I love Lucy Props, Vintage Hair Care

Ricky’s Hair Loss Treatments: Vibrating Hair Brush

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Lucy uses a state of the art vibrating hair brush to make Rickys scalp tingle in the season one episode Ricky Thinks He’s Going Bald . This looks very like the Vitabrush vibrating hairbrush pictured below.

Look for the Vitabrush on eBay

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Image Credit: http://www.k-bid.com/auction/161/item/88

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BE FAIR TO YOU HAIR Want better looking hair? Embarassed by falling dandruff, itching scalp? Get the new VITABRUSH, the electic-automatic brush with build-in brush head motor… gives scalp and hair an invigorating “workout” in just 3 minutes. Cleans scalp, stimulates blood supply, distributes the natural oils. Fun to use – relaxing. Write for satisfaction-guaranteed offer – today.
Hersey Mfg. Co., 3714 Field Bldg., Chicago 3 (Popular Mechanics, Mar 1949)

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The is an earlier version of the one Lucy used. Popular Science – Sep 1940 – Page 85 Vibrating Brush Provides Efficient Scalp Massage DESIGNED to … The brushes are driven by means of a flexible shaft connecting the brush head with an electric motor
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Another View of the Vitabrush. Image Credit: http://www.weirduniverse.net/blog/comments/vitabrush/