Yes, brushing and even combing your hair to often can cause horrible damage/breakage to your hair. African American hair cuticles don’t lay down like our Caucasian brothers and sisters. Our hair cuticles are raised and when you constantly pass a brush through your hair day after, day after, day your hair is catching on those cuticles and causing you to tug a little more.
Yes, Caucasian people can brush their hair constantly without a problem because their cuticles lay flat. Keep that in mind next time you reach for that “bristled bandit”, you’ll think twice about passing it through your hair.