A family-owned lice treatment service in the Portland area
The original Lice Charmers Lice Clinic location sits in Southeast Portland on Gladstone Street. This clinic has been operating since the company was founded in June 2017 and serves families across the east side of the Portland metro area, including Sellwood, Woodstock, Brooklyn, and inner Southeast Portland. It runs on the same hours and pricing as the Beaverton location.
Every appointment at Lice Charmers Lice Clinic uses the AirAllé device, an FDA-cleared medical tool that applies controlled heated air to dehydrate both adult lice and their eggs. The treatment runs roughly 90 minutes and is typically completed in a single session. Because the eggs are killed alongside the adults in the same visit, families do not have to plan around the multi-week treatment schedules that drugstore products typically require. After the heated-air phase, the technician performs a careful comb-out to remove dead lice and any remaining nit casings.
The Lice Charmers Lice Clinic approach uses no pesticides or chemical shampoos at any stage. Just heated air and a thorough comb-out, a particular relief for parents wary of applying repeated chemical treatments to their child's head. Many of the parents who book at the clinic have already tried two or three rounds of drugstore product without success, and arrive specifically looking for a non-chemical option. The chemical-free path also avoids the resistance issue that has steadily eroded the effectiveness of over-the-counter lice treatments.
If a Portland-area parent is unsure whether there is actually a lice problem, Lice Charmers Lice Clinic provides free head checks, a quick professional inspection that can save a family from unnecessary worry or unnecessary treatment. The check takes about five minutes per person and is performed by the same trained technicians who handle full appointments. If the result is positive, the family can roll directly into a treatment appointment if scheduling allows. If negative, the family goes home with confirmation and no charge.
Lice Charmers Lice Clinic has accumulated more than 200 five-star reviews in the Portland area, with consistent feedback about the calm staff and the relief families feel after a single visit. Reviewers frequently mention that the technicians took time to answer questions and to explain what cleaning was actually necessary at home, which tends to be far less than panicking parents assume. The single-visit resolution is the most-cited specific benefit, especially among parents who tried drugstore products first without success.
The clinic was founded in June 2017 by Alexis Charriere and Conor Duggan. Several years on, it is still family-owned and family-operated. That ownership structure matters to the founders, who built Lice Charmers Lice Clinic around the kind of treatment they would want for their own kids and who continue to set the tone for how the operation runs. The single-visit, chemical-free approach has been the defining feature of the clinic since the doors first opened in Southeast Portland.
Treatment at Lice Charmers Lice Clinic costs roughly $189 to $260 per person depending mostly on hair length. Itemized receipts are issued for families filing FSA, HSA, or insurance claims, and many families recover some portion of the cost through their plan. The clinic also provides free professional head checks for parents who are not yet sure whether their child actually has lice, which is particularly useful when a school sends home an exposure notice but the parent has not been able to confirm anything visually.
Beyond the treatment itself, Lice Charmers Lice Clinic technicians take time to explain how lice actually spread. The realistic transmission route is closer to direct hair-to-hair contact than to shared inanimate objects, which means the aggressive cleaning routines many parents imagine, bagging stuffed animals for weeks and washing every fabric in the house, are largely unnecessary. Technicians explain what cleaning is genuinely needed at home (much less than most parents assume) and how to monitor for any sign of reinfestation over the days that follow.
For Portland-area families who prefer to stay home, Lice Charmers Lice Clinic also offers mobile in-home appointments. The technician arrives with the AirAllé device and provides the same professional treatment in the family's living room. Families with multiple children often choose mobile because everyone can be treated in one block of time without the logistics of getting several kids to a clinic. The single-visit promise holds for mobile appointments just as it does at the clinics.
Two Lice Charmers Lice Clinic locations serve the Portland metro area, the SE Gladstone clinic in Portland proper and the Beaverton clinic on the west side. Hours at both locations: 7am to 8pm, every single day of the year. Weekends and holidays are not exceptions, they are deliberately included. Families come in from across the Portland area, including Sellwood, Hillsboro, Tigard, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie, and the surrounding suburbs. Same-day appointments are usually available at one or both clinics during business hours.
Head lice carry a social stigma that often outweighs their actual medical significance. Lice Charmers Lice Clinic technicians are trained to normalize the experience, to treat clients with the dignity the situation deserves, and to defuse the panic that often surrounds an infestation. Many families arrive feeling embarrassed about the situation, and the calm tone of the clinic is something reviewers mention regularly. The goal is to handle the appointment with the same neutral professionalism a family would expect at any routine medical visit.
A school exposure notice is a common reason Portland-area families end up at Lice Charmers Lice Clinic. Drugstore products often fail because head lice have developed resistance to the pesticides those treatments rely on, a problem that has steadily worsened over the past two decades. Many of the families who book at the clinic have already tried two or three rounds of over-the-counter treatment and watched the problem return each time before deciding that a different approach was needed.