Types of Hair Combs and Hairbrushes - What is the Best Comb for Your Hair

In order to make your hair or human hair wigs wholesale maintain smooth and shiny, it is not enough to rely only on shampoo, conditioner, and other products. They only have a short time on the hair and provide limited maintenance. At this time, you need a comb that can be carried with you. Common combs are plastic combs, wood combs and horn combs, but the types of combs are not limited to these, and their function is not as simple as detangling hair. So what are the different types of combs and hairbrushes and which is the best one for your hair? Let’s get into the complete hair combs guide.

Types of Hair Combs and Hairbrushes - What is the Best Comb for Your Hair

Inappropriate combs are likely to cause damage to the scalp, resulting in hair loss, scalp itching, and many other problems. The comb teeth should be elastic without an obvious sharp feeling at the top.

Types of common hair comb materials:

- Plastic: low price, flexible material, can be used on dry and wet hair with stereotyped products, easy to carry. But it is prone to static electricity, damage hair and generates dirt.

- Wood: anti-static, lightweight, wood aroma, suitable for most hair. But it is not resistant to falling, and is easy to hurt hair and scalp without fine polishing.  

- Horn: made of ox horn and sheep horn, with strong health care function and anti-static feature. It is not resistant to falling and is only suitable to use in a dry environment with proper temperature.

- Bristle: similar to human hair structure, smooth hair, and help styling, it is easy to accumulate hair and hard to clean.

- Steel: this kind of comb is generally used to take care of wigs and animal hair. 

- Jade: the health care effect is outstanding, but it needs exquisite workmanship. Jade combs tend to be expensive and often used as a gift. 

Regular comb (Flat top comb)

The regular or all-purpose comb has developed from a single hairdressing tool to a daily necessity with the functions of hair detangling, styling, health care, and more. In modern society, the pace of life is fast. Men generally have short hair, and women no longer wear buns. A simple and practical flat top comb has become the first choice. The flat comb has a simple structure, and the comb teeth with the same length are evenly arranged horizontally, which has been loved since ancient times. For different scenes, different comb products have been gradually developed, sparse tooth comb suitable for large hair volume and easy knotting, pintail comb for straight hair, double-sided comb with sparse content, shaving comb commonly used in curling hair modeling, etc. Select the regular comb according to the individual hair volume and applications.

- Wooden comb: Common wood combs generally include peach, sandalwood, boxwood, etc. Peachwood is the cheapest among the wooden combs. Boxwood contains chrysin which can inhibit the growth of fungi. It can improve the scalp environment that is itchy and prone to dandruff. It is one of the preferred materials for making wooden combs. As for sandalwood, because of its natural aroma and lines, its dense and hard texture is not easy to decay. It has been a good choice for wooden combs since ancient times.

- Horn comb: Combs made of ox horn, sheep horn and other animal bones are slightly heavy in quality. They have a sense of weight in their hands and can not afford static electricity. In fact, the components in the horn comb will not penetrate into the scalp with the brushing action, but have a better massage effect and ornamental value. Horn combs are generally made of black buffalo horn, yellow buffalo horn, yak horn, and white buffalo horn. Among them, the most outstanding quality is the white buffalo horn, with a transparent feeling of jade. Compared with ox horn, sheep horn has stronger toughness. The polished sheep horn comb is round and smooth with transparent color.

- Steel comb: Steel combs are generally used to take care of wigs. They can't afford static electricity and are easy to comb through. Due to the sharp tip of the comb, pay attention to less contact with the scalp when using it on real hair. Men who love combing oil hair can choose steel combs if they dislike that plastic combs are easy to break and other combs contact stereotypes, which is not conducive to maintenance. Cleaning in wet water is very convenient and easy to carry.

Hairbrushes

Compared with the gentle and restrained wooden comb and horn comb, hairbrushes come in different shapes and styles. The contact area of this type of hairbrush is larger, and there is no need to worry about the damage of hair curls when using permed hair. The comb teeth are more finely distributed, which can effectively remove floating dust and make the hair more smooth and fluffy.

- Bristle comb: Bristle combs usually use soft bristles, which can smooth the hair scales. Nylon and plastic comb teeth will be mixed in some combs to increase the effect of massaging the scalp. At the same time, the oil of the scalp will be brought to the hair along with the comb to evenly distribute the oil and make the hair brighter. It can also be used with the hairdryer for curling or straightening modeling (hair salons often use these two tools for modeling). It is very suitable for people with dry hair and more hair, but people with oil star hair should be careful.

- Air cushion comb: The use of a comb with an air cushion can not only relieve and massage, but also make the hair plumper and increase the amount of hair visually.