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I joined this site about four years ago. I began my search for a cure to my decreasing physical condition and was pulled to Rastafari. It wasn't until I was married that my wife realized there is more going on than anyone believed. This past winter it left me completely debilitated and no longer lucid. In a wheelchair with my wife taking care of myself, our eight month old son and four year old daughter. It is a part of my path, a most humbling path and I'm blessed with every breath. 25 years is a long time to hold onto faith for an answer. There were times I contemplated liberating my soul from my body. Just needed some relief and medical grade herb makes me seize. It wasn't until discovering CBD and realizing the truth of "The Healing of the Nation". Natural herb, medicine not drugs, cure not comfort. Listen and love your children it's the love they need. All the money in the world cannot buy health, love or life. Heaven is here humble your ego and never stop moving forward. Never blame them for not being as spiritually developed. Always find love your soul is eternal. Everyday in every way we're getting better and better.

Haile Bless,
Cameron Zion

I just dreaded my hair 4 days ago and I put it in a ponytail pretty much all day while I'm at work just want to know if this affects the maturation process at all?

is there something to twist and rip dreads that make them take forever to grow length? I mean am I the only one? Next month will be a year and they've matured quickly and seem to continue to shrink. I know they're growing in all these crazy loop dee doos and zig says now rather than straight vertically, and I love them whole heartedly regardless but they're not seeming to get any fatter or anything, lots of root growth but absolutely none at the ends and meh, I just really want my length back. I've read that some folks have gone years while they just continue to shrink or not grow any length at all. Will they just keep growing in all their funky ways and me never gain length?

So yesterday was day 1 of me being a dreadhead. i had my hair in plats aka box braids i took them out one by one and used the twist and rip method to dread them. i now find myself completly obsessed with my dreads im always touching them playing with them palm rolling them i mean any and every excuse i can to mess around with them. am i alone on this? or do yall do the same thing? and is this a bad thing or a good thing?

iv recently purchased some bees wax and want to make my own dread wax, but am confused about wat to put with it? shea butter? or coconut oil or almond oil? charcoal? i cant find just one recipe to suit, theyre all so confusing? have you made your own? wat do you suggest as the easiest cheapest method using beeswax please? tia

Hello all you dreadheads. New to the site, but not so new to dreads. I have had 4 different "sets" of dreads in the last 7 years. First I tried the backcomb thing for a year, but they never felt right. I thought maybe it was the loose hairs bothering me (I was wrong) so I combed them out. I went on to a crochet set of dreads for a year, these felt way too uniform. Every time I looked in the mirror I looked like a stranger. So I decided to give the neglect method a try. I loved these locks; I felt like me. Sadly, due to some silly thoughts going threw my head after two years, I decided to cut them off without telling my wife (she was not too happy!!). That was a little over three years ago. About two years ago I decided to toss my comb again.
This site seems to really help with a lot of new dreadheads. Maybe I can help some of you, and maybe you can help me out. Granted I don't do much besides wash, and... well thats its! Don't be a stranger.

I just want to say I didn't realize when I started this journey how deep and spiritual it was going to be. I am almost overwhelmed by the feelings I am having and I am only 1 week in. Ive been researching about dreads, learning the history and watching peoples youtube vids about their journeys and its really deep, man. I'm also wondering how I'm going to handle my families (mom, dad, sister, grandma, etc.) reaction because I am almost certain they wont understand, and are gonna give me grief. I'm a 36 year old woman but my mom and grandmas opinions still affect me alot. I know they're going to hate my hair. Everyone always tells me I have such beautiful hair. Am I strong enough to handle their opinions? Do I really want this? As of right now, I feel like I am on the right path, I'm a natural person and I'm getting back in touch with my natural self. I feel Ive discovered something ancient. Did Adam and Eve have dreads? Whoa! Deep thought! Anyways, I just wanted to write a little something to mark the beginning of my journey so I can come back and read it in the future.

Yay first blog post hahah. First off I want to start with giving a shoutout to my awesome parents who didn't let me get dreads several years back when I first wanted them because I had no dreaducation (my only source of info was DreadHeadhq) and it would have been a huge mistake to get them then. Also my heart was not in the right place and my motivation was not right I would have cracked after a few weeks of trying to deal with all the crazy stuff that would have gone into them due to being mislead by DreadHeadhq. In fact I did almost decide that I would never get dreads, because I thought the maintenance would be way more than I ever wanted to deal with. And I wanted them purely for their appearance. Of course my parents are still somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of me having dreads but I'm so very thankful they held me back.

Since then I have learned a great deal. First of all its become apparent that my interest in dreads was not just a quickly passing phase as it lasted for years while most of my passing obsessions last only a month. Secondly I have been fairly well dreaducated since and thanks to soaring eagle and some others I have realized the dangers of 'insta-dreads' and the purity and carefreeness of freeform dreads. Lastly, my motivation has changed a lot. I still want them because I think they are beautiful, but that has become one of the lesser reasons. Lately I've been getting into natural living stuff and have given up a great deal of the chemical products I used to use. I have a great desire to be natural and live naturally and I feel like dreads are a part of that. Also I feel the journey and process of it will strengthen my character, make me less self-centered as my appearance takes a backseat, help me break the self-assumed chains that society presents, and draw me closer to God as I more and more cease to seek approval from other people and seek His approval alone.

I am really so thankful to God for leading me to click the link about natural dreads that lead me to this site and for this crazy cool community that is so full of positivity and love. I can't wait to start really getting involved and making some new friends and stuff haha I'm just really excited about it all
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AH! Im so excited! As I am sure you guess, I am on my 22nd day and I am loving it. There have been crazy days and calm days and i have really been enjoying watching my lock tighten and whatnots. I am loving this site and all my fellow lock lovers out there! I'd like to thank the whole lock community for all the support and advice I have been given over the weeks.

So, I thought anyone who reads this might like a good funny story about locks so here it goes.

Over the last month I have been busy busy busy. Research, gardening (indoor and out), college, helping my two of my best friends enroll on college, and I have barely had a moment to myself! I have even had to start blow drying my hair in the office while I read my research notes and articles just because I dont have the time to stand around in the bathroom. So, The other day I was in a little rush so I had to dry my hair at my desk. I had been keeping my blow dryer under my desk and I didnt really give it any thought. As soon as I sit down I start up my computer, plug in my dryer and turn it on. The first big gust of air hits my face and to my horror, there was a spider in my hair dryer!!! It flies right onto my face and i quickly lose track of it. Flailing around and running about the room screaming, the only thing I could think to do was turn on the dryer super high and blow on everything (As if its really going to do anything aside from scatter my papers all over!). After calming down and making sure that my eight legged friend was gone, I was left with two pieces of wisdom. 1) Always check for spiders! 2) Hot air burns skin and is not good for filed paper work.

Thats my story, hope to enjoyed it.

P.S. I hate spiders...

My dreads are almost a month old but every time I rinse my hair or get it wet on accident, the middle layer of my hair almost completely undreads. how can I keep this from happening?