Ulesfia for Head Lice

Although many parents with kids at summer camp are worried about swine flu right now, there are still a lot of the old summer camp infection standbys out there, like impetigo and of course, head lice.

This summer, campers have a new weapon against head lice, which is especially good news for parents who don't like to use anti-lice drugs like Nix, Rid, Ovide, or Lindane, since they consider them to be pesticides. Now instead of coming up with their own recipes for head lice home remedies, such as mayonnaise, olive oil, or vaseline, they can try Ulesfia (Benzyl Alcohol Lotion 5%) which was recently approved to treat children over six months of age with head lice. Unlike other head lice shampoos, Ulesfia is a water-soluble gel that works to suffocate head lice.