How often should you brush curly hair

Brushing your hair seems like it should be a straightforward affair, but just like with all things curly, it unfortunately isn’t.

There are a million tutorials and suggestions online on how to brush curly hair and how to avoid making it frizzy when you do, but they miss one key point: you should never brush curly hair. More specifically, you should never use a brush on curly hair.

The same goes for wavy hair – keep the brush away.

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So what should you do? How can you detangle your curly or wavy hair without causing damage and without making your hair frizzy?

There are of course ways to “brush” curly and wavy hair, but none of them actually involve a brush.

The reason for this is that almost all types of brushes are far too rough for curly and wavy hair. Their teeth (or worse, bristles) are fine and often closely spaced, and when used on curly or wavy hair they get caught on the hair and cause breakage, damage, and frizz.

There are two ways that curlies and wavies can safely brush and detangle without causing dam

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