often when you start dreads with forced sectioning (triangles squares brick patterns) the dreads may try to split at the roots into 2 or more sections stuck in 1 dread
see how this dreads got 3 roots this would have been 3 different dreads if allowed to section naturally
to understand why this happens lets look at a few factors
when your hairs combed and you wish to find your natural part you can flip it around a bit and see where it wants to settle, forcing a part somewhere where it naturaly doesnt want to part often is a struggle as it wants to revert to it s natural part (some heads have several natural part s to choose from tho)
when hairs left uncombed it sections itself fairly quickly in much the same manor these sections wil just want to remain in the same sectioning even before knots form to hold them in..
now typicaly when you make dreads using a starter method your told to section in all evenly sized 1 inch squaresand you decide where this grid is placed
if instead of secti9ning then backcombing or tnr you just left it alone a week youd find many sections reject the sectioning only to form new sections more naturally
if you did backcomb or tnr these square sections over the 1st few months they may try to revert to the natural sectioning forming gaps, splits and holes in the roots even at times growing out with 2 or 3 roots dreading then forced into 1 dread tip because they are held close together by the tips they may fuse back together and self heal
this splitting can happen in natural sectioning as well but is way more likely in forced sectioning
to avoid the problem as much as possible
simply start the natural dreading process ..stop cokmbing
and wait for sectioning
then decide if you want to tnr backcomb..or better yet continue the natural dreading thats already beginning
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updated by @soaring-eagle: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM