Does brushing really have a proven good effect on the hair?

Your genes can be a great factor. Because no matter how many times you brush your hair, if you are born to have kinky or wavy hair, there is no use in trying. There is one thing that has been proven though. Brushing your hair massages your roots - improving hair growth. But, brushing too much is bad as well. Remember, anything that is too much isn't good. It can damage your hair too. How do you manage to stroke your hair a hundred or 200 hundred times? I guess I can sleep on my 10th stroke!

I have always heard that brushing your hair at night does keep it healthier. I do it sometimes, not all the time, because my hair is wavy/curly and I want to keep it that way! I think it pushes the oils away from your scalp and spreads them evenly over the hair shaft. Brushing also helps circulate blood flow to the roots. In fact, I have heard that the BEST way to brush your hair at night is upside down (lying with your head off the bed would work, but I wouldn't recommend falling asleep that way! ).

I don't really think so! Massaging of the scalp is probably better. I think it is one of the many old wive's tales. It is supposedly to get the oils flowing. Massaging probably does more of that. Lay on your bed, put your head over the edge and massage your head. Keeping the folicles healthy is important and too much combing could injure them.

As a child my grandmother always told me that brushing your haire would make it sniny and soft. i do believe that brushing your hair has a very good effect. besides who wants to look at someone's straggly rat's nest when they don't brush their hair every day?

Wether you have staright, curly or wavy hair depends on the shape of your hair follicle and not on the amount of times you brush your hair. Those with straight or wavy hair have round or oval shaped follicles. Whereas, those with curly hair have an elipticle shaped follicle. Brushing can be equally good and bad for the hair. Using a natural bristle brush will avoid damage to the shaft which can be caused with excessive brushing. If you suffer from oily hair then brushing should be kept to a minimum as is can stimulate the glands that produce the oil. However, for those that don't suffer oily hair, brushing can help dispense the oil that do have evenly over the rest of the hair, thus resulting in shiny looking locks.

hi, as i observed to my own self,brushing of my hair really have good effect to my hair,its more shiny and help it to make it longer and also it will help to massage the scalp and the hair will become more healthy.and that's what i m going to do everyday because i want my hair to grow faster.

It is your genes. That is a myth. Some people believe excessive brushing actually breaks hair off. It does distribute oil to the ends if you brush it a little.

This hair myth was already debunked. I haven read it in an article and have seen an episode which i cannot remember when and where, where this doctor said that it is not true. Too much brushing of hair causes the hair and its roots to break.. therefore causing hair fall. Brush is not even always good for the hair especially when it is wet, one must use wide toothed combed.

I'm not sure if this brushing 100 times a day is a myth or not, but the straight hairs surely come from genes.

Adhere to comb my hair very good,one can help our hair,2 it is to can promote brain blood circulation,are good for our health.I am often to comb my hair,in night before sleeping and wake up in the morning,I insist on comb 200 times.Ha ha,the effect is good,my hair has been pitch-black shine,healthy body.Bless you!

What I heard before is that brushing help improve blood circulation in the scalp. This in turn will have an effect on the quality of the hair. Take the scalping as a form of massage and we all know how a good massage is beneficial to the hair.

Brushing your hair is really important however this shouldn't be done frequently because too much irritation that brush does to the scalp can cause excessive oil production...

What kind of brush do you use? Brushing with boar bristles instead of with plastic bristles spreads natural oils throughout hair strands. This is especially useful if hair is long, since the oil takes longer to travel from the scalp to the ends. The oil does lubricate and make your hair softer. Brushing surely makes it shinier and softer but genes play a part too.