Patent ID: 7017589

Claim:
A method of enhancing a ponytail, for use by a user having a head having a front and rear, a scalp, and hair growing from a scalp which is grouped and bound by a tie to from the ponytail, the tie separating a root portion which is adjacent to the scalp from the pony tail which extends rearwardly from the tie, further using a device having a roof portion and a comb, the roof portion having a front and rear, front and rear arches thereat, and defining a channel between the front and rear, the comb located at the front and having a plurality of teeth extending substantially parallel to the front, comprising the steps of: apportioning the hair of the ponytail into a selected portion and a remainder portion; inverting the selected portion at a first bend just rearward of the tie so that the selected portion extends forwardly from the first bend across the tie and along the root portion; anchoring the device in the root portion by inserting the comb downward through the inverted selected portion and into the root portion immediately adjacent to the tie; inverting the selected portion forward of the comb at a second bend; extending the selected portion from the second bend, atop the roof portion and atop the remainder portion.