREE hours of lice screenings to schools that have not used us before and or have experienced an outbreak.  On top of that, there were special promotional days where all of our Hair Fairies location offered Free Head Lice Checks for the day.

 

The result and outcome through these Free Screenings have been helpful for both parties, from parents who are concerned about the kid’s classmates to extended family members who can get screened for head lice.  Also, Schools who needed further assistance with head lice checks would allow us to check their kids when there was an outbreak.  Overall, the focus is trying to control or handle the matter not just in one family but as a community.  We have gotten moms who would call their schools right away when they brought their kids in and were tested positive.   This has been an effective approach! 

In order for your child not to get head lice, your child should not be sharing any hats, helmets, or hair ties with another child. We all know how much girls like having their hair out, but in order prevent head lice, your daughters' hair should not be out. It should be tied up neatly in bun or braid, no loose pony tails. There should be no hair sticking out. All you need is one string of hair for the lice to grab onto to get lice. It only takes seconds for a louse to travel from hair to hair.

It's a very rewarding feeling when clients walk into a Hair Fairies salon knowing all of our Q's and A's on head lice and our Nit-Zapping process. Maribel our lead tech in our Hair Fairies Los Angeles salon was treating a family who purchased our product, followed our tutorial (after watching it over and over again) but decided to come in after their first attempt. As Maribel treated she found a few nits. Maribel said the whole family was very well educated on the head lice subject, even the youngest of the family asked Maribel if she was ready for step 3 (blow dry) to commence our nit-picking session. All Maribel could do was smile and keep on "reviewing" what they already knew :)

 
If you haven’t been informed about how many Hair Fairies-The Head Lice Helpers stores there are currently in the United States then just remember to add two more onto the list this year!!!  We are excited to announce that Hair Fairies will be coming to stay and open in Connecticut.  The location will be in Fairfield and the exact address is:  63 Unquowa Road, Fairfield Connecticut 06824.

 

This is an exciting time for us and for Connecticut-tizens.  Connecticut-tizens are people who live in Connecticut and they will have Hair Fairies helping to nurture and help out with Head lice screenings and treatments!  Remember to call and ask us any questions and know that we are offering FREE CHECKS when the store opens up.

 

The second store will be in Dallas and to be announced!   It will be in University Park.  I am looking forward to blog Dallas when we get more news!!!

 

As much as we don’t want to believe that a baby can get head lice, unforunately they can. Head lice don’t have an age preference, as long as they are able to feed. Once a baby’s mother has it, it is about 90% chance that your baby will have it too. Moms are constantly hugging , and kissing their baby, so how could the baby not get it?

Mom Talk about Head Lice in Chicago :

So many of our clients at Hair Fairies Chicago are moms who’ve been referred to us by other moms. The mom chain is a powerful thing and we tend to love it as we don’t just end up getting to know one family, but we get to know that families friends as well. That’s why educating clients on Head Lice is so important. One mom inevitably tells another mom. And so on. The education spreads faster than Head  Lice can. It amazes me that to this days so many people still don’t know how lice work as they’ve been with us since the pyramids. It is an honor to be able to spread the info about Head Lice and help moms educate moms everywhere.

Hair Fairies San Francisco would like to thank all the schools who have invited us to do head lice screenings this week!  We are very delighted to help out and dry check almost 1000 students this week!  We had school checks booked consecutively from Monday to Wedsneday and we are coming back to follow up on one school come Friday.  What a way to ring in the new years with school screenings because early detection is key!