Separating dreads...

my dreads are really loose at the roots, but they are dreading well, so well that every morning i have to separate them out from the big tatty mess they are in! I've kind of taken a lazy method of separating my dreads, and just want to check that its okay...i kind of just rip them apart until i get down to the root. there is a nice big rrrrip sound as i do it, effective, but is it okay or should i be gently separating my dreads? thanks!
updated by @sarah7: 01/13/15 09:00:03PM

Same here, sometimes you don't have the option to "gently" separate :O

yeah, i definately cannot gently seperate mine, they are so eating one another!

lol, glad to know im not the only one then!

mine are the same, but why arent my roots dready like the ends?

brandy what do u mean?

roots take time

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haha i didnt know this, or must have forgotten, my baddd in that case things are going smoothly.lol

im the opposite, my roots are locking up nicely, while everything else keeps coming undone! not hard to fix though