So I'm a little over a month into natural dreads, Sunday will be 5 weeks. At first my hair was all nice and neat, and developing this cute little dread-like knots everywhere. In fact in my last timeline update I was asking if that was normal, but I would NOT be asking that question now! Not long after I asked my hair decided to goo all crazy. The entire back of my head, around my ears, nape of the neck, is like a giant nest! I separate it a minimum of twice a day, doing my best to separate as close to my scalp as I can without actually creating any discomfort. It just seems like my hair is all stuck together there, even though below that is tidy-ish sections. I'm really NOT into mega dreads, and I'm sure if would just become a beaver tail if I didn't stop it somehow. From my scalp to anywhere from 3-6 inches away from my scalp is all nested, mostly together, though I can seem to break it into a few large sections of smaller sections. I watched Baba Fatts video about separating dreads, and saw how he says moving one will move others near the scalp, so I'm guessing it is normal?
Is the giant nest normal? Is there anything I can do to help it be less nestlike? I separate often, and put in beads and wraps to try to keep as many stray hairs tamed as I can. I'm not that concerned about stray hairs, or that every hair has a "home" but the giant nest is becoming a bit untameable and overly wild.
editing to add pictures:
This is the whole head of hair. Just so you can see it all, progress, etc.
Close up of a group of sections on the left side.
This is the top half of my hair pulled up, and a close up of the nest between the layers. You can see some wraps and beads I've used to try to keep sections together and prevent hairs being sucked into the nest.
This a close up of a group on the back right side. You can notice the webbing of sorts happening when I pull it apart, but before you reach the scalp.
Some sections separate easily right up to the scalp, some not so close. The whole nest thing is starting from right at the scalp, and going to about 4 inches from the scalp. From there down is sectioning just fine. So it is normal? do I need to do anything? Not do anything now but start doing something differently??
updated by @alicia-s: 02/14/15 05:51:36AM
