Question regarding Twist and Rip.

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Permalink Reply by Sister Rags on March 23, 2010 at 3:41am

All I can talk about is my own experience.
One day I was fussing with my hair too much and I root-flipped one wonderful dred in the front-center of my head. Back then, I didn't even know about the terms root-flipping or interlocking; I was just playing around with my hair. By the next morning that dred was pulling SO tightly. I tried to loosen the root, but I couldn't. My scalp was seriously irritated, red, and I was afraid my hair at that spot was going to actually come out. I tried to live with it all that day, tried to work the root loose.

By night, that spot was seriously painful from the hair being pulled too tightly, so....I took a pair of scissors and cut that nice, nice dred off. I was so sad, but I couldn't stand the pulling and pain. That was a few months ago. Now I have a strand in the front-top that is going to have to grow about another 4 inches until it will lock up again.

So, my concern about interlocking or doing anything that causes tension/stress on the roots of your hair will eventually adversely affect the scalp, maybe even damage hair follicles and prevent new growth. I'm not saying, "I'm right" or that I have the answer for everyone...but just form my own bad experience, I wouldn't mess with my roots again or recommend that anyone else do so.

Also, the fact is, styled dreds are just plain a whole different event than natural dreds are. They look very different and the journey is entirely different.

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