It is very true that brushes can be very damaging to hair IF they are used excessively and improperly. As someone who has 2 little girls with hair about mid-back length stretched, AND who has gone from “bad” to “good” hair care practices when it comes to their hair, I can say from experience, that it is ok to use a SOFT boar’s bristly brush on your daughter’s hair. Just like with many other things regarding healthy hair care (ie. heat, chemicals, etc), it isn’t the actual USE of the brush it is the MISuse of it that is damaging.

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I will have to disagree with you on the notion of using brushes. No matter how soft the brush is the use of a hair brush is strongly discouraged. There is strong evidence that proves that using a hair brush causes hair breakage. The only hair styling items that should be used in black hair are medium or wide tooth combs and hair picks.

Sounds like it was an intresting article! Happy hair growing!