Starting over

So my dreads are just over a year old, and I've decided to start over and go the neglect route. I've got about one third of them combed out so far. I originally backcombed, used wax and crocheted. Plus my sectioning felt unnatural. Horrible, I know. That's why I'm combing them out and starting over. I want to let them dread how they want, and I want to enjoy the process and watch it all from the very beginning. One question I do have for the natural process is how do I avoid a part in my hair? My hair will be down while I let it dread, abd there will be a part on top. So what do I do to avoid it dreading and forming a part? I know that's not a big deal, but that was one advantage I found with putting dreads in, was controlling where they go.
updated by @cristin-nessen: 02/14/15 08:34:14AM

I have a natural part on my head. It is no big deal. It bothered me at first. but dreads are gonna do what they want lol. I don't have a straight part, but it is there.

Sometimes you can't avoid it. But if you don't aggressively separate all the way to your scalp, there will always be a tangled mess at the roots. If you do have a part, it most likely won't benoticeableunder the loose frizzy hair

Respect. Wow. That's really brave of you!

Thanks for the info and tips!And thank you JXhippielovinpeace! It's been something I've just felt like I needed to do. I got off to a bad start with this set, and just haven't felt fully satisfied with the experience the way I now know I would with a natural set. I'm pretty excited!

One more question, and I'm sure it's in the forums somewhere, but my phone limits my browsing lol. How do I know where/when to separate?

There will be hairs that try to bind 2 or more dreads together. You just need to pull those dreads apart. I usuallyseparatemine once a week right after i wash them. It makes it easier to do when they are wet. Some people need to do it more often.

Okay cool! I feel so weird asking, because I've had this set id dreads for a while, but going the neglect route just seems so foreign and new to me, so I almost feel like a first-timer lol. With neglect am I still able to control the size, or should I separate only where they're trying to separate? I kinda want some fatter ones this time

thety will dread any wich way and the part will just disapear

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u can if u want em fatter dont seperate em as much if thinner seperate em to keep em thin

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