hey will my dreads get longer within a year?

jw cuz i noticed alot of picsw ive seen of year aged dreads theyre bout the same length, and somw lok alot bushier at least but my hair is only bout 6 inches long when i started and i was kinda hoping they would get longer as the year went by, btw 3 more days till my one month mark not a noob anymmore haha
updated by @spacemantravis: 02/14/15 08:06:07AM

they shrink for bout 8 months then start to grow u may gain an inch from the shortest in a year then bout 3 inches a year after (at a guess)


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really depends on so many things, mine were shorter than they started within a year (had really long thin tips though)they will definitely look more like dreadlocks though.

hair grows about a half inch a month so about 6" a year, factor in that you lose some length as the hair compresses and tangles into the dreads and i would say the 3 inchs may be close to accurate, of course you can't be 100% because hair growth is effected by diet aswell; i think my hair grew in double time since i quit smoking ciggarettes and it already grew a little quicker than average anyway so it shot out of my head pretty quick the last few months. drinking more water and eating healty helps a lot too, and scalp massage but with dreads thats not so easy.can't always go by pictures, sometimes they get fat instead of long, they'll get longer in time though no need to rush or worry about it, just think about how nice it is to wake up every day and let them do their thing

This might be the worst news I've heard so far.

soaringeagle said:

they shrink for bout 8 months then start to grow u may gain an inch from the shortest in a year then bout 3 inches a year after (at a guess)

Yeah, it's just one of those things. But ya never know. It all depends on YOUR hair. I've seen a couple guy's who had started from nothing and then had shoulder length dreads within two years. Then I saw a couple of guy's who started from nothing and had shoulder length dreads in five years. It's all depending on your hair and your locks. Atom said:

This might be the worst news I've heard so far.

soaringeagle said:

they shrink for bout 8 months then start to grow u may gain an inch from the shortest in a year then bout 3 inches a year after (at a guess)

Yah dude...it totally depends on your hair...feel free to check out my pics...you can see pics when I got them (backcombed)...and within 1.7yrs they have grown a LOT...My "shrinkageperiod was actually about 1-2months only...

1 month makes you :not a noob" if thats how you feel, good for you, but ill call myself a noob for a longtime, not in the scene that im uneducated about dreads, i know alot i feel, but until my dreads are all mature and a yr or 2 or 3 down the road...... im a noob

ghaaa! i looked through my old pics and my hair has shrunken a good 2-3in since spring break.i cant wait until it's long enough to tie back again..

lol,,,all other stuff working out good ? Atom said:

This might be the worst news I've heard so far.

soaringeagle said:

they shrink for bout 8 months then start to grow u may gain an inch from the shortest in a year then bout 3 inches a year after (at a guess)