1 YEAR UPDATE finally! (Pics from before till present)

This is a pic i took while i was still growing my hair, very thick and curly.

still growing!

Then i made a big mistake, went and crocheted, backcombed and "made" dreads (which actually i dont regret, i always like to think positive ). Thankfully did not add wax. DAY 1

they look so fake! haha. anyway after almost two months of frequent crocheting i came across this site. Immedeitly i stopped crocheting and just let my hair be. My hair became so frizzy. I followed advice from most expereinced and just didnt care.

this is 1 month after i stopped crocheting (3 months all together)

getting more frizzier! at this point i have take out 3 of the most frizziest dreads completely out cos i was really frustrated with them :S (3 months into crochet recovery, 5 months alltogether)

5 months into crochet recovery (7months all together) things were starting to look alot better. frizz was taming, and i can feel and see that my dreads are being more "naturalized"

And now its been exactly a year, and there is an obvious difference compared to the picture from day 1. They have matured alot and the fake look is fading away.

close up!

There s still more to recover but if it wasnt for this site, i woudve either cut off my dreads by now or i have dreadlocks look a like damaged hair in one place. Thanks to everyone who help me throughout my journey providing valuable info and inspiration.

Lesson learned: from 1 year of experenice...well this cant be stressed upon more, dreads need time time and more time thats all. therers still alot to learn from all of you, i will be around

PEACE!

updated by @egubman: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

wow

kook at the size difference when they recovered

and yea in the 1 pic u can see alot of broken hairs popped out all over

byt niow at a year they look mature butsofter then day 1

u had such awesome hair for natural dreadijng too

let me guess..youtube was responcible for the decision to crochet?

i would gues that would have dreaded in 4 days flat

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shit yeah! youtube!

but actually before i got dreads i met a friend of a friend who had dreads when i was like 15 (6 years back)..i asked him how to dread , he said just dont comb. i honestly didnt beleive him. i asked 3-4 other ppl hu had dreads they said the same thing and i never beleive

that time i kept thinking people who have dreads doesnt want to tell the secret to get dreads hahaha

then i saw videos on youtube i was like ohh heres the secret.

but everything anyone needs to dread is ryt here in this site.

your doing a super job SE.. your the man!!

haha i talked to 1 guy he said dont comb..so i believed him

unfortunately he didnt say to seperate

next time i figured that out myself

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You have such beauutiful hair!! I love how curly it was beforehand but you pull of dreadlocks great!!! I backcombed mine but after finding this site I plan to just let them do their own thing from now on. All of my resources were different than yours though, mine all said TO backcomb lol.

thank you!! :D means aloot.

anyone can pull off dreads i gues. i think someones dreads will suit only that person, no one else.

good luck with your journey!

LOL to the dread secrets That's so funny! You have beautiful hair!

Your hair wa beautiful before and after the dreads