4 months in neglect. Advise required please!

Hi allI have been lurking in here for 6months or so and thought it about tIme to introduce myself.I am based In the uk and have been going down the neglect route for 4 months ir so now washing with BS once or twice a week.My concern is that my hair is showing very little sign of change at all really. I have very coarse thick curly hair between 6 and 8 inches long.I have a tam which I wear occasionally but any knots just seem to come out.Any advice would be greatCheers
updated by @barney: 01/13/15 09:06:29PM

Hi AmandaI'm on the south coast near Brighton.Forgot to mention that I am already using sea salt spray and live in a seaside town too.What are you usinto wash? I'm wondering if the bs is not working for me.WThanks again

Amanda Birchmidwife said:

Try salt water spray or swimming in the sea as that can really help with locking up - also putting dome beads in seems to help for some reason - where in UK are you Barney? I too am in UK - lots of sea salt and wind seems to be working for me

Amanda

Hi AmandaI'm on the south coast near Brighton.Forgot to mention that I am already using sea salt spray and live in a seaside town too.What are you usinto wash? I'm wondering if the bs is not working for me.WThanks again

Amanda Birchmidwife said:

Try salt water spray or swimming in the sea as that can really help with locking up - also putting dome beads in seems to help for some reason - where in UK are you Barney? I too am in UK - lots of sea salt and wind seems to be working for me

Amanda

u could try any dread soap some ppl in uk have had issues with bs ans bronners due to the water

sometimes it just takes time though its not unusual to take longer

espwcialy if its 6 inches that means ir was 4 inches when u started

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What soap would you recommend SE?I guess it was only about 4-5" when I started .I just expected ti see a little more progress as I thought my hair type would be "prone" to dreading.Think I'm gonna try a different soap and wear my ram a littleMore often maybe?Thanks for te replys

soaring eagle said:

u could try any dread soap some ppl in uk have had issues with bs ans bronners due to the water

sometimes it just takes time though its not unusual to take longer

espwcialy if its 6 inches that means ir was 4 inches when u started

it is prone to dreading but length still matters and uwhat u do does too drying it in a wat y that undoes knots is typicaly donna slow even stop progrdsess for instance

try maylees (in our shops) unless u have hard water then id try maybe diluted nutragena clarifying

or some other drewad soap

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I'm pretty sure my water is hard here. So that could be the route of my problems. I'll look into alternative soaps available here.Thanks for all you replys! This place is great!

soaring eagle said:

it is prone to dreading but length still matters and uwhat u do does too drying it in a wat y that undoes knots is typicaly donna slow even stop progrdsess for instance

try maylees (in our shops) unless u have hard water then id try maybe diluted nutragena clarifying

or some other drewad soap

What may I ask, Does the hard water do to your hair/dreads?

well technicaly it will make true soaps hard to rinse leaving lots of residues cause the soaps wont rinse away

detergents will rinse detergents were invented to deal with the problem of hard water not rinsing soaps

but then there is a type hard water that will carode pipes too destroying plumbing its based on mineral content i believe

Anthony J. said:

What may I ask, Does the hard water do to your hair/dreads?

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