straight roots with straight hair

so i have been working on my dreads for 8 months now and everything is going great....except.... i have bone straight hair and i have about 3 1/2 inches if straighe roots. i have tried palm roling them but its not working. how do i help my roots dread up? i dont want to loose my dreads from them growing out. please help! i have tried to just let it do its thing but that is just it.... its not doing anything!
updated by @katie-l-largent: 02/14/15 09:45:49AM

i have a feelin mines gna do the same..

palm rolling won't help at all, in fact it will probably just slow the locking process down by undoing any knots that may be trying to form. we hear all the time people complaining about either their roots or tips not dreading. It's just the way it goes sometimes. There's not much you can do besides accept it. I know a mama that has 3 year old dreads and her roots are still 3 inches of un-dreaded hair. So go with it. It's not such a bad thing,right? Many Blessings

My roots dreaded up really fast by sleeping on a wool sweater. My hair is straight but very thin so it's more controllable

it will do its thing if u stop working on em but it wont do its thing in a week it takes timeu been working on them 8 months? really? y were u working on them longer then a day?all that works probly slowing progressleave em beumm is your hair oily at all?


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yea i have naturaly oily hair... thanks dad... should i wash it more to keep it more dried out? i wash it every three or four days. that is why its pulled up a lot. after one day it looks greasy.not working on them 8 months... had them 8 months.... you got me... must watch my wording soaringeagle said:

it will do its thing if u stop working on em but it wont do its thing in a week it takes time
u been working on them 8 months? really? y were u working on them longer then a day?
all that works probly slowing progress
leave em be

umm is your hair oily at all?

actualy washing less males em less oily and u can use sea salt on the hair not scalp and thyme tea (left on) on the scalpalso when u wash..hot wash freezing rinse the wash opens pores and cleans em out then the colds seals em back up also cuticles too so u retain healthy oils without over producing more katie l largent said:

yea i have naturaly oily hair... thanks dad... should i wash it more to keep it more dried out? i wash it every three or four days. that is why its pulled up a lot. after one day it looks greasy.

not working on them 8 months... had them 8 months.... you got me... must watch my wording

soaringeagle said:

it will do its thing if u stop working on em but it wont do its thing in a week it takes time
u been working on them 8 months? really? y were u working on them longer then a day?
all that works probly slowing progress
leave em be

umm is your hair oily at all?

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

awsome!!! thank you! i will try that this next time. you give good advice. im happy i found this site! soaringeagle said:

actualy washing less males em less oily and u can use sea salt on the hair not scalp and thyme tea (left on) on the scalp
also when u wash..hot wash freezing rinse the wash opens pores and cleans em out then the colds seals em back up also cuticles too so u retain healthy oils without over producing more


katie l largent said:

yea i have naturaly oily hair... thanks dad... should i wash it more to keep it more dried out? i wash it every three or four days. that is why its pulled up a lot. after one day it looks greasy.

not working on them 8 months... had them 8 months.... you got me... must watch my wording

soaringeagle said:

it will do its thing if u stop working on em but it wont do its thing in a week it takes time
u been working on them 8 months? really? y were u working on them longer then a day?
all that works probly slowing progress
leave em be

umm is your hair oily at all?

i will try this for a while thank you! Paula said:

My roots dreaded up really fast by sleeping on a wool sweater. My hair is straight but very thin so it's more controllable

That's where the acceptance comes in. I'm not saying yours will take 3 years but you never know. You can accept it, get over it and try to move on and appreciate what ya got or dwell on what you want and don't have. :o) Maxe said:

Wow 3 years and 3 inches still!...now you're scaring me NaturalWomyn! :P ..cause I think it's a really bad thing, gives the dreads (at my length at least) a really tired and..inflated look as opposed to more lion-many look. Loose roots is the only thing I don't like about my dreads right now, I can wait 6-12 months for them to knot up...but 3 years is pushing it! :P