Which is it and why?

I've been comb only for over a year now, and I'm never going back to a brush! I have so much less frizz and breakage with combs, and my hair seems fuller too.

Comb only for the last 3.5 years.

I used to brush, and let's just say: Damage. My hair is just too fragile. At present, every single hair from about hip on down has a broken end from brushing. :rolleyes:

Comb, definitely. Much less breakage with that.

The only time I DO use a brush is when I grab the BBB after applying heavy coconut oil to my hair.

I brush and comb my hair.. I just make sure I go slow and am careful with either way!

It's funny you posted this now, because I've been thinking about trying to go comb only after noticing a whole bunch of damage from my brush. It's just very hard to stop, since combing takes longer, for me at least, and the quickness of brushing is so appealing (on the other hand, the snap of breaking hair after it gets caught in the brush is extremely unappealing, so my vote may change in the future). Any tips on comb only?

It's funny you posted this now, because I've been thinking about trying to go comb only after noticing a whole bunch of damage from my brush. It's just very hard to stop, since combing takes longer, for me at least, and the quickness of brushing is so appealing (on the other hand, the snap of breaking hair after it gets caught in the brush is extremely unappealing, so my vote may change in the future). Any tips on comb only?

It took me a while to get used to comb only. But after a month or so it took me less time to comb than it used to take me to brush. I think for me it was just getting used to such a different way of handling my hair.

So you might want to give it a shot for a couple weeks... I get by the end you'll be about the same time length as with brushing.

I chose brush and comb, but in all honesty I mainly use my wide-toothed comb. Every once in a while (especially before I wash my hair) I'll use the brush. It feels good and helps get out the shed hairs a little better than regular combing. I try not to do it too often though.

I use brush and comb, mostly because I haven't got a good-quality or non-plastic comb, and my synthetic bristle brush does a lot to smooth flyaways. I am seriously considering buying a horn comb, though.

I comb only, and don't even do that very much. Basically, once after each washing. I usually finger comb in between.

Combs only here :)

A wide toothed comb, and that's it. Most of the time I don't even have to comb, my fine straight hair doesn't need it.

I'll never return to brushes. Combing is much gentler.

I'm newly converted to comb only. Much less shedding, less breakage too.

I prefer my wooden comb from The Body Shop, but I haven't been able to find it lately. I also have a wooden-tined paddle brush that I use to scritch my scalp (combs just aren't enough for THIS level of dandruff and itchies) but I've been using it or my fingers to detangle since misplacing my comb. Except now I seem to have misplaced my brush. :[

I guess that's what brushing/combing while sick gets you: lost combs/brushes.

I only use a wide-tooth comb in the shower and sometimes to fix my part in soaking-wet hair if there's a problem. If my hair has dried straight-ish through braiding or bunning then I'll finger comb, and I very gently finger comb at night when I'm putting in some oil before my sleeping braid and bed.

I only brush. Until about tailbone or so, I almost exclusively combed with a wide-tooth comb, but tangling was awful. When I gave the Denman nylon brush a try, it quickly became my favorite. Now I can't remember the last time I used a comb.

I used to brush and it gave me horrible dryness, flyaways, and frizz!!! However, I do have BBB, which I use once a week or so ( but only before bed followed by a heavy oiling). But above all I finger comb and use my lovely horn comb...

I use a comb, but only on wash days to detangle. In between washes, I use my fingers to gently separate and fluff my hair, since some places can get quite flattened while sleeping.

Brushes for me equal major poof, lots of breakage and a receding hairline. No, thank you!

For the most part my hair likes to be left alone. It does like to be petted from time to time, though.

I voted comb only but I do use my bbb on rare occasions when my scalp is a bit greasy to hide the scalp show through.

I voted for brush and comb. I normally brush once a day and I comb when I have a really difficult knot but that doesn't happen too often.

Comb for detangling and brush for doing updos and keeping my fringe from looking stringy.

I chose both, though it really doesn't make much difference. My hair doesn't tangle much so either comb or brush just slip right through. I do use good quality, seamless ones.

I ticked the 'comb only' box. I use my Kent 10T comb every morning (I can't bare to put my hair up without detangling it first), and occaisionally use a BBB, but really only on my scalp. I never brush or comb my hair when it's wet. I used to brush all the time before I found LHC, and the damage I got from that was immense - my fine hair needs very gentle handling.

I've used my The Body Shop's wooden comb since I joined and it works very well..
Sometimes I fingercomb but I've found out that it makes me shed more and as a finey I don't want that! So always back to the comb^^

I do both. Combing is actually becoming a nuisance so I think I actually need to go get a denman.

The brush I have at the moment is a BBB but when at my parents' house I use their "paddle" style denman brushes and it is just so much easier.

I find myself not bothering to comb my hair much any more because there is so much of it to comb. I love the action of combing it though, makes me feel all nice...

I prefer to finger comb for the most part. I use a brush lightly right before washing, just enough to get it all in the same direction and ready to wash and let dry without doing anything.

I used to only comb, but lately I brush as well. I like it, it's like a scalp massage. But I shouldn't do it too often. I haven't noticed more hair loss with brushing, but I have to be more careful no to break my hair.

I don't really do anything regularly, I tend to forget. I fingercomb after washing and if my hair needs it the rest of the time, and I comb then BBB before washing when I remember (which isn't very often, or else I remember and can't be bothered).

I voted that I brush and comb. Mostly I finger comb but I'll use a plastic comb (filed down the seams and am planning on buying a wooden comb soon!) too from time to time. I prefer combing because it doesn't make my wurls vanish the way brushing does. But, there are times I like to brush because it just feels so good on the scalp... ;)

I didn't vote because I finger comb most of the time. But,every now and then I use a wide tooth comb after I detangle with my fingers. Maybe I'll choose the cheese!

I can only brush dry hair.

Combing compresses the tangles into tight knots, but my Denman detangles like magic. The many rows of teeth hold the "misaligned" hairs apart so I can work through them, putting them back into alignment. Combs just squish the out-of-place hair into matts and tangles. Combs create more problems than they solve, for my hair.

I'm very much trying to be comb only; I think maybe I need a wide-tooth and a finer-tooth comb to satisfy the "It's not smooooooth" look. The boar bristle brush just seems to mat my hair down and tangle it.

Are you lovelies using wood, horn or plastic combs?

I use a wide tooth comb. I have naturally curly hair that I prefer to wear curly. A brush will destroy the waves and curls plus allow my hair to expand. I only detangle with a wide tooth comb when I am in the shower and conditioner is in my hair.

I use both... I do tend to comb before brushing 99% of the time though.

I use the body shops wooden comb and i also have a shower comb from boots which i use to de-tangle in the shower with, i do use my BBB every so often too.

I brush before washing my hair, to get most of the sheds out.
(slowly and carfully!)
Afterwards I use a very wide toothed wooden comb to detangle and a normal comb to carefully comb it "smooth" for braiding.

I have a simple blue plastic vent brush with widely-spaced, blunt and kind plastic bristles. It's the only tool I use on both wet and dry hair.

Comb only. Horn comb, denman 3row, or a MasonPearson rake. Also use conair shower comb to distribute conditioner.
Comb keeps frizz down and forces me to take my time.:cool:
Oops, I lied. I have a kent BBB that I use to smooth updo's.

I've been comb only for years before I found my way to the long hair boards. I use a wide tooth horn comb and have a fine tooth one for smoothing.

Mariah

I said both, but I want to be more specific. I don't brush my length. That horrible snapping sound sends shivers up my spine. I am comb only. But, when I do updos I use a brush to smooth back my hair. I've yet to come across a comb that could do as good a job at this as a brush.

I used to use a wide tooth comb from hairsense, now nothing at all :)

I love me some Denman! :silly: I use my Denman brushes which act like combs, but feel FABULOUS on my scalp. They reduce brush/combing time over either of those two tools independently!

I own Kent (and kent type combs and love them, but love my Denman the most). I also own a Mason Pearson large extra all bbb and love it, but rarely use it.

I mostly just finger comb, but I'm sometimes still use my horn comb. I still have breakage from that, though. :( I must have wimpy hair.

I only comb at the moment. Sometimes I use the brush to get my hair straighter at the top, for forming a bun, but I don't really call it brushing...

I have a wide tooth comb that I use, or try to. I really can't resist my old paddle brush, it just sits there calling for me..
I justify using it by the fact that it makes my hair smoother... so yea, I use both. :rolleyes:

I use both, but I prefer my brushes, because combing feels more damaging to me. I also need a brush to make my hair at the top look smooth.

I comb my hair once after a shampoo and pick it out through out the day as needed if I wear it down.

I used to think that combing would make my hair awful, but I decided to give it a try and I'm converted! I recently bought a comb from americombs.com and it's amazing! It's wood and feels so good on my scalp! I do use a BBB every so often.

I never really used to brush, not even when my hair was short. Nowadays I just use a wide-toothed wooden comb (Body Shop) - I broke my narrow-teeth wooden comb maybe a year ago and haven't replaced it yet. Thinking about a horn comb, though...

Combs all the way. I have a plastic wide-tooth comb that works pretty well for me. I've also become good at working through tangles with just my fingers. :p

Brushes just make my hair frizzy. :(

I use both. I generally use a comb when my hair is wet. Brush when it's dry.

I used to prefer brushing way back when it was short, but nowadays rarely use anything but a wide-toothed comb. I just ordered a wooden comb from The Body Shop.

I finger comb-only, but my hair never really gets tangled. I stopped brushing it a few years ago and it seems happy.

I mostly finger comb, especially when my hair is wet or damp, but I do use a wide toothed comb when I need to.

I brush and comb, but I don't brush very often, and only with a BBB. If someone had asked me this like a year ago, I would have said "brush only"! I used to think that a brush was the only thing that could deal with my thick, frizzy hair. Of course, I ripped through the tangles, and came to believe that those horrible snapping sounds were normal! But after studying up at LHC, I now almost exclusively use a wooden wide-tooth comb or a smooth plastic one. Also, since changing my hair care routine, the condition of my hair is a lot better, and a lot less frizzy. I'm glad to be out of the vicious circle of damaging my hair.

Sometimes comb, sometimes BBB.

I finger comb when my hair is wet/damp. I'll use a comb almost all of the time my hair is dry. I will use a BBB occasionally after combing out all the tangles to make my hair extra smooth

I need to find a good horn comb, I think.

I use both. Generally I comb, but I brush just before I wash my hair with the Denman brush. It's much more effective in removing already loose hair than a comb.

Must brush- MP the only one that does not rip my hair out, Occasional comb w/ wide tooth MP- usually just when wet. My hair tangles too easily otherwise and nearing knees now is no fun when that happens

I need to find a good horn comb, I think.

I have this horn comb (http://heavenlyharvestinc.com/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/119?osCsid=2d65f510a2c58c2f479c20a6b3ecc62d) and I love it.

Comb only for me. Much less damage and static.

I voted brush and comb, just because I guessed that was most accurate. I probably fingercomb more than anything, as I do that before combing. I probably comb maybe once or twice a day, using a very widetoothed comb I've had for years(just a plastic cheapie, but I filled it as smooth as I possibly could). I only brush rarely now, a few times a week at the very most, using a bbb. It just depends on what my hair seems to need at the time.

I just ordered a "palm" size seamless bone comb from hairsense today. If I'm happy with it I'm sure I'll order more.

After months of only combing, I'm back to brushing, and I'm liking it much better. I still comb every once in a while, though.

Which is it and why?

I've been comb only for over a year now, and I'm never going back to a brush! I have so much less frizz and breakage with combs, and my hair seems fuller too.
I just comb. The only time I might brush (using vent brush with wide teeth) is at bedtime before braiding if I have alot of tangles. Even then, I work them out with the comb first.

Comb, I only combed for much of my life. I'm still not that great at brushing though I tried it. I use a BBB on the scalp only occasionally to degunk/massage. If I use any other brush I get horrible static.

Only comb!

I do both. :) For many years I was brush only except when detangling after washing, when I used a wide tooth comb. Lately I find myself always using the Body Shop wooden comb or the Body Shop wooden bristle brush.

I have an MP BBB and a couple of Denman #4's. I like these a lot, but haven't used them lately. I think I'm enjoying the wood I'm using and want to stick with it for a while.

I have numerous combs, the best of which are my Madora ivory combs (like a hot knife through buttah..), the Body Shop wooden comb, and I guess, the Heavenly Harvest horn combs - I have both the wide tooth (women's) and the fine tooth (men's). The horn combs are nice, but I don't love them as so many others do. The Madora is absolutely great, but it is so smooth and the teeth are so blunt and wide-spaced, that I always feel like I need to follow it with something else, maybe for the scalp stimulation.

The Body Shop wooden brush and comb are just wonderful to use, and right now I can't bring myself to use anything else.

I don't get finger combing at all (except right after a wash, just before using a comb). I think it leaves the hair stringy looking. I cannot imagine using just that on my hair.

Many of you like combs best, but when I use a comb is when I hear the most snapping, so for me, brushing seems a little safer. My hair is VERY fine (think toddler hair :rolleyes: , just more of it.) Maybe that has something to do with it.

Nothing for me, just the occasional finger combing to get rid of the snarlies! Im lucky, my hair is pretty well behaved.

i comb 90% of the time. When my hair is an oil pit i use the BBB and i use a thick plastic bristled brush 3 times a year just on the scalp as a massage. it just feels much better then a comb!

I use both. First i comb to remove tangles and then i brush.
I like the feeling of a brush on my scalp (its a wooden brush)

I use both, but I use a brush only a little to smooth my hair before putting it up or similar. A comb is my main detangling instrument and what I use daily.

I barely use my brush now that I have the Heavenly Harvest horn comb.

I do both, but I don't use a typical bristle brush anymore; I use one with big, widely-spaced, ball-topped bristles.

I do both. I comb primarily and use it for preliminary detangling, but if I really want all the little tangles and knots out, a wide-tooth comb doesn't cut it and even seems to cause problems after a point. Once there, I reach for my Denman brush. Works quite well, nice and smooth, and fluffs my hair a bit.

I've just used a comb (pick) only ever since I got my first perm in high school. Even through my years without perms, I just used the pick; I still use the first one I ever bought.

Well up until this point I have been using a regular brush and having some SEVERE static, I think im going to further investigate this wide toothed comb business and see where that takes me :p

Well up until this point I have been using a regular brush and having some SEVERE static, I think im going to further investigate this wide toothed comb business and see where that takes me :p

Good luck, and be sure to let us know how it goes!

I've been quite suprised at how closely the 'comb only' and 'brush and comb' groups have been! Somehow I didn't realize there were this many comb only's around!

Definitely both. For detangling it's the bone comb. But for styling I have to use a brush. I used to use the comb only. But updo's are much neater when I brush my hair backwards.

I used to brush almost my whole life, but now I comb and my brushes are all in closed shelves. I find my combs more gentle. Also, especially in the winter I noticed my dry scalp and hair gets irritated with brushing. I also fingercomb on occasion but my B&BW wood comb is almost as gentle as fingercombing. Also, I can never keep brushes clean.

I use a brush less than once a month, the rest of the time I use a comb.

Switching to comb only I find less breakage. Although I may start brushing at night.

My brushes are crap and I need to throw them away because they damage my hair so. I ADORE my horn comb (I had no idea there would be that much difference, and I got it at Heavenly Harvest which I strongly recommend, also their tooth powder rocks). Eleven dollars or something like that and my hair has a new best friend that's SO much nicer than anything else, it blows it out of the water.

I might get a brush if I can afford a Mason Pearson brush or something.I just need to throw mine out, to be frank.

And sometimes, when I'm tired and need to get out NOW, I will rip through my hair with the comb and I can hear the snapping. :( I've been bad since LHC hasn't been here to inspire appropriate treatment of my hair.

I only comb.
Brush is too harsh for my curly hair. It will rip my hair out.
I have a wide-toothed wooden comb that I use for detangling and a normal plastic comb for combing.

I use a Denman paddle brush mostly. At times I've nabbed the boyfriend's comb, but that just makes knots. It sounds worse too. My brush never rips my hair, but I hear pings and snaps when I comb.

I use both right now, but I think I'm going to have to go comb only. For years pre LHC, I would only finger comb then use a widely spaces vent brush to blow dry. Then, I came hear and read wonderful reviews of BBB's. I also had romantic notions of long haired beauties "of olde" brushing out their tresses before bed, and I so wanted to love brushing. After much research I bought a beautiful kent off of ebay, and I've been using it occasionally for about a month. Although it penetrates to my scalp much better than any other BBB, it still flattens out my slight waves, irritates my scalp and makes it oily, and makes my hair kind of dry and matted feeling down the length. Boo hoo :(.

I threw out my brushes a few months back. I was tired of them breaking in my hair (yes, you read that right. My hair broke the brushes). Combs take a little more patience, but they go through my hair & don't break in it as often

I recently switched to a wooden comb and it's reduced the amount of breakage I get while detangling significantly, so long as I'm patient and resist the temptation to rip through the tangles.

I have a boar bristle brush with nylon quills but find I tend to lose a lot of hair when I use it so don't do so often.

I almost never brush.
Sometimes my scalp before washes and rarely the length when I go out and wear it down.
But thats about it..I always carry a wide (curlscomb) toothed and a small toothed comb (boxwood) with me.

I dont think brushing really does much for my hair other than make it look neat..detangling with a brush is a no, no..:eek:

I use both. Big comb in the shower, BBB before shower, and big plastic paddle brush whenever. I like how brushes stimulate my scalp and spread out the oils. Plus, I have really coarse hair so I have more problems with dryness than with breakage.

"I brush and comb"

I have these

Brushes
Denman D5
Denman D3
Denman D31

Combs
Mason Pearson Rake / Wide Tooth

I use the D3 brush about 80% and the others are divided among the remaining 20%.

I've always used brush and comb.
But I'm going to do some combing only experiments, to see if it makes any difference.

I do enjoy the sensation of a brush on the scalp, though ... ;)

I use a comb the majority of the time because my hair is prone to tangling and a comb is easier (and not as damaging!) to detangle with.

I ended up buying both of Heavenly Harvest's combs- the wide tooth women's comb and the smaller-toothed men's pocket comb, because my scalp was in dire need of some good scritching. AHHH. Love them. I thought my generic wide-tooth plastic comb went through my hair smoothly but oh my, what a difference. And no static!

Comb only. Brushes are evil, evil things for my fine wavy hair.

I use both, comb for detangling, but I prefer brushing.

I voted for comb only. I do have a MP BBB, but I find as my hair gets longer I just don't have the need for it. Now I typically use my wide tooth Madora comb in the shower, and occasionally in the a.m. if I'm particularly tangly. But since I sleep with a braid, that's usually not the case. :)

I comb only. Brushing causes greasy hair and more hair breakage in my case. I think that now my hair doesn´t break so easily due to careful combing.

I chose cheese, just for fun! :p I use a brush almost exclusively. I am very gentle though. I just find that combs seem to break my hair a lot.

Darn, selected brush instead of comb, sorry! I had a complete brain fart! (such nice terminology!) :D Subtract one from brush and add it to the comb.

I mainly use a comb nowadays (80% of the time), after seeing a thread on the old forums about how much gentler it is for hair. It normally takes less time and I can feel that it isn't so harsh on my hair. However, I used the brush the other day for the first time in a few months and it got a bit of stuff that looks like dust on the brush (!!!) out of my hair that I don't think a comb removes. Of course this dust would be removed by washing so I don't suppose it matters... *shrugs*

I also saw a post about brushing being good for your scalp but I think using horn combs and head massages covers any benefits a brush has except for moving sebum down the hair length - however, I think my hair manages to do that fine by itself anyway :mad:

I started using combs instead of brushes a few months ago and like it so far. My hair becomes less static and I seem to lose less hair. I only brush veeeery occasionally if the scalp hair is greasy and a comb causes comb stripes.

Comb only. Brushing causes damage and makes my hair look greasy. I can't just finger comb as it never works to properly detangle for me - combs are my friends.

I comb daily and since a few weeks I also started brushing with my wooden Widu brush; so on wash days I do massage my scalp with it.

I comb and brush but was thinking of going comb only.. do you comb wet and dry hair? or dry hair only? do you comb conditioner?
And what comb would be a good comb? what do you suggest? thanks

I comb for detangling and brush for smoothing

Once, I decided to let my hair grow, I stopped using a brush. That was hard because I used it all the time. I bought a horn comb which I love and use that all the time.

I use a nylon brush with very few bristles - the fewer the better for me. And ONLY when my hair is dry. Otherwise, I finger comb. I have never been able to use an actual comb, though I have tried several times with some very high quality combs. They are just a nightmare for me, it would take me hours to get any one of them through my hair - it is quite long and very fine and there's not a lot of it. So I gently brush my hair, starting at the ends and working carefully up. I don't see much hair loss, either.

I am using my BBB more and more lately and I like it more than my regular brush. I do a but of finger combing though if I hit a knot. But I do think I need to find an extra wide comb for when my hair is wet.

I use my Mebco detangling comb and my MP brush most of the time. I have a different wide tooth comb when I'm out and need to comb my hair. Yes I do comb it in public :p

Comb only here.

I used to have curly hair, 3a-3bish, and I only used a hair pick. I owned a paddle brush to do my hair straight when it was short, but mostly, I just used the pick because of the frizz I got from brushing. After finding LHC, I dropped the pick for a seamless comb ;)

I do more of brushing than combing. I do use the comb too... ;)

I can only brush dry hair.

Combing compresses the tangles into tight knots, but my Denman detangles like magic. The many rows of teeth hold the "misaligned" hairs apart so I can work through them, putting them back into alignment. Combs just squish the out-of-place hair into matts and tangles. Combs create more problems than they solve, for my hair.

I use a wide-toothed comb a lot. ALWAYS if wet or even just damp, but if my hair is completely dry, then often tallulah's comment is exactly my experience. My Denman often does a much better job of detangling - the comb just compresses the (many, little) snarls into one big one.

That said, I chose the "uses both" option, since I do.

Right now I use brushes; specifically a Denman square large cushion paddle brush, & a Denman rubber base nylon brush, & a Creative hair tools oval cushin brush. practically all my life where ever I brush my hair, right now this is my bedroom, after awhile layers of my long hair strands start bunching up/build up on the carpet in my room, so much so after awhile that I have to go over my carpet with a stiff brush to brush my hairs off the floor, is this normal? is it excessive shedding? if I am having excessive shedding; is it due to hair brushes? would using just combs reduce this? it is a little embarrassing when I occasionally have someone in my room, it is like a zoo animal is living there. if I switch to combs what would be best for my hair type? - 2c-3a/M/C/ii-iii?

Sossity

I said that I "only" finger comb, but that's a little more absolute than the truth. I finger comb at least once daily, and use a wide-toothed comb or boar bristle brush when I feel like it...maybe once every month or two.

I only comb. I love my wide toothed wooden and horn combs.

I use a wide toothed comb to detangle. I use my wooden Body Shop brush when I want to do an updo or do a ponytail.

I only use a wide-toothed comb, but I've had the same one for ages and it's plastic. I've been looking round lots of shops for a wooden one, and you would think they don't exist! :bigeyes: Lol - I'll just have to stop being internet-lazy and order one off of eBay :lol:

I use a big square paddle brush and a wide-toothed comb. If my hair is well moisturised the comb is enough to groom it, but if it's having an off-day then I really need the brush. I am very gentle using both, though.

I can't use those brushes that have lots of little hairs in, though. They just matt my hair!

Brush and comb here. I finger comb before my shower, comb (with a hard rubber comb) after my shower, and brush only when my hair is dry.

~Haley

Comb alone because the brush does nothing for my curls. Comb does wonders for ridding me of the loose hairs and getting the overall volume of things into the right direction

I only comb or fingercomb. :)

I mostly brush, but use a comb sometimes for detangeling etc. I've tried to comb only, but I just prefer a brush. It takes less time, it is easier to reach all the hair and I don't notice damage from brushing. :)

I only use a wide-toothed comb, but I've had the same one for ages and it's plastic. I've been looking round lots of shops for a wooden one, and you would think they don't exist! :bigeyes: Lol - I'll just have to stop being internet-lazy and order one off of eBay :lol:


The Body Shop has wooden combs and brushes.

I use my fingers for detangling even if I'm going to use something afterwards. In the shower I use a wide-toothed plastic detangling comb with a handle(to be able to reach the ends). With dry hair I almost never use a comb. I either detangle with fingers only and it's mostly enough but if I want the message in my scalp and smoothing my hair I use a BBB,have the Jean Pierre natural boar bristle stuff and it's awesome. After I used this I can say it made my coarse hair feel like fine(uuum well OK not quite but still soft OK?)And all the BBBs I used before just made my hair even more fluffy and this makes it smoother.

I have a Mason Pierson mixed nylon and boar bristle brush, a wide-toothed wooden comb and a fine-toothed horn comb. They are arranged in a row and I choose my weapon according to the state of the mop. I use my horn comb the most out of all of them, but I only use it on scalp hair. I think I tend to reach for the wooden comb for my length more often nowadays.

I brush my hair thoroughly with a nylon bristle brush about once a week, and I brush my scalp every day before I put my hair in a bun. Combs just seem to make tangles worse in my hair. :shrug:

No check boxes otherwise I would've picked both combing and finger coming. Just the idea of brushing my hair gives me the chills. Oh the memories of doing that...

The Body Shop has wooden combs and brushes.

Also, Conair has released a 'Naturals' line which includes two styles of wooden comb, they appear to be well made and smooth. I compared them with my Body Shop comb and it felt pretty close. I didn't like their Boar Bristle Brushes from the line though, they had a plastic spike in each tuft. I bought my two at Target, but I'm sure they'll have them at other stores.


I'm comb only, have been for a couple of years now. It honestly started when I lost my brush and didn't feel like the hunt for a new one. It became habit to reach for the comb (if I wanted hair even close to detangled), and it slowly dawned on me how much easier it is without the brush. I did find the brush, going through an old piece of luggage, missed it when unpacking..lol

I've used a comb only for maybe 4 yrs (still use it the odd time I blowdry). I have a BBB but never was that impressed with it.

Comb or finger-comb. (and only when wet and saturated with conditioner)

My curls won't have it any other way!

I brush and comb BUT I can't use boar bristle brushes at all.

I brush once in a while with a Denman(?) brush that has widely spaced nylon bristles or my wood brush from The Body Shop.

90% of the time though, I use a plastic hair pick/comb. Its really widely spaced, can't use narrow toothed combs at all.

I only fingercomb, & only in the shower with lots of conditioner in. My hair is so much less frizzy since I started doing this.

i comb my hair out when its wet, and when its dry, I brush.

I do never brush. Only comb.

Generally I only comb my hair.

I only use my fingers. It works fine for now.

i brush and comb,
however i only use a brush when i am putting my hair up and need a really smooth surface, hopefully that makes it better

I comb my hair when it is freshly washed and brush 2-3 times a day. I broke a wide tooth comb in half and my other wide tooth comb I broke one of the thick end tines off. Both of these are plastic. I also pull the bristles out of my brush and they fly around my bathroom. I have a wooden comb that was supposed to wide toothed, but I can't use it. Advice appreciated!

I comb when wet, brush when dry. No idea why, just what I've always done.. Never really thought about it..now your making me think about it!

I brush and comb, but reading about al the benefits of combing only I'm sincerely doubting about trying "combing only".

Brush and comb.
Comb when it's wet or especially tangled. BBB to make it fluffy, smooth it into a hairstyle, etc.

99% of the time I only use a very wide-tooth comb. I occasionally brush it just to get the scalp oils moving down the length to help protect it against damage and keep from getting dandruff.

I voted cheese because I go back and forth with which ones I use.
I will go for a month of only finger-brushing with a little oil, then I will start using both my brush and my comb, then I will go for a month of only comb and finger-brushing.
Indecisiveness at its best!

Since my last post, my mom got a seamless wooden comb and I love it! I shed so much less, and there is so much less breakage. I think I've converted!

I comb for detangling - on wet hair with condish on - and then when I'm done styling I brush the length, it gives me better clumpling.

What I use is called a brush, but the action is more comb-like. It's got hard bristles spaced very far apart. I tried a soft-bristle brush once, and my hair laughed at it. It didn't even come close to getting to my scalp. And I have a wide-toothed comb in the shower.

The Body Shop has wooden combs and brushes. Oh, and we got ours from the Body Shop.

Currently I do both, my hair is only short, as it gets longer the comb will be used more :)

I'm so slow, I've only just started combing!! I usually comb if wet, brush or comb if dry.

Comb in the morning, a good brush through at night!

I generally don't brush or comb my hair, as it's gotten so magically manageable on CO. I comb it though, usually with a seamless wooden comb (from the Body Shop) when I treat with oil, or style it on those odd occasions.

I never knew it was such a good idea to use combs. What sort is best?

I comb everyday and brush right before I wash, every 3-4 days.

I never knew it was such a good idea to use combs. What sort is best?

I love a seamless plastic comb. Or a wooden one, but it tugs hair a bit.

I comb and finger comb only. My hair is too thick and tangles too easily to use a brush .

I have only ever used a comb on my hair. My mother used to brush my hair when I was little, but I found it hurt too much. I have been using a wide toothed comb since I was around 6 or 7 years old.

I lost my comb during moving, so now it's finger combing most of the time. The only exception is pre-shower when I finger comb then brush to distribute oils. I always finger comb first though... be it pre-brush or pre-comb.

I comb and finger comb almost exclusively. On the rare occasion that I use my hair fryer, I may use a brush to help the drying process a little.

Usually just comb. I use a brush sometimes right before showering because I shed a lot.

I use only my comb now. The few times I tried to go back to a brush the snapping and tugging on hairs stop that real fast.

Usually, I just comb enough to part my hair and then use my fingers for the rest. Once in a while, I'll brush it, and then use a wide tooth comb after (to get my hair to look decent again).

I might be switching to occasional brushing (with a BBB) *and* combing after a half-year hiatus from brushing. The BBB really helps smooth down my hair after I've detangled with a comb.

I honestly dont think I have ever used a brush. Comb only.

I still do both. I used to brush my hair when it was wet though, and now I only use a wide tooth comb so I think thats helped tremendously. After its dry though I usually use a brush. One step at a time...

I just broke some bristles on my wooden comb last week. I need a new sturdy, wide tooth one for when my hair is wet and I need a better brush. I am also pulling the bristles out of my hair brush. Any advice on products?

Have you thought of a horn comb? Do a google search for Heavenly Harvest Combs, and you'll come up with some. They're very gentle on hair, and seem to be pretty sturdy from the reports around here.

I use a comb or my fingers 95% of the time. I have a BBB that I pull out a handful of times a year. I feel I'm more gentle with my hair when I comb.

I use a wooden comb and a wooden brush (sometimes)

I only use this wooden comb (http://www.internatural-alternative-health.com/ingr/ingr132110.cfm)… I really like it, but at some point, I’d like something a little more smooth and nice.
My hair just doesn’t look neat enough when I finger-comb, and brushes seem to add to the snagg and frizz, but my little wooden comb seems to do a good job at tidying, while making my hair look thick and shiny – and it doesn’t hurt my scalp like most brushes do, so that makes me love combs even more! :P

Last week I brushed my hair for the first time in years... and I liked it :eek: hehe. No really, it made my hair look quite nice... I might experiment with brushing some more (not to detangle, but after I comb it out to make it look less "piecey").

On wet hair I use a big comb, but for dry hair I have a very beautifull wooden brush. It's Olive wood and I love it!!

I love my widetoothed comb. I only use that one.

I brush and comb, but mostly comb. I only brush when distributing oils after day 2 or 3, and then only a little.

I'd been in love with my BBB... really. I only brushed, mostly twice every day, and it made my hair shiny and soft. But... it also made my hair poofy and "wooly". I never suffered breakage, split ends or anything like that because of my brush, but after brushing my hair would all be sticking together, almost impossible to separate into strands, which made it very difficult to braid. I always wondered why my hair behaved like this... only recently I discovered that the BBB was the culprit. For over one month now, I have been combing my hair only. The BBB still gets used for aligning the hair on my head or for distributing oil into the lengths. Since then my hair is much easier to handle... I can actually drag my fingers all the length through my hair without a problem, which I've never been able to do before. I always thought I had terrible tangly hair... now I know better. :]

The tines still look a little weak. I broke one or more out of mine last week. The entire backbone of my sturdy thick/wide tooth comb snapped in half about a month ago. I can have a bit of a rats nest at the nape of my neck that could probably use a garden rake to sort out. :)

I just looked up horn combs and they have one listed as the classic for feathering, awesome! Actually, they look quite sturdy, but they are kind of pricey.

I only comb and never comb wet. My hair is fine and too much manipulation messes up the shaft making it look frizzy and causes splits .

I quite the roundbrush/blowdrier combo cold turkey!bad news that style technique is.

I use a wooden brush or a wooden comb when my hair is dry (love that wooden comb!), and a horn comb when it is wet. I like using my wooden comb to disitribute the oils...feels so good!

I've been 'comb only' for years. I have always had a bad time with tangles in that period.

I recently returned to brushing just to see what would happen, and to my suprise, provided I work from 'bottom up' the brush lifts out my tangles far more quickly and gently than the combe ever did. And the comb was a special de-tangling one... So, I don't really know what to think now.

So, I'll comb when hair is wet/damp, but once hair is dry - I seem to do better with the brush. :shrug:

I comb and finger-comb. I just got a horn comb too, so I'm pleased to have a new toy. :)