I use a good brush and as suggested use warm water or hot water for a good rinse. My question is this. My hair brush not only has my hair in it but lots of "lint". There is never any lint in my hair that I can see but it is always there after brushing.
My sheet are not linty, nor my pillowcase or even my quilts which are made of very smooth cotton and filled with down.
Where it can be coming from in such large amounts I have no idea. It is really difficult to get the lint out and I end up having to take each bristle of the brush and pull the lint from it. It is wound very tightly on the bristles. WHAT ON EARTH is going on. Does anyone else have this problem??

I have never used anything but a natural bristle brush. Way better for your hair.

Good advice on hair care, especially those of us with long locks. Generally speaking, if you hear tearing as you comb or brush, you are breaking hair. Gentle combing or brushing is absolutely essential to keeping long hair looking good. Another thing my stylist told me makes a lot of sense. He said to be careful not to rinse every last bit of conditioner out of my hair after shampooing. The conditioner is supposed to leave some residue to help with detangling, and smoothing the hair shaft, and it's easy to rinse with water so hot it takes it all out. Another thing he said was to take care not to rub it out with the towel while drying. His advice... gently massage the scalp and wrap the hair up in a single twist of the towel and just sit there a moment letting it soak excess water away. Then unwrap, and begin the gentle process of combing with fingers or a wide tooth comb, using your favorite styling product at that time.
Mona, I think the 'lint' you are talking about is a combination of the natural dust in the air, skin flakes, and yes, bits of fiber (lint) from perhaps laying on the sofa, leaning against a car seat, or even dust and pollen from the air outside. I'm around horses quite a bit, and it's not uncommon to brush my hair after being out in the stable and find bits of hay, dust, and even horsehair! Haaaa

I need volume. I don't get the thing about the windshield wiper. could you say it another way? What do I do with the comb etc ?

It amaze's me the things that big time stylists and salons try to say only they knew these things to do for your hair but I figured most of the things I DO know simply by usingcommon sents. Like the coming from the bottom up procedure, or even just using your fingers starting with the hair closests to your neck and straightening and smoothing it out then gently going over again with a comb &/or small brush, BE GENTLE, ALWAYS use the start at the bottom 1st method. If you have alot of trouble with this very often using a tiny amount of Suave Conditioner in the Orange bottles -called Suave Professionals-Sleek SH & CND. I have long hair and it works excellant. Even if Idont fell the need to washmy hair, which you shouldn't every day unless you were in stinky surroundings you can just wash root area and 1/2 way down NOT THE END but let products rinse through for the smell. Don't put conditioner product directly on roots thats too much grease. If you don't have to use shampoo this time use samll/tiny amount of conditioner on ends all the way around ONLY from middle down NOT ON TOP. So much of this is common sence.
Don't wash your hair every day, washing it 2 times EVERYTIME and putting conditioning on EVERYDAY is definitly is not necessary unless you roll around in the mud everyday. Sometimes mother nature and doing things naturally IS the best way to take care of your hair & skin. Just think about it. Remember, if you follow all the instructions the companies just want you to use up all the product so you have to buy more. Prayers!

For volume try bending over and drying the roots of your hair this way with the blow dryer. You can use a little hairspray on the roots if you don't mind it. Once dry, throw your head back and finish up. When my hair was super long, the technique gave me masses of volume.... I loved it.

Good advice. I get a little lint in my brush, but my husband gets quite as bit in his. I usually wash my wide tooth wood comb and brush occasionally with a little shampoo and rinse real well. Any one have advice for hair falling out?? I've turned 50 and have a lot of hair falling out and getting thinner. Please help!

Hey Mellisa you developed the versicomb but while it may be very good for the hair but making an ad in comments is deceptive. And repeating it three times is an abuse of comments space.

i was told not to brush or comb my hair everyday or after every shower... and also when it gets tangled.. my stylist says to use a deep conditioner in the shower and run a wide tooth plastic comb throughout.. and i come out super sleek n tangle free

as for the lint in the brush... my sister is a cosmetologist and she uses some blue solution thing.. she soaks it for a few hours and the brushes come out clean.. im sure they sell the solution at sally's or any other beauty store... i hate throwing out expensive brushes but i tend to keep mine no more than a couple years anyways

ummm, I though this was stuff everyone just kind of instinctively knew. I've been doing this stuff for years, and not because I was told, but because I just figured it out as the best way for my hair to be soft and untangled.

Interesting article --- but where can I get the Swissco Wet Comb and the DenmanCushion Brush? Thanks

Oh please, all combs and brushes are the same. I'm not spending extra on a "special" comb.

Here's a newsflash, hair is DEAD. Nothing you can do to it after it's grown out of your scalp can make it healthier. Only what you eat and drink can change your hair for better or worse. Period.

So the Swissco wet comb isn't plastic? What is it then? Bone?
Wood? Actual tortoise shell? They don't say.

Wow You can blog about hair. ! But not on the oil spill!!! So I will on oil spill! To Mr. president. No S Sherlock It's disastrous.

When I used to have the Dorothy Hamil hairstyle, or you could say it was a bob, the long top hairs were full of static electricity. I found that if I took 1/2 a dryer sheet, and rubbed it very lightly over my hair, the static died down. Or, you could rub it lightly over your comb. Ditto for it your skirt hugs your legs and gets inbetween your legs b/c of static elec. Y'know---'' static cling "

To Anne, I'm 61 and have thick hair. For thinning hair, a good Vit.B complex works . And , might as well take a multi vit w/ it for good measure. And don't forget Vit. C.
~ ~ ~ Juli

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