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What she does: As a professional "delouser," Goldreyer makes house calls to eradicate lice from children's heads at the request of their parents. It's a pain-staking process than often takes four to five hours.
How she started: "My son got lice in kindergarten, and I worked on him and his friends -- and I actually liked finding the lice and removing them, and I was good at it. I realized that this could be a business. I invested $200 in brochures and it took off. That was 15 years ago."
Weirdest part of the job: "Sometimes, we have repeat customers who we know don't have lice. They just like the treatment, and I can't blame them -- it's basically hours of someone brushing your hair. Other times there are people who refuse to accept that they don't have lice -- almost like a mental illness."
Hardest part of the job: "Convincing people the lice have been fully removed. They comb their hair with a lice comb, and those combs are so fine that they pick up a lot of stuff in hair -- sand, dirt, shampoo, hairspray, even hair dye deposit. One time someone sent me a picture of a bug they found in their hair claiming it was lice -- it was a bug, but it was actually a carpet beetle. Another hard part is making sure the lice don't transfer to me or my workers. We wear bandanas and are careful not to touch our heads, but I still tell my employees to keep a lice comb in their shower for occasional checks."
Best part of the job: "People are always so happy to see me, so it's nice to be able to help them. I'm often at someone's home for so long we sit down to a meal together."
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