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twist and rip method dreading
twist and rip method dreading guide
twist and rip is often misunderstood. when compared to backcombing twist and rip has many advantages. 1: twist and rip dreads hold together better then backcombed dreads
2: they dont look like clown dreads sticking straight up
3: they are generaly less dammaging
4: they look more like neat tidy dreads earlier
5: once you get the technique mastered they are easier and faster
they have just 2 drawbacks
1: they are harder to figure out the 1st time you try
2: they are slightly easier to do on thinner dreadlocks
how its done:
sectioning- generaly i recomend a more random sectioning between 1/4 inch to an inch in thickness (just carefull that hairs from 1 section dont cross hairs from another at the roots) you can do a more even sectioning if you wish. its up to you if u want to use rubber bands or not but if you do be sure you remove every single 1 by the next day
twist and rip- twist the section tightly then seperate the ends randomly in 1/2 pull the 2 parts away from eachother forcing knots towards the roots (does not need to be too forcefull or u can do dammage) keep retwisting and repeatting the seperating and pulling as seen in this video
this vids better, but is not in english, however its easier to see how its done
after you finish a dread you can palm roll a little if you want, it doesnt do much however and is not necessary.
twist and rip dreads after only 1 month
The guide states two videos, there is no link for either.
The picture link also does not work.
So guys, because of all the stresd its been from sectioning & then resectioning to accidentally braiding my hair during the TnR, Ive decided to take it all out & start 100% organic free form, natural dreads. The way nature intended! This journey is NOT supposed to be stressful in the least bit, nor horribly painful, which its been for me since day one!! The only pain I should have endured, speaking of mental &/or physical, should be from occasional seperation of congos! Not from day one. It hasn't felt right for me from the beginning of this. Ive made the decision to just take it day by day with my employer (the reason why I chose the TnR method) I'll cross each bridge when I come to it.. How all of life should be imo
Well, the thinh is SE, I did grab the sections like you describe but, I think I actually did kinda braid it
When I did the TnR this is how I did it.. twist, rip, grabbing a different section of hair, twist, rip, grab two more pieces, twist, rip, grab, twist, rip, grab, u get the idea. Where its kinda half braided, half woven. When u pull the section apart to look inside it, its all woven in there, like a bunch of little criss crosses. So it doesn't just appear braided..it kinda is :-/ I'm afraid its not going to be able to "do its thing" & naturally dread how nature intends. It just looks like it would cause it complications & I don't want to cause it any problems. It looks SO unatural, unorganic. I read that braided hair "will" dread but nothing like a normal dreading process & for me, that's part of the beauty! I don't know..I'm really bummed out!
lisa your fine thats not so much from twisting too much as it is from not randomizing the splits enough each time u seperate and pull Apart you should split it in a different spot with different ammounts of hair in each hand insted of splitting in the middle u might have only a lil pinch of hairs in 1 hand and all therestin the other the braided looks from always splitting right aboit in the middle..but the braided loo will go away as it dreads eventually
So, I think I have a problem! I think I twisted my hair too much when I did my TnR cause they REALLY look like braids! Some are dreading up already at the root but all the rest of the length looks straight up like a braid. I'm just SICK thinking I'm gonna have to take them out and do them over now. (Sigh) Can someone please give me some input? Do I need to do 52 dreads over?? I'm so aggravated
How much shrinkage is expected with this method? I know your left with something that appears to look like a dread but once the hair starts to really dread will you loose as much as natural method?
absolutely not just let them do thier thing
you never had to tnr once to begin with but redoing it will only reset progress
just leave them be to dread on thier own
Should I keep ripping/twisting over the next few days? Or just leave them to do their thing?
by that i mean youve done all you have to do, more then you had to do now time will do the dreading
absolutely.. none of its dreaded yet..twist and rip dont give you dreads just defines the sections they need time to dread the roots and tips will be loose awhile
hairlines always last to dread
u got a good start now just let it dread