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What is a Vent Hairbrush?

Tricia Christensen
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Updated: May 21, 2024
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A vent hairbrush is useful for hairstyling, especially when you are using your blow dryer at the same time. Both flat and circular brushes may have vents or openings between bristles, which allow more heat from the blow dryer to get directly to the hair. This can help improve drying time, and allow you to hold the hair in certain positions to achieve quick setting of the hair. If you long for the Farrah Fawcett hairdo or want that bob to stay perfectly curled under, vents can help achieve that pretty feathered back look or under curl with greater ease.

You’ll find many different incarnations of the vent hairbrush. A simple style is either slightly rounded or flat, with bristles on in between each vent or opening in the brush. Number and configuration of vents and bristles varies significantly. Bristles of the vent hairbrush are typically either metal, plastic, or metal coated with plastic. Some brushes have slightly rounded tips that are considered gentler on the scalp.

Many favor a round vent hairbrush for achieving soft curls during the blow drying process, and some of these are made with metal or ceramic and combine the benefits of vents while also getting slightly heated. These are called thermal vent hairbrushes or simply thermal brushes. As you blow dry, the brush heats slightly, which creates better curl and shape in hair styling.

Price on the vent hairbrush varies. You can find even the thermal ones for less than $10 US Dollars (USD). The least expensive brushes may cost under $5 USD. However you can pay significantly more for these brushes when well-known hairdressers or style salons market them. Some will cost well over $20 USD, and those considered for professional use by hair stylists may be even more expensive.

There are some tips for using a vent hairbrush successfully. First, you’ll want to use a comb to comb through any tangles on wet hair. You should not brush wet hair since this can create split ends and it won’t sufficiently attack tangles, especially in long hair. Once the hair is partially dry, you can begin using the vent brush to lift sections of the hair and style it as you like. You’ll get even better results if you use gel, mousse or styling spray, which produces better hold.

You can also use this type of brush to give your hair a bit of a touchup when it’s already dry. With a little mousse or styling spray you can refresh curl under, curl ups or feathering. This is made easier when the brush is also a thermal brush, and round, because it will act like a mildly heated curling iron as it gets heat from the blow dryer.

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Tricia Christensen
By Tricia Christensen
With a Literature degree from Sonoma State University and years of experience as a BeautyAnswered contributor, Tricia Christensen is based in Northern California and brings a wealth of knowledge and passion to her writing. Her wide-ranging interests include reading, writing, medicine, art, film, history, politics, ethics, and religion, all of which she incorporates into her informative articles. Tricia is currently working on her first novel.
Discussion Comments
By Grivusangel — On Jan 21, 2014

I've never had the least bit of luck using a vent hairbrush. My stylist can do it easily, but I've never had good results. Part of the problem is my hair. I have fine, thin, baby-like hair, and the average vent brush just isn't very good at getting every strand. It sort of brushes my hair in clumps, rather than getting it all at once.

My sister, on the other hand, has thick hair and vent brushes are ideal for her.

I have had some success with vent brushes that are more like traditional bristle brushes. Otherwise, I leave them on the store shelf.

Tricia Christensen
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