I'm about 5 months along my dread journey.
I started out with TnR, I did 2 or 3 locs this way, didn't like the results (and it took a ton of work) so I searched the internet until I found this site... and since then I've been natural/neglect.
BEFORE:
My hair was a few inches longer then this when I started dreading, it's always been pretty healthy... I took prenatals throughout the last few years and I rarely used heat products on it.
MONTH 1:
Lots of progress!! Some have shrunk and knotted up a LOT but some in the front have yet to knot at all.
MONTH 2:
Sections are forming really well, lots and lots of knots.
MONTH 3:
Even more knots and tons of crazy loops and zig zags.
MONTH 4:
Sections are forming really well, I don't have to separate very often anymore. I started putting hemp threads and beads in around this time.
MONTH 5:
They're starting to look like dreads! Even though pics don't do it much justice... the sections are mostly formed. I don't have much loose hair anymore, but the front sections are still looking less formed then the back.
I
still have TONS of crazy loops and zig zags.
So this is where I'm at currently, more to come in a month or so
Thanks for looking
updated by @melony: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM