Brush With Retractable Bristles

A retractable brush for brushing, cleaning and curling hair comprises an outer tubular member having a pattern of bristle apertures, and an inner tubular member extending lengthwise within the outer tubular member and being mounted to undergo angular displacement in opposite directions within the outer tubular member. A plurality of bristle supports each extend lengthwise within the outer tubular member and support a series of bristles. The bristle supports have opposite end portions turnably mounted on flanges on the inner tubular member to undergo angular displacement in forward and reverse directions to effect extension and retraction of the bristles through the bristle apertures of the outer tubular member in response to angular displacement of the inner tubular member. A handle is connected to the outer tubular member for grasping by a hand of a user of the brush, and an actuator is manually turnably mounted on the handle and connected to the inner tubular member to enable the user to angularly displace the inner tubular member in opposite directions to extend and retract the bristles in response to manual turning of the actuator.