How To Create Volume With A Combed Out Puff

I happened upon the voluminous effect of the combed out puff this weekend.  I took my daughter to a salon to remove her mohawk styled braids that my niece and I did on my daughter's hair a few weeks ago.  It took the stylist approximately 1 hour to take her braids down.  I sat there thinking that this was the best $15.00 dollars I've ever spent.  I just felt too tired to go home and spend 2 1/2 hours taking those tiny braids with twisted ends down by myself.  When the stylist finished taking down the braids, she took a large tooth comb and combed through my daughter's hair before placing it in a ponytail.  I stood there and looked in amazement at how full and beautiful my daughter's hair looked with the ends combed out.    

I never comb my daughter's hair out when it's dry.  I always mist with water and conditioner and oil or I comb it out when it's wet with conditioner.  I usually twist it and then allow her to wear her ponytails in twist outs.  I also frequently co-wash her hair and then apply oil and gel.  Once her hair air dries, it appears coily and then I gather and style it into puffs.  

After seeing the result of combing out a puff I decided to give it a try.  I co-washed my daughter's hair and then applied olive oil and Shea moisture curling souffle throughout her tresses.  I parted her hair down the middle and then braided two mid-sized sections of hair along the sides of her face.  I twisted the remaining hair into about 12 mid sized twists and secured them into a ponytail.  I used a microfiber towel to absorb excess water and then allowed her hair to dry overnight.  I let her wear her hair in twists for two days.  On day 3 I applied oil to my hands and took down her twists.  Next I combed through each twist after unraveling her hair.  I used a large toothed shower comb which made it easy to comb through her hair in sections.  I then misted her hair all over with a water, conditioner, and oil mix.  Next I applied grapeseed oil to my hands and applied it to her hair.  I placed her two face framing braids into her pony puff and secured all hair with an elastic.  Once all of her hair was atop her head, I combed through the entire puff and patted it where needed to make it look more uniform.

I instantly concluded that the combed out puff yields increased volume.  Now I'm thinking I'm going to try combing out my puff to experiment with the different levels of volume that can be created on a puff.  

Do you comb your puffs out before securing them?