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less then 1%  of dread salons in the world have a clue about how to properly care for dreads  the reason they call them locs not locks or dreads or dreadlocks  is cause they want to set thier versions  of locks apart from the real thing and make itshameful to wear them if you havent spent enough money  to get them

so dont be ashamed to spell locks right  

just wash em proprrly keep them clean and  they will do the rest though it won't happen overnight  they won't look perfect rigt away it wil take some timeto ature

they are like your children  you nurture themkand trustthey will turn out alright instead of using brute force to attemptto force them to turn out the way you want and instead  end up with homicidal psychopath junkiues   that were traumatized by the  way you tried to force them to be somethingother tyhen what they wanted to be

dread cares alot like that  just let them be what they want to be  they want to lock so olet them   its as easy as stopping the products and processes that were preventing them from locking

you can gently guide by seperating those that try to form too big  etc but dont use brute forcce to force them to lock dont use  products that restrain  them   that hold them 

give them the freedom to just become

lemon juice is citric acid a relatively strong acid theres industrial strength dissolving agents like dis solv it that are made from orange oil that dissolve all adhesives tars caulks glues  even rubber

when you use lemon juice in your hair it penewtrates  inside the hair shaft several layers  to where the pigments are  when exposed to heat or sunlight it causes bleaching  but even when not  exposted to heat it slowly breaks down the hair dissolving it from the inside

washing will make it dread  though it will get frizzy after each wash  it will tighten between washes   washing helps it knot sleeping helps it tighten  being loose to move freely helps it knot  salons do all they can to make it harder to lock in order to keep you coming back you say  every 2 weeks  how much a visit 30-50

some people have spent 15-20 thousand  on dread salons only to end up with dreads breaking off and balding

so spend plenty of time here reading all youcan

1 last thing

stop using hot water when washing that will really drythe scalp out way more

read the dreaducation page too

welcome 1 never use lemon juice in your hair!!!!  2 never go to anyu salons efver 3 wash way more often weekly is a  minumum 2 times a weeks even better  3 never retwist retwistiung causes traction alopecia and balding all you need is wash more often and separate  as needeedd   thats it the hot oil treatments  might  really slow  progress instead use jojoba on the scalp as needed