Dread A&E Needed!! Im halfway through combing my locks!! HELP!!

So guys... 1st to set the scene of where i have been for the past few days.

Reason for combing: Purely practical, Im starting working at a hospital as a nursing assistant. Working days, nights weekends ect. Full time hours. So I was thinking as from previous health care work that the 1st thing I wanted to do after finishing work is to have a shower and wash my hair. So finishing a night shift washing dreads that take 3-4+ hrs to dry even if a hair dryer is used. aint gonna be good for me or them when I wanna come home and sleep. So i started the comb out!!

3 days ago. Its taking a loooong time. I have 48 dreads. I still have 30 left. and Ive hit the WHAT THE HECK HAVE A DONE!!! I LOOOVE MY DREADS!! I have combed out the whole back bottom section and part of the side and the front few dreads but I still have a far chunk of them left :D

What to do now!.... I feel like a need to sort the practical issue of drying my dreads quickly and effectively after a shift (any ideas friends?)

I may have already screwed the remaining guys up as I have had a nourishing and conditioning hair treatment left in my dreads for the past 3 days to help comb out.

Maybe I just rock this hair hair half dread look for a while!

updated by @christina-popejoy: 01/13/15 10:00:01PM

you dont need to wash your hair after every shift you wear something covering it anytime theres a chance of blood (or other bodsily fliiuds) splattering so just wash the hair twice a week and your fine

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you were pretty far into dreading too and they looked absolutely amazing

i would stop now

u never should have started without thinking it through for a good long time..like a couple months

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Could you just wash B4 you go to work , dry by the time you get home

So thankyou all for comments so far! So I carried on combing! Its been a very odd transition to life without dreads! But really meaningful! So 1stly It took 4 days of around 20-12 hours a day of combing. I did loose ALOT of hair but thats ok as it was almost 2 years of dreaded hair up there! My hair now is OK although super thin!

So i've settled into my new job! ITs going great! and tonight I decided to try a experiement to not wash my hair and see how I feel! I showered and feel good and not washed my hair!

So I think I may in the not to distant begin dreading again, once my hair has grown and little and I've gotten in back into good shape after the dreaded comb out! If/ when I do dread again. I may go natural or twist and rip! I saw another member of staff with awesome dreads piled up on his head like a crown of glory above his scrubs!! i wanted to stop him right there and be like howwwwwwww!! I literally feel goss withouht washing after everyshift, BUT I dont wanna be such a germ phobe. after all dreads are about letting go, discovereing freedom and developing patience and trusting the process right?

i am possiteive you will be dreading again and soon and cany wait to see the new set progress

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

Thanks SE for all your comments, encouragements and positivity throughtout my last set and in preperations for the inevitable new set! Tbh I kinda excited to start the journey again one day soon. And this time withought the backcombing it will be interested to see how it goes! Peace.

im excited to see it

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1