The lice assassins; HAIRFORCE ONE: Dee Wright gets ready, above, to go into action, left.

From: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) | Date: May 4, 2008 | Copyright information

Byline: Toby Walne

They are the lice assassins. Dressed to kill in Barbarella outfits theylook more like Sixties sci-fi vamps than nit-pickers.

Yet Dee Wright, 48, and her ten-strong team of bug-busters are wielding lethalcombs to kill all head lice and nits.

The fancy dress costume is not just for show. It provides a foil to lureembarrassed families into The Hairforce salon in Primrose Hill, North London,where a grim chore is transformed into a ple...