Photoshop CS5 Refine Radius tool not working

Hi, I'm following along the Classroom in a Book CS5 Photoshop book and when I try to use the Refine Radius tool in the Refine Mask dialog box and try to paint with it to refine the edges of the black hair model, the paint strokes do not hold. The painting works but then the action is basically undone. Followed all the instructions to a T, but saw the same problem when I tried it on another photography yesterday too.
Any tips as what I'm doing wrong?

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