Ask any mother with school age children for one of her major problems - and she will probably name head lice ! Wherever there are a mix of schools and children, there will be regular outbreaks of head lice and they seem impossible to eradicate.
Numerous insecticides and chemical treatments promise relief, but not only are they expensive - the lice quickly develop immunity, and the only really effective way of reducing the problem seems to be a time consuming application of a fine tooth comb. A daily session with this comb seems to be a part of life that mother's dread.
An enterprising woman in Wollongong researched the lice problem and found that the University of Utah in the United States had developed a machine that offered promise. This machine passed hot air through the child's hair follicles and this resolved one of the defences that Mother Nature had bestowed on the louse - to guarantee that it would regenerate and go on to create the next generation of nits.
When the louse lays it's eggs it uses a powerful glue to fix them to hair follicles. This enables enough to escape that fine tooth comb to sire the next generation. The passage of hot air softens this glue and breaks the cycle, enabling treatment to result in a louse free child.
The woman who did this research imported a machine, and now runs a salon delivering a hair delousing service. Schools have just returned after the holiday break, and the salon is doing maximum business. Her operators use hot air and fine tooth combs to deliver lice free children - to very happy mothers.
The first rule of starting a new business is to find a need that is not being serviced - and then fill that gap !
It seems that opportunity is knocking in every town and village in this country. By acquiring an inexpensive piece of equipment, the way is open to set up a business delivering a much needed service. It would be a welcome adjunct to any existing hair salon looking to increase patronage, or it could be a welcome home industry for an enterprising person seeking additional income.
It would certainly appeal to those bright people who are more interested in creating a job - rather than the mundane " search for employment ".
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