Hairbrush

A hairbrush is a brush with rigid (hard or inflexible) or light and soft spokes used in hair care for smoothing, styling, and detangling human hair, or for grooming an animal's fur.

A paddle brush is used to straighten hair and tame fly-aways.

Special brushes are made for cats, dogs and horses.

For example: The effects of brushing will be different depending texture and whether the hair is wet or dry.

[citation needed] The earliest U.S. patent for a modern hairbrush was by Hugh Rock in 1854.