+16 months, Neglect Dreadlocks Timeline from short and curly hair

Hey people, here i am, finally with a timeline documenting my progress...

My hair is naturally curly, thick and poofy.

This is my hair exactly when i found this site at the end of May 2012:

Day 01 [06/02/2012]:

Day 10:

Day 20:

Day 30:

Day 40:

Day 45:

Day 49:

Day 56:

Day 76:

Day 97:

103 days:

That's it! I plant to document on day 120, so keep your eyes here! [actually i'm on the day 104]

Edit: Found some things on my hair

Day 107:

5 MONTHS:

6 months

194 days:

And i'm washing with baking soda and appleseed vinegar every 2 days + spike lavender and rosemary essential oils, and every 7-10 days with Neutrogena Anti-residue [to get the bs+hard water residue from my scalp]

7 months

8.5 months

9.5 months:

Shrinkage of a dread:

+Bonus: a noodle on my hair, just to show you how curly my hair is

10 months:

wet hair and a really soft dread

Over 11 months:

My dreads are beginning to get solid. The back is all looped, the side have few loops, and the dreads are a bit straight and have loosen hair coming out of them [this is really annoying].I wash with dreadlockshampoo patchouli bar 3 times a week.

16 months [my webcam is broken and with shitty quality, so it's impossible to notice how evolved my dreads are]:

updated by @diego-f: 02/14/15 08:09:51AM

doing good lil more length will help

also try adding sea salt to the bs and add twatree and roselmary too dor dandruff

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

Thank you!

Hey SE, i think that is the sea salt that is making the crusts on my sections roots [i can remember that when i forget to use seasalt this doesn't happen]...Finally found the teatree oil on local online shops, i'll order it tomorrow!

I'm waiting for more lenght... I was a bit disappointed in my journey, but i can see that the most developed sections on my hair are the lenghty ones...

soaring eagle said:

doing good lil more length will help

also try adding sea salt to the bs and add twatree and roselmary too dor dandruff

Your hair reminds me of my sons hair. He's not dreading his but his curls are a lot like yours, only curlier in spots. Some of his curls are so tight they're smaller than a pencil and right now at about 4 inches long some of them don't even form a full circle. Today at the store someone told him he has an awesome afro, lol, though I'd call it more of a poof ball than an afro. Good luck on your journey!

they are getting wild:)

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

Thanks! Just hitted the six month mark on day 2 of this month... I updated the pictures of the sixth month...

Actually i have lots of loops that resembles sea horses, pig tails, and crazy S shapes, most on the back of my head... First i planned to have big congos, but now i'm separating and letting my hair with a crazy and natural pattern of sizes...

I'm having trouble with a LOT of loosen hair, and most of them are hair that i had pulled to separate some dreads that were congoing.

Now i'm using essential oils on my hair washes [i'm using rosemary essential oil, and "spike lavender" essential oil], hoping that i will treat my scalp psoriasis... I felt some relief and i feel that my hair is making less dandruff flakes]...

I'm washing with Neutrogena anti-residue every 10 days and with bs/acv every 3 days [bs makes residue, in some weeks, i think that is because of hard water], and i plan to import some dreadlockshampoo bars [it will be very expensive because it will be taxed here in Brazil but i think it worth it]

omg thats a great timeline..looks good

8.5 months now! I've updated the pictures on the first post!

yeah Robyn... i really loved it. It makes my scalp and hair a bit dry and soft but helps it to knot faster. I had shrinkage after the first wash with the Locking Up shampoo.

Oh and i need to update my timeline...

Robyn said:

Are you enjoying your shampoo?

I have updated my timeline ;D this is my last update before June 2 [1 year dreadaversary]... Well, day after day my hair is looking more like i have dreadlocks... The back of my head is dreaded, and now my dreads there are shrinking and eating some loose hair...

The sides are beginning to curl and dread... i have some dreads on the front too... I'm washing with dreadlockshampoo [liquid and bar] and i feel secure to say that everything is going good, and the progress is going fast now, i still cant believe...