Efficacy and Safety of a Water-Based Head Lice Lotion: A Randomized, Controlled, Investigator-Blinded, Comparative, Bicentric Study.

Introduction: Silicones (e.g., dimethicone) are effective and safe alternatives to insecticides for the treatment of head lice.

Comparative in vitro pediculicidal efficacy of treatments in a resistant head lice population in the United States.

Objective: To compare the pediculicidal activity of 5 head lice products available in the United States on head lice from south Florida.

Design: In vitro pediculicidal product comparison.

Setting: Lice Source Services, Inc, located in Plantation, Fla, a clinic for the treatment and grooming of individuals with pediculosis capitis.