Clinic Offers Alternative to Standard Lice Treatment

Experts said a mutated head lice has become resistant to standard over-the-counter treatments, leaving many people looking for new solutions.

Danette Kessler found lice in her daughter's hair three weeks ago. Thinking she might have it too, she bought treatments and then spent hours treating and combing their hair. She said the initial treatment was not effective.

"And so I bought another treatment," she said. "I was completely frustrated."

Kessler brought her daughter to Air Alle DFW, who performed a heated-air treatment on her head. The treatment dehydrates the lice and then they comb them out.

"They have become resistant to most of the chemicals and pesticides in the over the counter treatments," Air Alle owner Magdalena Muldoon said. "That’s why moms get frustrated, because they’ve been fighting this for a long time."

It's been three days and Kessler said the lice haven't returned.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 6 to 12 million people will be affected by lice this year.