Product Description
Japan’s first approval! A lice repellent that does not use insecticidal ingredients.
The active ingredient is dimeticone. It offers excellent effectiveness and safety, along with a pleasant feeling during use.
Effective against insecticide-resistant lice and their eggs, it also prevents recurrence.
● Japan’s first! A lice repellent product without pyrethroid insecticide ingredients* — Approved for the first time by Earth Corporation in 2021 ● Effective against insecticide-resistant lice and their eggs, preventing recurrence
1. The lotion envelops the lice 2. Coated with dimeticone, they become immobilized 3. Water inside the body cannot be expelled, causing death ↓ Because it works through a physical action, it is effective against insecticide-resistant lice and eggs!
- Dimeticone-based lice repellents show superior effectiveness against lice compared to conventional agents (company comparison), while being classified as a quasi-drug with mild effects on humans. - Dimeticone is widely used in hair care and body care products. ● Free of pyrethroid insecticides, surfactants, parabens, alcohol, fragrance, and coloring agents — an additive-free formulation. ● Hair lotion type applied directly to dry hair. ● Comes with a hairband to prevent lotion from entering the eyes and a 2-way special comb for removing eggs. ● After 5 minutes of application, simply wash off with regular shampoo.
Indications and Effects: Elimination of head lice Active Ingredient: Dimeticone (dimethylpolysiloxane) 4.0% Ingredients/Materials: Cyclopentasiloxane and one other ingredient Country of Origin/Manufacture: Japan Storage Instructions: - Store out of reach of children, away from direct sunlight, in a cool place. - Do not transfer to other containers. - Do not mix tap water or other liquids into the container. - Dispose of used empty containers according to local regulations.
Usage Precautions [Do not do the following] - Do not ingest. - Do not use if there are symptoms such as eczema, rash, or sores on the scalp or application area. - Strictly keep away from fire. Do not bring tobacco or other flames near during use. [Consult a doctor if] - Skin rash, redness, itching, or allergic symptoms appear after use - Large amounts are accidentally ingested - Lotion enters the eyes and symptoms persist after rinsing with water or lukewarm water - No improvement after three applications [Other precautions] - Follow the specified usage and dosage. - When using on children, ensure use under guardian supervision. - Remove eggs attached to hair using a comb. - Avoid contact with eyes, ears, nose, mouth, etc. If lotion enters eyes, rinse immediately with water or lukewarm water. - Wash hands with soap after use. - If hair is dyed with hair manicure, the dye may dissolve and fade due to this product. Be careful as the dissolved dye may stain clothes. - Avoid contact with food, dishes, toys, etc. - Use only on dry hair as effectiveness is reduced on wet hair. - If the lotion drips onto the floor, it becomes very slippery; wipe immediately and be careful to avoid falls.
Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (tax included): Open price Distributor/Manufacturer/Importer: Earth Corporation Contact: Earth Corporation Customer Feedback Desk 0120-81-6456 *Please dial carefully. Service Hours: 9:00–17:00 (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, public holidays, and year-end/New Year holidays)
Lice
Source: Free Encyclopedia "Wikipedia"
Lice (Anoplura) are insects belonging to the suborder Anoplura of the order Phthiraptera. All species are parasitic organisms that suck blood or body fluids. They were formerly classified as the order Anoplura (same scientific name).
Broadly, the term refers to all parasitic species of Phthiraptera. Besides Anoplura, it includes chewing lice (Mallophaga) that mainly feed on body hair or feathers (these were formerly classified as Phthiraptera and are still used for convenience but are polyphyletic and not a formal taxonomic group). Non-parasitic barklice also belong to Phthiraptera.
There are also non-Phthiraptera external parasites and organisms attached to animals called “louse.” In insects, there are three groups in Hemiptera: Cimicidae (bed bugs) parasitic on mammals, Aleyrodidae (whiteflies) sucking plant sap, and Psylloidea (jumping plant lice). Non-insect "lice" include fish lice (branchiura), whale lice (amphipoda), and plants like water parsnip called “lousewort.”
Most lice are a few millimeters or smaller, semi-transparent, and appear fragile but have a rubber-like elastic and durable exoskeleton. The body shape resembles chewing lice, but the head is small, and the mouthparts are highly modified into a sharp tubular proboscis composed of stylets and salivary glands, which pierce the host’s skin to suck blood via a pump in the pharynx. When not in use, the mouthparts retract into the head. Antennae have five segments, rarely three. They have a pair of compound eyes but tend to be reduced, sometimes as simple lenses, photosensitive spots, or absent. The three thoracic segments are fused; wings are reduced. Legs are adapted to grasp hair, with a single tarsal segment ending in one claw. The abdomen has nine segments; the ovipositor is reduced to two valves.
They undergo incomplete metamorphosis: egg → nymph → adult. Eggs are glued at one end to the host’s hair with a gelatinous substance secreted from the ovipositor base. The free end has a lid with a respiratory opening; nymphs hatch from this. Nymphs resemble adults and begin blood-feeding immediately after hatching. They molt three times over 1–2 weeks to become adults. Adults lay approximately 8–10 eggs per day after mating, totaling about 100–200 eggs in their lifetime (for human lice). Chewing lice lay fewer eggs, about 1–4 per day, around 40 in total. The adult human louse lives about one month; chewing lice about three weeks.
Fleas and lice Fleas and lice both parasitize humans and cause itching, so they are often discussed together. However, fleas undergo complete metamorphosis and are thought to have evolved mammal parasitism from a primitive group close to the order Mecoptera. In contrast, lice undergo incomplete metamorphosis and belong to the order Phthiraptera, closely related to Hemiptera, making them phylogenetically distinct. Many fleas can survive long starvation and often leave hosts, whereas lice typically spend their entire lives on the host and lack starvation tolerance.
In their life cycle, flea larvae grow in dust in room corners, while lice live their entire lives on the host. Therefore, frequent bathing and changing clothes can eliminate lice but not necessarily fleas, which can continue living. Hence, there is a saying: “Lice infest the poor, fleas the rich.”
Regarding the origin of the word “louse,” a prominent theory is that it derives from a corruption of “white worm.” Its old name is also “Kisasā,” and from the character (虱), it is sometimes called “Hanpūshi” (half wind child). Additionally, due to its shape, it was once nicknamed “Thousand-Armed Kannon” (a Buddhist deity) as seen in Yokoi Yayū’s “Hyakuchūfu.” During the large outbreaks after World War II, it was colloquially called “White Chiichi” in a slang style.
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