Parents warned about spread of head lice as students return to school NBC Bay Area [Video]

It’s back to school time and while most thoughts turn to pens, pencils, computers and backpacks, it also means a return of a problem — head lice.

A Contra Costa County lie and nit removal business says its business is booming.

“There’s definitely been a huge demand in getting our one-hour treatment, one visit, one time,” Masoud Barukzai said. 

He owns Lice Free Clinics in Concord and Pleasanton. He says their phones have been ringing nearly nonstop since the new school year started. And that’s a welcome change of pace for the clinics. Barukzai said business had nearly disappeared during the pandemic, but now it’s up nearly 50%.

“People are back in school, children are back in the camps that they go to, families are traveling again, they’re going on vacations. They’re having slumber parties, sleepovers, family visits. All of that has kind of brought it back into the world …