Hair straightening brush

A hairbrush, comprising:

• a plurality of heating elements protruding from a face of a body of the hairbrush, the heating elements defining a hair treating area, wherein the plurality of heating elements are arranged in a pattern resulting in a plurality of undulating paths such that hair strands pass through the plurality of undulating paths during brushing of the hair strands and urge the hair strands to contact a surface area of each of the plurality of heating elements, and a cross-section length and first surface area, parallel to the face of the body of the hairbrush, of at least some of the plurality of heating elements, along at least one of the plurality of undulating paths, is larger than a cross-section width and second surface, parallel to the face of the body of the hairbrush, of the at least some of the plurality of heating elements, wherein at least the first surface area of the at least of the plurality of heating elements impart heat to the hair strands in contact therewith;
• and
• a plurality of self-adjustable spacers projecting from the face of the body of the hairbrush and configured for axial displacement relative to said at least some heating elements between a projecting position and a retracted position, wherein the self-adjustable spacers are formed from a non-conductive, heat insulating material, wherein at the retracted position, at least some of the plurality of self-adjustable spacers are partially retracted while maintaining a specified distance between a tip of the heating elements and the scalp, and wherein the at least some of the plurality of self-adjustable spacers are self-adjusting to the contour of a users' scalp.