The bristle ends have ball ball-shaped attachments such as the Cricket Static Free tunnel or their imitators product the Comair Antistatic tunnel brush, which is why the D3 on your scalp feels a little scratchy. One might think. In reality, the rounded tips D3 not scratch, but are a boon for massaging the scalp and their health. Well, we must not lose sight that the D3 is a styling brush and no grooming brush. The D3 is ideal for styling difficult hair and can also maintain a grooming brush can only maintain, not style. My favorite Denman D3 is the version with the wooden handle. Wood is neutral, of course, timeless and always beautiful. The so-called. "D3 Wood" Manufacturer's article no. T003WXCD, there is something for 5 pounds on Pak Cosmetics directly from England, the main material is black from excellent processed wood and the hard rubber bed. A similar D3 would be the "D3 Wooden Coconut" (T003WCOC), as favorable at Pak's, lol with white hard rubber bed and Kokusnussduft. I must say that the D3 is also suitable for short and very short hair. When the scalp has gotten used to the hardness of the air-unpadded bristles, is the massing through the tightly packed aligned bristles a pleasure. In fact, these hard narrow bristles seem to have a positive health effect, my scalp remains above ground of not washing away healthy, the normal hair loss by showers and combing has decreased apparently, and then fragrant times of itchy scalp, or playing with the by sebum fat fingers on the scalp, associated with increased dandruff are an image of the past. I want to refresh my head, so the handle is on the D3 my 1st choice. Dandruff and hair loss have receded, and all causes positive feeling in one. My 15 year old Cricket Static Free Tunnel has had its day, from now I'm probably better off with Denman and Kent. Yes, this brush is not suitable for all kinds of difficult styling long hair, but also for the care and massage of the scalp in men with short hair: P