Apparatuses, methods and systems for removing elastic bands from hair

A comb for grooming hair, comprising:

• a spine including a front edge and a back edge;
• a plurality of teeth protruding from the front edge of the spine;
• and
• a cutting element defined by a portion of the back edge of the spine, the cutting element including:
• a grasping element protruding from the back edge of the spine and including a grasping portion spaced apart from the back edge of the spine and extending in generally a same direction as the back edge of the spine;
• a receptacle defined by the back edge of the of the spine and the fixed grasping element;
• and
• a fixed cutting edge at a closed end of the receptacle, the cutting element configured to engage and cut an elastic band in hair.

A comb for grooming hair, comprising:

• a spine including a front edge and a back edge;
• a plurality of teeth protruding from the front edge of the spine;
• and
• a cutting element at least partially defined by the back edge of the spine, the cutting element including:
• a fixed grasping element protruding from the back edge of the spine;
• a peripheral edge defined by spaced locations of the fixed grasping element and the back edge of the spine that are located opposite from one another and by a continuous edge connecting the locations of the fixed grasping element and the back edge of the spine that are located opposite from one another;
• a receptacle defined by the peripheral edge;
• and
• a fixed cutting edge within the receptacle, along at least a portion of the peripheral edge.