Check out that vid. It'll stop your from palm rolling right in your tracks. It does noting good for them. If you do it lightly, you won't see any progress. It makes them look clean for an hour or so. But when you sleep or wash, all the progress goes away. If you do it enough to see knots form, it's too hard, and you destroy your roots
Glad to hear you stopped using bands. That's a big step forward.
Most soaps leave a residue. If you are going to wash with a soap, it has to be a non residue one. Dreadlockshampoo.com sells the bes. They work in hard or soft water. Dr. Bronners is great too. But that one only works in soft water. I love the BS/ACV wash. But again, it only works well in soft water.
Welcome. I see a few issues with yourmaintenance. First, towel rubbin gyour head is not great. It doesn't hurt them, but it does just creaet a generalknottyness that needs to be separated more often. And the next time you rub your head, it can undo the progress from the last time.
Second: Rubber bands are elastic. They pinch your locks in unnatural ways and create weak spots that can cause your locks to snap off in time. They can also get sucked into your locks and lost. If this happens, they end up rotting inside and growing mold and mildew. Plus, rubber bands keep your hair from moving, which prevents tangling.
Third: Why only wash with water? This doesn't clean your head. You need to use soap to have a healthy scalp. A good non residue soap works wonders
its still designed to hold like hairspray if it holds it prevents the movement needed to dread
it may or may not caise buildup but if its got wax in it im sure it does
as far as how u dread goes yes it will sectionitself into dreds if u let it..
u just gotta let it
and they cannot fire u for letting your hair dred its protected by law..but only if u let it dread naturaly made dreads are fashi90n dreads so have no legal protection natural dreds are more commonly grown for spiritual or religios reasons so are protected by law
That looping HAS TO happen. Otherwise they won't actually lock. What you're doing by smoothing them out is delaying the process by a long time. Looping means your hair is tangling. If you let it loop, it would eventually flatten out. In a few months it would be fine.
And no wax is washable. No matter how little is there. The other products may be able to wash out. But was doesn't. It leaves a residues that slows down the process and causes major harm later on.
You're only a few months in, so you can't see the damage yet. But check out the recovery forums, and see what will happen if you keep using wax and stopping loops from forming
u use it one time uit will hurt them forever it does not ever wash out it glues hair together to li=ook like dreads but prevents actual dreading it traps water and dirt and leads to mold its pute ec=vgil and will ruin your dreads if u use it even just one time u must must must remove it its a scam and the number 1 reason for drwds being cut..its just nasty..its wax,..in yor hair he same ppl selling wax warn against residue from shampoo then sell you waterproof residue that hadrens stiffens and never comes out egven 10 ywars from mnow u will hagve wax in your dreads if u dont remove it right away
Welcome. But wax is the worst thing you can do for locks. It prevents locking at best. It's extremely hard to remove. It will never wash out in normal soap and water. Since it's a hydrocarbon, it needs a detergent to wash it out. Dawn dish soap or the wax-b-gone from dreadlockshampoo.com work best. Otherwise it just glues your hair together to look like locks. They will never progress past the first day you applied the wax. After 10 years, they will still be baby locks until you give them the ability to move.
Locks need to tangle in order to lock up.
How are you using string? Are you just wrapping your locks in it, or are you using it to tie off the ends? If you're tying off the tips, they will cause problems too. It will restrict the movement that is needed. Plus it will block water from draining out. Lock already take a while to dry. With wax, and string, you are adding so much more time, which will cause mold to grow
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/video/why-not-to-palm-roll
Check out that vid. It'll stop your from palm rolling right in your tracks. It does noting good for them. If you do it lightly, you won't see any progress. It makes them look clean for an hour or so. But when you sleep or wash, all the progress goes away. If you do it enough to see knots form, it's too hard, and you destroy your roots
Glad to hear you stopped using bands. That's a big step forward.
Most soaps leave a residue. If you are going to wash with a soap, it has to be a non residue one. Dreadlockshampoo.com sells the bes. They work in hard or soft water. Dr. Bronners is great too. But that one only works in soft water. I love the BS/ACV wash. But again, it only works well in soft water.
Welcome. I see a few issues with yourmaintenance. First, towel rubbin gyour head is not great. It doesn't hurt them, but it does just creaet a generalknottyness that needs to be separated more often. And the next time you rub your head, it can undo the progress from the last time.
Second: Rubber bands are elastic. They pinch your locks in unnatural ways and create weak spots that can cause your locks to snap off in time. They can also get sucked into your locks and lost. If this happens, they end up rotting inside and growing mold and mildew. Plus, rubber bands keep your hair from moving, which prevents tangling.
Third: Why only wash with water? This doesn't clean your head. You need to use soap to have a healthy scalp. A good non residue soap works wonders
its still designed to hold like hairspray if it holds it prevents the movement needed to dread
it may or may not caise buildup but if its got wax in it im sure it does
as far as how u dread goes yes it will sectionitself into dreds if u let it..
u just gotta let it
and they cannot fire u for letting your hair dred its protected by law..but only if u let it dread naturaly made dreads are fashi90n dreads so have no legal protection natural dreds are more commonly grown for spiritual or religios reasons so are protected by law
That looping HAS TO happen. Otherwise they won't actually lock. What you're doing by smoothing them out is delaying the process by a long time. Looping means your hair is tangling. If you let it loop, it would eventually flatten out. In a few months it would be fine.
And no wax is washable. No matter how little is there. The other products may be able to wash out. But was doesn't. It leaves a residues that slows down the process and causes major harm later on.
You're only a few months in, so you can't see the damage yet. But check out the recovery forums, and see what will happen if you keep using wax and stopping loops from forming
your dreads will never dread with wax in them thats why they have to be palm rolled root rubbed etc etc etc because wax prevents dreading
if u dont use wax u never have to do a thing,.it dreads itself
because there was never wax they dreaded by themselves very fast very easily
and they lasted 22 years and counting
wax dreads rarely survive 4 years
they get too nasty
in fact 1 member spent 10 thousand dolars on medical bills multiple surgeries etc all because wax caused infected zits all over her body
its wax..wax dont belong in hair..period
read this
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/dreaducation-comprehensive
then
this
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/dread-wax-why-ya-dont-want-it
especialy look at the pics on page 5 of replies
then read this
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/page/dread-wax-removal-is-finally
wax is the reason ppl think dreads are dirty
they will start to rot and stink
u use it one time uit will hurt them forever
it does not ever wash out it glues hair together to li=ook like dreads but prevents actual dreading
it traps water and dirt and leads to mold
its pute ec=vgil and will ruin your dreads if u use it even just one time u must must must remove it its a scam and the number 1 reason for drwds being cut..its just nasty..its wax,..in yor hair he same ppl selling wax warn against residue from shampoo then sell you waterproof residue that hadrens stiffens and never comes out egven 10 ywars from mnow u will hagve wax in your dreads if u dont remove it right away
welcome oh no u used wax?
u got to get that wax out of them wax is pure evil in dreads its a scam and a dread killer
Welcome. But wax is the worst thing you can do for locks. It prevents locking at best. It's extremely hard to remove. It will never wash out in normal soap and water. Since it's a hydrocarbon, it needs a detergent to wash it out. Dawn dish soap or the wax-b-gone from dreadlockshampoo.com work best. Otherwise it just glues your hair together to look like locks. They will never progress past the first day you applied the wax. After 10 years, they will still be baby locks until you give them the ability to move.
Locks need to tangle in order to lock up.
How are you using string? Are you just wrapping your locks in it, or are you using it to tie off the ends? If you're tying off the tips, they will cause problems too. It will restrict the movement that is needed. Plus it will block water from draining out. Lock already take a while to dry. With wax, and string, you are adding so much more time, which will cause mold to grow