Introduction and newbie questions
updated by @delldgm: 01/13/15 09:45:45PM
Dont have your friend do that. You can just stop brushing your hair and it will section itself out. Even fine hair will dread when neglected (still washed, just not brushed), but if you want to give it a kick start then just TnR the sections that form over a week or two.
Welcome! I also started with braiding and T&R. My advice is to not be too meticulous about making them, though. I wish I knew in the beginning that they would mostly all fall out after the first month anyway, lol! Me and my friend spent like ten hours doing my hair and if I knew I could have been much more "sloppy" about it, we could have saved lots of time and sore arms.
Good luck
@soaring-eagle
11 years ago
29,637 posts
you'kll probly wish they were more uneven and natural also if you make em micro braids amd have over 100 real thin ones they can be such a pain when longer to keep track of and they will get caufght in everything car doors etc
i would let it section itself naturaly even if u dont go fiull natural and u tnr ..
u might just decide to go natural tho u will fall in love with the process
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Twist and rip is just a starter method. Your dreads will not look anything like it when they mature. If your hair is very long 15 to 23 inches, your dreads will probably shrink to your shoulders and become a lot fatter. So what I am trying to say is that when you section and braid.....it will not look anything like that in a year. Just make sure that your sections are not over 1 inch.
My hair is very straight, fine, and thin. My pony tail before dreads was about as thick as a nickle. Now i can barely fit a scrunchy around them. My hair was to my lower back and it shrank to my shoulders in the first two years.
@the-barrellady
11 years ago
1,302 posts
Greetings to Australia from Canada. Your journey process will teach you that you can no longer be a control freak about your hair. It will do its' own thing. Like Taye, I also started with hair your length, 11 months later, most are above my shoulders. Your hair will NOT look anything like the micro braids you would like to try out. Have a 5 year vision for what you want your dreads to look like, they will not look like that for at least the first year, probably two, especially with super long hair. Mature dreads will become the thickness of the section by the scalp, the hair slowly feeds itself up and forms the dread. Be prepared for loops, bumps and shrinkage. Straight hair usually takes longer to dread, so photos you see on here of people who started with curly hair and have dreads within a year is unrealistic for our type. Being as controlling as you are about your hair, if you don't like the look, you can still take them out even when they are two years old. Have the vision though and you will love them.