Lice! What do mean lice??” Yep that was me, standing in the bathroom at the hair salon. You would have thought death was upon me and I didn’t even know what lice was. I cried all the way home that day. But I was lucky enough to have had a family member say “Call the Lice Squad”. My reaction, “who the heck does that, that’s got to be there craziest thing I’ve ever heard”, so here I am...

My friends call me the “Lice Nerd”. I manage a lice removal clinic in London, Ontario Canada for 8 years where I was the front line of defense against the dreaded bug. But, when I was not removing lice and their sticky eggs from client’s hair, I am researching those crazy wingless, bloodsucking insects. I have been known to tape lice eggs to my forearm and my legs to see if they hatch and capture the process on my iPhone!

I have a love- hate relationship with head lice. I am fascinated with all things lice and I truly enjoy sharing everything I learn about them to however will listen – from my job as well as from my own personal life experiences with lice. I am proud to say I’ve had lice 8 times, and I don’t get it from my job. I have little lice magnet children. I am not only ready to battle the bug, but also the stigma surrounding lice.

I believe education and communication is key to the fight against lice but I understand the confusion with all the miss information out there... that’s why I have decided to start up my own real life research lab in my lice removal salon. Lice can bring the strongest person to their knees so I believe with the proper info, the battle is half won.

I EDUCATE on lice, EMPOWER people and RELIEVE stress... You can’t get that in a box! But you can get it from the “LICE NERD”.

Melissa