Question for hairdressers: When can I go back to salon after child has had lice? Doctor's note, yay or nay?
Lice is running through my daughter's daycare, and we found some on her last weekend. We all went through the first treatment on Saturday and have been religiously combing and checking since, with my daughter leaving in conditioner to help stop them from coming back. We are going to do the second treatment this weekend. So far, I'm clean for lice or nits.
I'm due for a visit, so I asked the salon how far out from treatment they would be comfortable seeing me/if they would need to check before starting, and they told me I could only be seen with a doctor's note clearing me for lice. This wouldn't bother me normally, but I've lost a lot of work days to medical issues recently, and I'm not sure a doctor is going to be that more experienced looking for lice than I am after watching a few videos, unless I get in with a derm. My understanding is that it's not considered a medical issue unless it causes an infection, which is very rare. The other problem is that I leave in a rural area that's underserved and just don't feel good about taking up an appointment when we should be able to check and tell at home if they're gone.
What are folks' thoughts? Should I just go ahead and schedule a doc's appointment or just wait a month out without signs of any lice in the home and go in for a cut? Would it be normal for a stylist to do a quick check before starting? Or is just time for me to get some hair clippers and go for a home cut, lol?
Many thanks in advance for any help anyone can offer!