I was ripping my hair apart last night n I noticed something: I'm getting mats/round dread things at the bottoms of some of my dreads, like at the root. Mostly on the back of my head, I think it must be from sleeping/laying on them and maybe always wearing a wool hat? anyway I tried to like seperate them or something, I managed to pull off a couple smaller, weaker ones. but a few are so dense and matted they don't even want to budge at all no matter how hard I pull. I'm trying to be kinda careful though because I dont want to end up damaging my roots or 1/2 ripping out a lock completely.Any suggestions...? should I just leave em where they are? I just don't want to end up with some extra-gnar dread-balls growing out the back of my head.
updated by @gabriel: 01/13/15 08:29:31PM
mats/dreads at the root?
@soaring-eagle
15 years ago
29,640 posts
rip em..if its really hard..spray a lil olive oil there and it should help make it ez to rip....or u can let em congo if too grown 2gether...but dont let em get too huge earlyt...then rip em often after to keep it from happenin again
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You don't think my dreads are too young to use olive oil without slowing/reversing the dreading process?I tried to take a picture but you cant even make em out. Picture like a gnarly little mat/knot-ball attached to the base of a dread, without any tips or anything. They're so knotted into the dread though and so close to the scalp I'm worried that ripping at them too hard will damage the actual dread and/or rip out mad roots.I don't have any aversion to letting my dreads congo, but I don't want to end up with a hair-tumor growing out of some. But I don't want to cause any damage only in the name of visual appeal... Maybe I'll try working the knots into the dread itself by rolling it or even using a bead or wrap.....?