A little over a month ago I had straight thin bleach blonde hair. My hair is fried and unhealthy. I used to shampoo and condition it daily. I've wanted dreads for over a year. so about a month ago I stopped brushing and conditioning my hair. I just shampooed it every other day. After a good three weeks of nothing happening. (i could still run my fingers through my hair.) I decided to sit down and start making them. I made my dreads with the twist and rip method. I did it wrong lol. So all of my dreads have really tight knots with loose spaces in between. but I'm not really worried about that. I figure theyll become dreads eventually anyways. My concern is that my hair is falling out. I made a couple of them too big. I was looking kind of scalpy in some places. so yesterday i took 3 of them apart as gently as i could with my fingers, reseperated them into smaller sections. and then used the twist and rip method again. (this time the correct way lol) but a TON of hair started breaking off and falling out. one of the new dreads is only like 4 inches long now. the rest of my hair is shoulder length. the remade dreads just feel so weak and brittle. I'm worried about them. :/ I dont want 3 big bald spots on the top of my head. what should i do? should i leave them alone and just not touch them? or is there something i can do to strengthen the hair that wont loosen the knots?
updated by @lexi3: 02/14/15 07:44:54AM