Heated Air
Devices blowing heated air onto the scalp have been tested for efficacy in killing lice and eggs and shows up to 98% mortality of eggs and 80% mortality of hatched eggs. The louse loses body moisture to the heated air and within the treatment period becomes desiccated and dies. Currently there is only one FDA approved medical device that offers this technology.
A standard home blow dryer will kill 96.7% of eggs with proper technique. The LouseBuster machine is more effective than a hair dryer at killing hatched lice, but both are almost equally effective at killing eggs. To be effective, the blow dryer must be used repeatedly (every 1 to 7 days since eggs hatch in 7 to 10 days) until the natural life cycle of the lice is over (about 4 weeks). The louseBuster requires only a single session since it also kills hatched lice.
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