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Ok so id like to wash my hair today but it's really rainy. My hair is by my buttocks and will take extremely long to dry. I also trying to treat dandruff so I don't want them remain wet for too long. My locks are only 2 weeks old I did tnr. Do I wash and blow dry although the heat I've heard causes open pores and hair loss or just stick it out n Wait for a warm day?

HI. I've been wanting dreads for a long time so i decided i would try it out. i decided i wanted to do the neglect method.

For about 1 month i washed my hair with just normal shampoo, no conditioner, and i didn't brush my hair at all. my hair is naturally really straight and after the first month nothing really changed other than a few tangles in my nape. I became a little skeptical about the neglect method with my really straight hair so i asked my girlfriend to do a twist and rip dread just to see how it would turn out. after a day the root slowly started to come undone and after another day the whole t&r dread fell out.

After a while i came across this website which was very helpful i decided to try the shampoo they recommended from dreadlockshampoo.com. I have only washed my hair 3 times so far since i got it (once every 2-3 days) and from what it seems its helping my tangles in my nape turn into baby dreads. but other than that all my other hair is still pretty straight and not really tangling at all compared to the other pictures i see on this website (for 1 months time).

I just washed my hair this morning with the dreadlockshampoo.com shampoo and this is how it looks as of now.

please help me!!!!!!!

Today I'm starting over!

I like the thought of the neglect method because the individuality of each dread but I decided to go with the twist and rip. Reason being is because I love conditioning my hair. I love not having tangles. I hardly ever brush my hair but Neglect is a problem for me because if I wash my hair I have to condition it (if I don't have dreads). I don't like the feeling my hair has without conditioner. Every time i get in the shower I will condition it and it will be a constant cycle of "I wont do it next time". I also constantly put my hair in a bun, so I know that would also prevent the dreads from forming.

I loved having dreads the first time because I didn't have to use conditioner. Knowing it was best not to use it because it needed to knot and conditioner prevents that. I didnt want to mess up the work I had done by loosening them up to where Id have to start all over.

Also the neglect method would have gotten me to brush my hair. Too messy bothers me lol

I love T&R and the process and making the dreads. Its fun for me

Does this make any since?

It's the second week of neglect for me. I've been washing my hair with baking soda and acv once a week and using my fingers to separate the sections out. I did a little twist and rip on some front pieces last night but when I washed my hair today it pretty much undid itself. I'm excited that I'm already starting to see some dreads! I can't wait to watch this evolve =)

Hello once again... So, in the inspiration too decorate a bit as well as help keep things at least a little orderly, I wanted to try making some dread beads. I went to the local craft store, and was rather disappointed with their selection of wooden beads, but managed to get some wooden spindle-style pieces to work with. They work just fine so far, but I got some inspiration to pull out the old wood burning kit again and do some designs. Turned out better than I could've imagined, and I love wearing them around. They're keeping some of the more awkward spots in order, but only if they're already well dreaded and definitely dry.

Keeping them on isn't a problem, and by folding the ends I can push them through without too much trouble. My one concern is that the holes are rather small, is this a bad thing? I don't want to constrict them too much, but they seem fine for now... Anybody out there have any experience with smaller beads in the earlier stages of dreading?

Thanks all.

Hi everyone,I'm 5,5 weeks into the natural proces now.And my Hair didn't change in the slightest.I haven't got any loops, bumps or tangled hairs.Now I know 5 weeks isn't that long, but my I think my Hair type just isn't that suitable for freeform dreads.I have curly thick Hair. My Hair is sectioned though, but curly Hair is Always sectioned!My Hair is super super soft, not a knot to be found.I wash my Hair 2x a week with baking soda. week ago I stopped using ACV in the hopes that my Hair would become dryer. IT didn't, now I just have a SALT layer on my Hair but my Hair itself is still soft.I sleep with a woolen sweater on my pillow to get my Hair tangled. But iT doenst Seem to help Either.Any suggestion?Should I twist and rip my Hair and let I go from there or just leave iT?

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krokodil

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so for like a year now i have been unemployed after quitting my job at a fast food restaurant and i guess i just fell into peer pressure.cuz everybody was telling it was my dreads that were keeping me from getting a job. and that if i would just cut them off or clean them up some how it would be easier. well like two of my friends one has dreads and one used to have them one tells me i should twist the new grow and the other one had crochet dreads so he always say if you let me do it the will look perfect. so i guess nobody understands what natural dreadlocks mean. so eventually everybody got to me and with my girlfriend pushing me to get a job i felt like it was waht needed to be done to get everybody off my back. so its been like 2 weeks since i shaved my head and i can finally say that there is something i regret doing cuz now i cant wait for my hair to grow back so i can start all over again. it also seems like i really worked up some bad feeling toward the people the pushed me toward catting them.

I've actually been preoccupied enough that I'm around 1 month and a week, so even more progress! They're coming together really well, having to separate more and more and leaving them down a lot to help them along... They tend to stay in separate locks a lot, and each one eventually tangles in its own way/time and starts dreading in earnest. I've got a few really good ones around the sides and back, and I'm gonna pop a couple beads on the spots that are already well-dreaded but a little flat or unruly soon. Also just took my dreads to the Pinnacles National Park for some adventures on high peaks and deep caves! Great time always. Lots and lots of hiking these days, no wonder they're shaping up so well! I'd like to continue my thanks to this site for all the help and resources it makes available, I may have made some serious mistakes by now if it wasn't for this place.

Thanks and love you all! Keep on living a life worthy of a beautiful world.

This is just a random question for anyone who might know answer or ideas on how to work with said question. When growing natural dreadlocks it seems in more cases that the back locks up a lot quicker than the front. Why is this and is there a way of taking what is happening in the back and apply it to the front and sides of the head?