healthy hair after dreads
Dreads Hair and Scalp Health
thanks! idk why i didn't think of that....duh....so simple!
im 4.5 months in, started with half-A back combing, then tnr, then soon learned they were better left alone
im getting ALOT of shrinkage lately, which i've had to come to terms with since i like my hair long. i started with it long, and now have lots of dreds above my shoulders. i've come to accept short hair, only because its for dreds.HOWEVER...ALL of my loops and zig-zaggy dreds are compressing into wads of hair...i mean i guess its normal? i've been looking for other ppl with pics like mine, i've only found a few.
The pics below is what im worried about....i mean its like a flattened ball of hair, attached to my head by a 1-2inch length of root. i dont see how that thing will ever end up being a "normal" dread. i dont want pancake dreds. lol. no thanks. anyone else ever seen this phenomena?
it bothers me to where ive considered combing them all out and starting over. the time lost doesnt bother me, its the end result thats more important to me. if i started over i'd probly do 100% neglect (with separation). but whos to say my hair wouldnt just do the same again....then that would be time lost with no purpose. i know shrink still happens. its jsut the flattened hairball pancake that freaks me out.
on a side note, one of these pics, i used to call that dred my pelican dred...its got a pelican bill/neck looking loop....was easier to see before it started forming a pancake. i love pelicans.
oh, and should i worry that my dreads are very flat?!
any comments/ related pics would be so great. thanks everyone!!