How much do you know about head lice or kuto? Test yourself by reading this list below of some facts about head lice which you may not be aware of.
- Head lice infestation or pediculosis is most common for girls 4-12 years old.
- Boys can have lice too.
- Head lice can live or thrive even on clean hair and scalp.
- Children who have short hair can still have lice if not treated. That is because lice live and feed on scalp. However, having long hair means having more space for head lice to lay their eggs.
- Head louse (single kuto is louse, more than 1 is lice) doesn’t multiply because of heat or exposure to sunlight.
- Head lice don’t jump nor fly because they don’t have wings and their legs are not powerful enough to jump.
- Head lice can be spread by close contact or sharing personal effects such as combs, hats, beddings, towels or clothings.
- Head lice can’t infect animals.
- Having head lice doesn’t mean that one has poor hygiene.
- Adult louse can live in a person’s head for 30 days but when it falls from the head, it can only survive 3-4 days when it doesn’t feed on blood.
- Severe head lice cases may lead to worse cases such as skin infection or hearing loss due to infected ears.
- One adult louse can lay 10 eggs a day so multiply that to 30, 1 kuto will breed 300 more kuto if left untreated.
Did you get everything right? Well, I didn’t know all of these facts initially. Some of these facts I’ve heard for the first time when I joined the Kilusang Kontra Kuto campaign of Licealiz at Enlisted Men’s Signal Village Elem School, Ballecer St., Taguig. With my fellow moms from Mommy Bloggers Philippines, we’ve learned from the short talk by a licensed dermatologist how prevalent pediculosis is, the things parents should know about head lice, and how to properly manage and treat it using Licealiz Head Lice treatment shampoo.
Students from Enlisted Men’s Signal Village Elem School had their hair and scalp shampooed with Licealiz
After shampooing with Licealiz, hair was rinsed thoroughly.
After shampooing with Licealiz and rinsing, students used “suyod” to remove the adult head lice and nymphs already living on scalp
Don’t Underestimate The Power Of Kuto
It’s difficult to have kuto and most of us, those who had head lice and even those who hadn’t, know that. It’s irritating because scalp can be very itchy. When the scalp is infected, you might even experience hair fall. My daughter who had head lice even had the skin on her neck infected that I had to bring her to a dermatologist. Fortunately, the topical ointment prescribed had healed her skin.
Dermatologist explained more about head lice infestation and how Licealiz can help treat it.
Despite the irritability and hassle of having head lice, why is the infestation very common? I can think of only two. Either we underestimate head lice thinking that it will be solved on its own or we just don’t know how to properly treat it. Both of these issues root from lack of awareness.
Lamoiyan Corporation, the makers of Licealiz Head Lice Treatment Shampoo, aims to fight head lice infestation by addressing the issues I’ve mentioned above by conducting a Nationwide Oplan Alis Kuto as part of Kilusang Kontra Kuto (KKK). The caravan will be traveling to different schools and barangays all over the country to hold shampooing programs and lectures for students and parents. Now on its second year and in partnership with DepED, UP College of Public Health and Mommy Bloggers Philippines, KKK aims to raise awareness about lice infestation issues and teach the parents and children how to treat it through proper shampooing using LiceAliz. Last year, the campaign reached 30 communities and over 10,000 children and parents in Luzon Visayas and Mindanao.
I had the opportunity to share my experience as a mom who had kids who had headlice before and my experience as a Licealiz user.
I was lucky to be one who witnessed their first activation this year. I saw how eager the students were to start the treatment when they were shampooed in the school. Who wouldn’t want to have a fresher, cleaner hair and scalp that is itch-free? After the activation, the kids were all smiling and looking fresh.
With mommy blogger members of Mommy Bloggers Philippines, Lamoiyan Corp team, Dr. Chen and UP College of Public Health Representative
Licealiz is an affordable and effective anti-headlice shampoo and the kids should use it only twice a week for treatment and once a week for prevention. It’s available in 2 types : the one with conditioning formula and another with the soothing coolness. The shampoo smells nice on hair and the hair doesn’t get that stiff after using unlike when we use other brands. My daughters and I use Licealiz at least once a week to prevent reoccurence and because the shampoo is safe to use naman.
Join Kilusang Kontra-Kuto and you can do it starting from your home. For more information on head lice prevention and treatment, visit Licealiz’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/licealiz.
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Good to know we now have an easy yet effective way to kill those stubborn lice! Back in the days we only have this thing called “suyod”. Ang sakit pang gamitin. Thanks for sharing Mommy!
I missed this event! But thank goodness no one has kuto in our family. I had them when I was a young girl. And we just used suyod then tapos titirisin. Buti there’s Licealiz na!
Just last week, I bought 2 sachets of Licealiz to kill my daughter’s headlice. Yes, nagkakaron sya ng kuto kapag pasukan. Nahahawa sa classmates. Kapag bakasyon kasi malinis naman ang ulo nya, no kuto and lisa. Since we armed with Licealiz, I know that it wil be difficult for headlice to pest my daughter. I will continue to use it to my daughter once a week for prevention while I check and remove lisa kung meron. I will not let kuto suck my daughter’s energy and happiness 🙂
Good thing that I have a son and crew cut lagi so hindi nagkakakuto. Hirap pag girl, mahirap alisin ang kuto. Good thing may mga ganitong products na sa market.
Good thing it’s easy for us now these days to eradicate these tiny pests in children. Kudos also for Lamoiyan corporation for this advocacy. May tgey continue to spread news to the entire country so no children will suffer from infestation anymore.
my son had lice before, he got it from his cousin. I used Licealiz and it was very effective in removing lice, ang bango pa.
My sister once had lice and the only thing that worked for her was Licealiz! I’m excited that they’re coming to Mindanao next. Still hoping I could join the event!
Licealiz is an effective solution to get rid of lice infestation in both children and adults. Since the school is a child’s second home, I commend Lamoiyan Corporation in this endeavor.
Good thing that there’s an effective and safe way to get rid of kuto. It is really annoying and uncomfortable when you and you’re kids have lice. Also, kudos to their programs that they will be visiting different school for awareness.
I personally experience this one when I was still a kid pero wala awareness sa school, how lucky the students are now that there is someone who can teach and guide them how to treat it properly
HI, I’m a first time user of Licealiz, we heard this long time ago at TV advertisement with Glady’s Reyes as endorser, but never had the chance to use it kasi nman wala nman may “kuto” sa bahay, until my niece took a vacation in our home, we have heard of her with plenty of lice, so what we did, we gave her personal comb, own pillow, own towels, when her lola had the chance to make “suyod” of her, she was amazed to see numerous lice and as a working mom, she just texted it to me(pati ako nangingilabot), sobra tlagang inalagaan nya ang kanyang mga kuto, hayyy, kya she told me to buy licealiz. At first, I’m too shy to buy it at Mercury Drug, I asked the pharmacist “meron ba kayong Licealiz?, ung sa lice?(in whisper), so she handed to me the sachets. just one use of Licealiz, even comb can have it removed it from her hair. We will just continue to use this shampoo until all her lice will be removed. She is leaving to migrate at Canada this coming May 12, 2018, we’ll surely hand over to her this shampoo as our pabaon to her, hehe.
Thanks to Lamoiyan Corp for having invented this product, good luck to your up coming activities like “kuto” awareness for students, Keep it up! God bless us all…
Hi po, di pa po ako nka pag gamit ng Licealis but gagamitin ko palang po. For my daughter, kasi kahit inikli an na po yung buhok niya di parin nawawala, . Noon po na mahaba pa yung buhok na. Nag susugat sugat yung scalp nya.