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On the includes picture you see my comb I used in the first 8 months (the green one). It was harder and harder to get it through my hair without breaking it, so I bought a wide tooth comb (the black one). I wasn't satisfied with it, it was a comb with two parts and it hurt on my head so I figured it couldn't be good for my hair either, although it was better then my old one.
So I went to the body shop today and bought the wooden comb, and the results are great it goes through my hair with ease and doesn't hurt my scalp.
I also bought new hair ties without metal in it, I heard they are better for your hair. Thanks for al the good advise I get here!
The only thing I miss right now is a good brush but I don't need one yet.
Just wanted to share this with you guys.
Good choice for a comb and hair ties. The brush you want is a boar brush. I got mine at the supermarket, 100% boar bristle. It helps carry the oils down the length of your hair
Bruce
Hi Bruce,
Thanks, I'm very happy with them. I heard the advise about a boar bristle brush more here, I'm defenately gonna try one in the future.
If your hair gets thick enough, you may want to get an afro comb, also known as an afro pick, shown above. It has less teeth so it won't catch your hair as much, and the teeth are longer so they can get all the way through your hair to your scalp.
I have carried an afro pick for years. For me they work the best. I can even comb my thick beard with one. Any other comb just combs the front part of it, because the teeth don't reach deep enough.
Bill
Thanks for the advise Bill, when my hair do get's so thick like you say I will try one. For now the comb I have is great.
and I highly recommend it.
Here is the story of how I found a pick to be best for my hair:
I started out using a regular comb and a plastic bristle brush during the early part of the growing out process. It was dreadful on my hair. One day I found a pick on the ground in Tilden Park. Thoughts went through my head that a pick would reach the lower layers of my hair due to the much longer teeth. I took it home and thouroughly washed it off and tried it on my hair. My hair was a relatively short mid back length at the time. It was the best thing I ever tried on my hair. A pick is the only grooming tool I use now, although I finger comb when drying my hair.
Take a good look at the teeth. They are widely spaced and 55 millimeters long, and can reach the bottom layers of my hair. The other comb which I have not used for 10 years now has short closely spaced teeth only 20 millimeters long.
You have thick hair, Vincent. You need to get to the deepest layers of your hair and a comb with 20 millimeter teeth won't reach them. Give a pick a try.
Scott
The thing to look out for with the afro comb is that it is usually made with a mold that has two halves, one that covers the front of the comb and one that covers the back. There is a seam where the two come together, and it can have some rough spots which will sometimes catch on your hair or damage your hair strands as they pass by the teeth of the comb.
The good news is these rough spots soon are filled in with dried hair grease. You can see some of this grease where the teeth of the comb meet the handle in Absalom's photo of the purple comb. This grease also fills in any rough spots along the teeth themselves, which mostly lie along the mold seam line. What you must do is resist the temptation to scrape off this grease with your fingernails or wash the comb to get it off. The grease buildup stops when the gaps are filled in, so there is no need to wash the comb in anything such as hot water or soap that will cause the grease to come off.
Once this grease builds up, you will have a comb that doesn't ever snag your hair.
Bill
Great story about your discovery, it reminds me about how I learned about the first metal I ever listened. I was on vacation when I was 12 and found a megadeth cd on the ground without a cover. It was a little bit scrathed but my compact disc player read it and I really enjoyed the music. Great discoveries are made at the moment you least expect it.
I need to get me one of those wooden combs. I'm using one just like the black plastic one and I don't like it. The teeth aren't wide enough and the tips are sharp and scratch my scalp.
Enjoy your new "toys" :-)
Joshua
The same reason I disliked it, get a new comb asap now our hair is relative short we haven't damaged a lot of hair. The longer you wait buying a new one the more lenght will be damaged.
I have that exact same comb that I also got from The Body Shop. I like it much better than plastic combs. I still use my BBB the most though.
Nice someone with such nice hair uses the same comb, hope my hair will be like yours one day.
Glad you got that wooden comb and doubt you will have a single regret. But don't forget "Finger-Combing" perhaps 1st as the most gentle. (It seems to come into play the longer the hair grows.)
Wise purchase indeed! :-)
Yes, I didn't say that but after I showered I only fingercomb my hair and comb it when it's dry. One of the first things I do after waking up is finger comb my akward bed hair :p
Nothing beats the fingers when it comes to untangling.