EFFECTIVE LICE TREATMENT
Our patented heated air treatment
We empower parents and caregivers with the safest, most effective method to clear your family of head lice. With over 1 million treatments performed with less than 1% of our clients needing to be re-treated, we stand behind our Signature AirAllé® Treatment for 30 days.
Distinguished Innovation
The AirAllé® device concept originated in the laboratory of Dr. Dale Clayton at the University of Utah, where he is a professor in the Department of Biology.
1980‘s – Early 1990’s
Dr. Clayton successfully cultured lice on captive birds, such as common pigeons, for basic research purposes.
1996
When he moved his lab to the University of Utah, from Oxford University in England, he encountered great difficulty keeping lice alive on captive birds. He was informed that, because of Utah’s arid climate, they too had difficulty keeping insect cultures alive.
The Problem
When his elementary school children contracted head lice, he thought it might be possible to control by reducing the level of humidity near the scalp. The question was how to accomplish this trick.
The Solution
The culmination of years of work and prototypes, was the publication in 2006 of a paper in The Journal of Pediatrics, along with a press release by the University of Utah. This generated a feeding frenzy of worldwide media attention that validated widespread interest in such a device and the critical need for it.
2011
A follow-up study was published in the Journal of Medical Entomology that showed the LouseBuster (which is now the AirAllé® Lice Device) was highly effective at killing lice and eggs. Subsequently, the FDA cleared the AirAllé® for head lice treatment**.
2015
In a clinical report on head lice by the American Academy of Pediatrics (Pediatrics volume 135, number 5, May 2015), the AirAllé® device was listed as the only device to kill lice and eggs through desiccation. It stated regular blow dryers should not be used for treating lice.
March 2015
In a survey of professional lice clinics, clinic owners reported successful treatments in a single visit over 99 percent of the time when using the AirAllé® device.
