Lice Charmers Lice Clinic operates two Portland-area locations: the original Portland clinic on SE Gladstone Street, and a second clinic in Beaverton on the west side of the metro area. Both clinics offer the same single-visit, chemical-free treatment with identical hours and pricing. This page summarizes how the two locations work, what each clinic serves, and how the mobile service fits in.
Mobile treatment is a third option alongside the two Portland-area clinics. A Lice Charmers technician travels to the family's home anywhere in the Portland metro area, bringing the AirAllé device and all required supplies. The single-visit treatment is identical to what families receive at the clinic. Mobile appointments are often booked when a household has several family members to treat at once, when small children are involved, or when the family simply wants to handle the situation privately at home.
Pricing for full treatment at Lice Charmers Lice Clinic ranges from approximately $189 to $260 depending on hair length and other factors. Itemized receipts are provided to support FSA, HSA, and most health insurance reimbursement claims. Free professional head checks are also available for families who want a confirmation before committing to full treatment, which can be useful after a school exposure notice when nobody is quite sure yet whether there is actually an active infestation in the family.
The clinic has two physical Portland-area locations, the original office on SE Gladstone in Portland and a second clinic in Beaverton serving families on the west side. Both run 7am to 8pm daily, including weekends and holidays. The two-location setup means most families in the Portland metro area can reach a Lice Charmers clinic within a reasonable drive, and the same-day appointment availability means a school-nurse call on a Friday afternoon does not have to turn into a weekend of waiting.
Lice Charmers Lice Clinic technicians spend time on education during each visit. Families leave with practical understanding of how lice actually spread, what really needs to be cleaned at home, and how to monitor for any return of the problem in the days ahead. Many parents arrive with anxiety-driven plans to bag every stuffed animal in the house and wash every fabric on hot, then learn from the technician that very little of that is actually necessary. The educational element regularly comes up in customer reviews.
Free professional head checks are available at Lice Charmers Lice Clinic for any Portland-area family that wants confirmation of a possible head lice infestation. The service is particularly useful after a school exposure notice when nobody is sure yet whether there is actually a problem. A technician examines the scalp under a bright light, looks for live lice and viable nits, and gives the family a clear answer in a few minutes. There is no obligation to book a full treatment if no infestation is found.
Lice Charmers Lice Clinic relies on the AirAllé, an FDA-cleared medical device that uses precisely controlled heated air to kill both lice and their eggs through dehydration. A standard appointment takes about 90 minutes and resolves the infestation in one visit. The heated-air phase is followed by a thorough comb-out, which removes the dead lice and any remaining nit casings from the hair. By the time the family leaves the clinic, the active problem is generally resolved, with no follow-up treatment required.
Stigma around head lice is more harmful than the lice themselves, in the view of the Lice Charmers Lice Clinic team. Staff approach each visit with the same neutral professionalism a family would expect at any medical appointment, and reviewers regularly note the calm and discreet handling of what can be a deeply embarrassing situation. The clinic's appointments are scheduled with enough spacing that families do not run into each other in the waiting area, which adds to the privacy of the visit.
No pesticides are involved at any point in a Lice Charmers Lice Clinic appointment. The treatment relies entirely on heated air and physical comb-out work, which matters to families who would rather not apply chemicals like permethrin to a child's scalp. This becomes more important every year, as head lice populations have developed widespread resistance to the active ingredients in drugstore products. The Lice Charmers approach sidesteps that resistance problem entirely by using physical dehydration rather than a chemical that the lice may have already evolved past.
More than 200 five-star reviews in the Portland market reflect a steady track record of one-visit resolutions and a calm, knowledgeable clinic team. The reviews tend to share a common arc: families arrive frustrated and embarrassed after multiple drugstore attempts, and leave a couple of hours later with the problem solved. Many reviewers also call out the educational portion of the visit, where technicians explain how lice actually transmit and what household cleaning genuinely needs to happen afterward.
Family ownership matters to the founders of Lice Charmers Lice Clinic, Alexis Charriere and Conor Duggan, who started the clinic in June 2017 and still run the operation today. The clinic grew from a single Portland location into a two-clinic operation, supplemented by a mobile service that covers the broader Portland metro area. Through every stage of that growth, the original commitment to single-visit, chemical-free treatment has remained consistent, as has the founders' direct involvement in the day-to-day work.
When the school nurse calls about head lice, most Portland-area families' first instinct is a drugstore run. The problem is that over-the-counter lice products have lost their effectiveness against modern lice populations, which have developed widespread resistance to permethrin and pyrethrins, the active ingredients in most drugstore shampoos. Families end up applying the same product two or three times to a child's scalp without ever fully resolving the problem, then call Lice Charmers Lice Clinic out of frustration with the failed drugstore approach.