It's like pulling teeth to get my daughter to brush her hair. And she has beautiful curly hair. It gets all matted in the back. She's 13. Shouldn't she care?
If you check for "silk spray" for Yorkshire terriers it's great for painless matt and tangle extractions, and Yorkie fur is quite similar to human hair.
A small tip for those rare events when the brush gets used, and will help with speed and pain