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My hair hates dreading
It's been quite awhile since I've been around because I'm a bum like that :-pBefore I get directly into the dreading part, I gotta mention that I found myself a Very Nice Boy. He doesn't mind my dreading process. He doesn't have dreads himself but that's ok.Now onto the meat n taters part:Almost a full year without combing my hair and you just -can't- tell. Friends have put some dreads in and they may stick around for a little while, but they fall out pretty easy. When -I- put a dread in, it falls out within a few days or less.When the dreads stick around longer than a few days, they're nice and tight but seem to start thinning out over time. I'm careful when washing with them. What am I missing here? Am I not careful enough? not washing often enough?I'm so very tempted to post to Craig's List for some help, to try to get someone to do my whole head all at once so I can try from there. I'd have to bribe them with food and art but I wonder if anybody would go for that...Still... I will not give in to the commercial route. No products for my hair. 
post some new picture you dreads had to of gotton along better by now
i would recommend washing more often and make sure you dry the hair quickly... from what i saw when i left my hair wet it would loosen up faster then if i dried it right away also get a shampoo that is residue free it could be that the residue in your hair is stopping the process. Or you could try wearing a wool cap of some type when its dry.
I don't do salt spray but I put sea salt in my regular wash. I wash at -least- once a week, sometimes once every 2 weeks. It doesn't really get oily til about 5 or 6 days. Could I just be not washing enough?I've had a bitch of a time with beads as well. I don't really have any big enough beads. I have experimented with making peyote stitch sleeves and I could try my hand at some sculpy beads... I'm just a bit too scatterbrained and busy to sit down and do it :-pAnd then getting the beads to stay in is harder than getting the dreads to stay in!
is your hair oily? sea salt sprays maybe?i remember it was semi short right?when u put em in add a bead to eachit maybe that u need lil more hair still? hard to sayif its oily thrres things u can try..or it could be your washing how often do you?your hairs less poily if u slowly extend washings towards every 5-7 days