again a wholefoods trip yesterday :D
i bought molasses and another BBB - sent my 20 day old BBB to my sister. she's losing more hair than me. and while looking at the BBBs, there i also saw wooden brushes (not combs, these were brushes made of wooden bristles) very soft bristles and smooth. i ran the tester over my palm and felt so good. now i dunno how good this is.
do any of you use this? whats this brush for? i dont think it can spread oil. so, massage?

I'd look that brush over veeerrrryyyyy carefully!

The things *I'd* look for are:

are each tine/wood piece smooooooooooooth and splinterless?
does the wood come up through that pneumatic pad (if you saw the one I've seen at Whole Foods). If the wood comes out of the pad, but then rests on top of the pad (hard to explain, but you d recognize it when you saw it), then I'd avoid it. Some of the wooden brushes have tines that come out of the pad like a normal brush's tines/bristles do. Other wooden brushes have the wood come out of the pad, then it gets really fat, so the tine (I assume) is large under and over the pad) - to help hold it in. If it is made this way, then each time you brush your hair and those tines move with your hair, that little piece lifts up from the pad, eats up hair, then clamps down on the hair CHOMP! pulled hair.

I hope that isn't too confusing.

I think someone here uses a wooden brush and likes it.

Let us know what you decide to do! :)

I can give a good example of a brush that is dangerous in the way Teacherbear described look at the Goody classic wood bristle brush next time you're in a store that sells Goody brand. The bristles have a sort of space between where they come through the pneumatic pad and where the tine begins. And the bottom of the tine doesn't start until a little above the pad and then there's the fat bottom part of the tine. So it's sort of a T shaped thing with an I on top. Sorry if that's confusing. But it's the best I can do for an explanation.

I can give a good example of a brush that is dangerous in the way Teacherbear described look at the Goody classic wood bristle brush next time you're in a store that sells Goody brand. The bristles have a sort of space between where they come through the pneumatic pad and where the tine begins. And the bottom of the tine doesn't start until a little above the pad and then there's the fat bottom part of the tine. So it's sort of a T shaped thing with an I on top. Sorry if that's confusing. But it's the best I can do for an explanation.

WHEW! <wiping brow>

So it DID make since, huh! ;)

Thanks for the help Impatient! :)

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: i guess i'm just understanding-challenged when it comes to combs and brushes :(

still dont know whats the difference between seamless combs and seamed, even after reading tbear's explanation and lisajaney's explanation today.

and as for the wooden comb, i decided to save up all this money for an MP :D

oops, i'm so forgetful....

thanks tbear and impatient, for taking time to explain me. :D