One year natural!
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Very nice. Beautiful dreads
6 month pics up. wife doesnt like the back too much, says its too crazy. i fuckin love it!
5 months update. pics above. . back looks pretty gnarly, and one side is dreading faster than the other. but im digging it.
4 month update in main post. have a lot of crazy loops going on now, though hard to see in pics.
3 month update in main post. what do I do about the loose ones? leave them alone or re-rip? the right side is staying together but the left has a lot of loose ones. also have some short hair in front that came out. im thinking it will just catch on to another dread at some point?
ok i have been separating every few days or so, some i cant separate so ill just leave them alone i guess.
updated with 2 month pics too.
After a little over 1 year of neglect and no progress, I decided to TNR.
Before TNR (1 year neglect)
TNR ( forgot to take more, maybe day 2 or 3)
1 month after TNR
The back seems to me separating more than the sides, but tangling together more at same time (if that makes sense)
Well thats 1 month. Not sure if I should be separating or anything, not really doing much, just letting it do its own thing.
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2 months update.
Here is the back, its pretty messy back there, trying to separate some, a couple fell out completely but are mixing with others.
sides seem to stay little tighter than back.
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3 Months
just about 3 months, have a lot of loose hair now but also a lot of knots. have to separate every day now because its going nuts. kind of hard to do sometimes.
right side
Left side
Back
one bigger one back that wont stop
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4months
back is dreading up pretty good i think. sides a little slower but still going
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5 month update
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6 months
I wish i could go to the gathering, but im already going to Farm Fest
this summer. I dont think the wife will like it if i go to both.
Its a tough decision, i really want to see some dreads, but will tnr take me back? not really much to go back to though.
its funny though, my wife is jamaican and i got her to go natural after a few years of trying, her hair knots up in a day and she doesnt want dreads yet. she wants my hair and i want hers.
i usually wash with lockin up shampoo, i did use another dread shampoo before this, but it ran out. i air dry, dont touch it much.
i dont tie it up, i dont wear hats (i did get a tam but only wore it a couple times)
it seems like when i do get a little knot or section it just comes out. is it not long enough yet for my hair type?
nope.. if i wait too long to wash it gets oily. but that usually doesnt happen
Jamison Johnston said:
Is it oily?