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dreading the 1st few weeks of dreading

with any method except natural its typical to freak out constantly over every lil unexpected change in your baby dreads, it starts with oh my god they are getting looser not tighter then progresses to oh my god i got my dreads wet then theres a loose hair or a loop or a bump or a bend oh my god what should i do?
then you rush off to the internet and start posting ..ive had dreads for 3 while weeks and they aremnt the way i wanted them helllp
or..ive had dreads a month now whens it ok to wash them..

over and over the answer ya get is..relax, give them time..dreads will do what they do without you needing to fuss over them..
then the next day..maybe 2 your back at the computer with a whole new set of questions..

so how do you break that cycle?
get rid of all your mirrors ..your calanderes too..forget all about your hair about how much time has passed
dont try to dread...try to live without the need to fuss with your hair first..
dreads arent a look but a lifestyle..so stop thinking how u want to look instead start living how you want to live
the 1st day you get "nice dreads" on the street thats the day ya should allow yourself a peek in a mirror

ofcourse feeling instread of looking is ok feeling u can check to make sure sections arent growing together...and that is all the info u need to get great dreads

if you wait to check on progress till others point out the great progress you will be fascinated not frustrated by the proccess

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Permalink Reply by Jackal on July 14, 2010 at 5:45pm: hey!i started out with 16 as well! you are quite right it did look a little funny, like there werent enough dreads to make a full head. sections were huge and some were bigger than others. good thing is, thicker dreads lock up faster in my experience, but start getting too fat. i took the ones along the top back of my crown where they were the biggest and ripped them in half. i havent counted yet but i ripped 4 and now i have 8 brand new dreads i have to deal with for a while, you can see what i mean in the photos of me on my page. try ripping some of your thicker ones at key points (usually where i ripped mine) and your head will look a lot fuller. its amazing how much of a difference just a couple of more dreads makes. i actually got a comment from my roommate that something about me looked more professional overnight but he couldnt figure out what. haha

Em said:
So I know it's stereotypical, but I still am kind of freaking out about my dreads.
The thing is-- I know over time dreads seem to get thicker, right? Well, I wanted thick dreads, so we put them in pretty thick (like half an inch, maybe). Now, however, there's only 16 dreads in my hair! And it's not really enough to cover my head. So I don't see how not to freak out, because I don't think I'll just up an grow *more* dreads over time. So I don't really know what to do-- take some out and split them into two?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ☮soaringeagleॐ on July 14, 2010 at 6:45pm: hahaha yea i agree completely all the worry and pannic comes from trying to control nature but when u accept nature and allow nature to take its course its more like a meditation then a panic you relax you accept you simply allow and dreads happen.. simplicity
id go crazy if i creatted dreads and then was panicking daily
i get like 100 private messages and im's a day from ppl asking question after question after question and the answer to every single 1 is "its normal relax" but they just keep comming
because theyre stuck in control cycles instead of just accepting the fact that dreads happen

NaturalWomyn said:
i have to admit that the whole worrying about my dreads thing kind of puzzles me a bit. When i started my first set of dreads 10 years ago, i (or anyone i knew) had never heard of creating dreads with a "technique". It was simply about not having to think/worry about your hair. I'm sure SE can attest to that even better than I! It was just natural beauty that came about by doing nothing. I truly believe all this panic was born from companies like KBoy & DHHQ to sell needless products. Selling people this image of "perfect dreads" like there even is such a thing! I feel bad when i see people freaking out over their hair because it seems their missing the point a bit? I'm not judging, i just wish they could see the beauty in letting go and not worrying so much about their hair. It will be as it is meant to, not like anyone elses, like you OWN! I wish everybody would stop trying to DO something to fix a problem that's not there. That's what creates the actual problem in the end. Many Blessings; ▶ Reply to This

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