I've had this brush for almost a year. A few months ago the plastic bristles started getting all bent out of shape, and then almost all of the tops of the bristles fell off. It hurt to brush my hair, and after a couple weeks the brush started doing actual damage to my hair. I finally took out scissors today and cut off all the plastic bristles so now it's just a boar bristle brush. Now it makes my hair soft again but it isn't exactly what I wanted in the brush... another brush I have (Goodys) I have had for 5 years and it's still great. Disappointed in this brush :(