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OUCH! (help!)

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yeah, it was more of a dull ache than a sharp pain from a few hairs...nothing i could really single out. i've tried just sleeping on it at a different angle, that's seemed to help. i've separated a few fatter dreads into smaller ones and always ended up missing them...gonna try and wait this one out...hopefully it can find its groove too!

Noodle-Doo said:

I had one dread in about the same position as yours that was uncomfy for a while. I'd felt all around it, and there weren't any tight, snaggy hairs. It wasn't the sharp, pricking feeling you get when individual hairs are pulling, more of a dull ache in the scalp. I thought about separating it, or cutting off the hairs that were furthest away from centre of the dread and stretched tight. But never did anything with it. After a few weeks, it just sort of flipped round on a different angle and completely stopped hurting after that! Just some weird thing about the hair tightening on one side more than the other, then it found its groove and was ok.

After all that waffling, I agree with Tim. If it's tight individual hairs, you might just have to break them (if they're too well locked in to pull free), and hope when they grow back they join in better - like separating. Or it might just fix itself with time. Like both of you guys, the fatties are my favourites and it's a shame to lose one!

OUCH! (help!)

General Questions

thanks for the support i've tried just giving it some time and it has seemed to work out a bit on its own...just sleeping on it in a different direction has seemed to help

Tim said:

Good luck with it. I don't think it should be hurting, I just want to say that. I would release the hair that is under tension, very carefully, just a few hairs at a time. You should feel when it is released. That's what I would do anyway. Maybe inbox Baba or Soaring Eagle, they have more general experience than me, I only know my head. I just don't want to give you bad advice is all.

OUCH! (help!)

General Questions

yeah, that's my biggest dread. i've had them for about 8 months now...

a few months ago, i brushed one out that was about the same size. turned one dread into four or five. it took a few hours haha so i dunno how long this one would take now... i'll try wearing them down more, see if that helps first

thanks for the advice

soaring eagle said:

the sections huge

how old are tyhey

im going to recomend 1 comb it out and let it dread as 4 ..3 minumum

option 2 dont put it in the headband let it be free to start to get used to dreding downb

updated by @sarah-smile: 07/23/15 05:15:53PM

OUCH! (help!)

General Questions

There are some hairs that have pulled tight, all on one side, which is where the pain is coming from. I've run into this issue before... and had pulled the hairs out (or broke them) and I found that they just keep popping up all around the dread. Eventually, I started feeling stress in the center of the dread. I think it might be from the dread trying to support the weight without the help of the hairs that were previously broken.

Thanks for the support, I love my larger dreads

Maybe a little bit of pain is inevitable... I'll try and wait it out. Thanks for saving my dread!

OUCH! (help!)

General Questions

Yeah, the crotchet hook might have had something to do with it...my dread seemed fine everywhere except for one spot in the middle where it was weak and broke off...probably where I had used the hook. Fortunately, I only crocheted a few times, and it's been a while since i have. So, i think my dreads have been healing nicely.

When I brushed out the waxed dread, I used regular hand soap and a bunch of conditioner to get it out...just washed that hair repeatedly until it was no longer tacky. I'm pretty sure I got it all out.

I really like the thickness of my dread there...I have some in the back that are even thicker and I absolutely love them. It would probably really bum me if I had to separate it, but you make a good point. With the hair growing and adding even more weight down the road, it might be smart to separate. If it already hurts now, I can't imagine what it'd feel like once it reaches my waist. My hair does take a good four to six hours to dry, I'd say...sometimes longer. This is something I'm going to have to think about for a while, I think, before I can commit to separating :/

I started August 2012. Really been surprised how quickly my locks have tightened. Not to mention, all the length I've lost...probably over a foot now.

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the Barrellady said:

I think that the crochet hook was the reason your dreads broke off, not the separating that you did. Glad you threw the hook away, but it already broke hundreds of pieces in your dreads, so they were weak from that, they do get stronger with time though. You only waxed once and brushed it out, but did you get the wax out with anything like Dawn dish soap or Wax B Gone? The thickness of your dread is what is causing tension on your scalp. Hard to tell by the picture, but I think you can divide that one into a few, unless you want fat dreads, but they do cause tension when they are that big. Anything over a 1inch section at the scalp will take longer to dry and cause the tension you are feeling now. I kept mine around the temples thinner so that I would not feel any pressure of weight there, especially years down the road.

Baba Fats has a video on his page on how to separate dreads, a good one to watch. Due to your crochet, even once, you may still loose some of it, but lets hope not.

Did you start in August 2012?

OUCH! (help!)

General Questions

So there's a large dread on the front side of my head that is starting to cause me a bit of pain. I wear a headband almost every day so the hair on one side (the underside) of the dread has become very matted and flat at the roots...it hurts to try and move it in any direction other than back off of my face. I had one very similar to it on the other side of my head and ended up separating it, but, it fell off. I really miss that guy and I don't wanna lose this one! ! Any suggestions?

updated by @sarah-smile: 06/10/16 02:04:39PM

gross dreads

Dread Maintenance

they look fine to me. my dreads looked a little like that for while...kinda flat and matted at the scalp. give it a few months...they'll fluff up and even out

Rubber Bands

Dread Maintenance

i've used hair ties a few times and always end up taking them out. Usually, my hair will form around the tie after just a day, and I'll have to cut it out. If it's not that stuck, though, I'll end up ripping some hair along with them. ...it's kinda like "one step forward, two steps back" in the end

Questions about roots, ties wraps

Introduce Yourself

Thank you so much everyone for all of the advice and encouragement!! So great to be able to learn from other people's experiences

can't what to see what these babies are doing tomorrow! :P

Questions about roots, ties wraps

Introduce Yourself

right there with ya!