Hairbrushes have been around for thousands of years. However, you may be surprised to learn that until recently they were only used by the wealthy and for combing and to privileged. The upper-class a quills, shells, bone first time Egyptians used hairbrushes made of animal hair, porcupine were manufactured for the by remove lice and other that got tangled in their hair Brushes stitched the brush 20 in 1777 by an English The bristles from wild boar and were beginning of the hand. It is not company. quite expensive. It wasn't until the cheaper, synthetic surprising that these brushes were produced with century that brushes began to be manufactured by machine and to be extremely common. materials, like nylon bristles. With these developments, brushes became