Ok so I just started and my locs are still just twist. Is it bad to keep the rubberbands at the bottom of them?
updated by @miko: 01/13/15 09:00:26PM
Just started
they will hold together anything that holds..like wax and gels and gunks..prevents dreading they gotta be free to move to dread..and what do u mean by precise?
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
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u already defined the sections and started em now all there is to do is give em time to dread
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
SE is right. If all your sections are the same size, the dreads will be too. Just let em do their thing and don't retwist unless they fall apart completely. I think if you can avoid overtwisting in the beginning (this is just my theory of course) you can avoid over twisting all together because you won't be in that mindset, and over twisting will result in thinning and breakage. you definitely don't want that, right?
Not at all I'm just a perfectionist lol
Lu A said:
Lu A said:
SE is right. If all your sections are the same size, the dreads will be too. Just let em do their thing and don't retwist unless they fall apart completely. I think if you can avoid overtwisting in the beginning (this is just my theory of course) you can avoid over twisting all together because you won't be in that mindset, and over twisting will result in thinning and breakage. you definitely don't want that, right?
how long is your hair?
I ask because the shorter your hair is when you start the more uniform your dreads end up being. At least, that is what i've noticed. my hair is the craziest, wildest, loopiest afro-textured hair i've seen so far (when it comes to new dreads anyway, still don't know how they'll turn out :D) but I started at around 10 inches. If your hair is 3 or shorter and the sections are all the same size you want have to do much at all to get that uniform look you want.
If they're longer I suggest putting in some two strand twists and calling it a day 
