Denman Curly Hair Brush D4, All Black

This brush has seriously changed my life. I have 2b-2c curls in very long dense hair that has a lot of thin individual strands creating the thickness. My type of hair is very prone to tangles and mats, and brushing has always been a traumatic issue for me, particularly in my childhood. I have a pretty strong pain tolerance for everything except my scalp. I never liked anyone braiding, brushing, or even touching my hair (especially not with any humidity). It never improved no matter how much I brushed. As a frustrated child I refused to brush and had several traumatizing events of cutting out large matted sections of hair. I grew up in one of the whitest suburban towns and had very white sheltered parents who also took me to local white hairdressers that thought my 2b/c hair was the most texture they’d seen (lol). Naturally, none of them had any clue how to handle my hair and a brush like this would’ve literally saved me and my parents so many headaches. Even into my adulthood I hated brushing so much I would avoid it. So now, being in my 30s, I decided to spend a little more on this brush specific for curly hair and loved by textured hair stylists everywhere. I thought maybe it would be better than the clunky big square brushes I’ve used forever, but I had no idea how MUCH better it truly was. I know it’s not necessarily meant to be a detangler, but it brushes through my hair painlessly when wet OR dry (I try not to brush dry to reduce breakage) and combs out tangles without tightening the knots until the hair breaks. I don’t shed as much with it, either, and don’t feel as much hair being ripped out. It brought tears to my eyes. I could’ve avoided this pain for the last 30 years of my life if I had just had the proper brush. If you’re wondering if it’s worth it, it is. Not to mention my curls are more defined and less frizzy than ever before. I don’t use heat on my hair, really. So I can’t attest to using blow drying or this to help drying. The only downside of this brush (which isn’t enough to dock any stars, mind you) is the rubber brush head will sometimes slip out too easily when it gets wet. But that’s also due to my bad habits of how I brush my hair.