Hey everyone.I have had my dreads for 16 months. Just recently the began to smell of rotten eggs. Like legit rotten eggs. Not exaggerating. I did lavender ,white vinegar and baking soda with water. Smells fine til the dreads completely dry then you can smell the eggs again. I don't mean when u sniff the dreads I mean that smell pours off of my head as if I dipped my head in a bucket of month old rotten eggs. I have tried multiple shampoos. I did a quick peroxide dip. I did straight lavender. I can't make it go away. It's mostly at the tips of my dreads they began to blunt at the ends. That's where the smell is super strong. Please some one help me. This smell is making me nauseous.
updated by @cejay-rocha: 02/14/15 08:55:23AM
16 month old dreads rotten eggs!
rotten eggs and sulfur smell alot simular could yoir water be high in sulfur some areas the water stinks
had wax ever been used even once
well
if its a mold issue soak in white vinager and lavender
any chance u cane in contact with something that left the scent there
i know normaly u scrub just the roots but try a soak or scrub of the tips using dreadlockshampoo
i forget where i was maybe ..of cape hatteras . the show er water stunk ..like ri[otting fish rotten eggs sulfer etc its just the mineral content in the wter
ever go to yellowstone and the geysers many stink of thye same sulfur stench
a water filter might be best option if thats the case
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No my waters normal. I did the dip with lavender and white vinager. It's fine until it drys. It's just on the dreads that have blunt ends
My guess is you just need to do a white vinegar and lavender soak, then take a long shower and really focus on the dread, rather than the roots. Get a blow dryer and DO NOT STOP drying until they are completely dry. You can tell if you rub it together between your fingers and still can feel the water.
You are probably getting mold, and it would make sense because its at the tips, where the water pools and sits, and eventually molds. Especially on the blunted tips where the water cant escape and drip. Really hit the ends with the dryer.
Hope that works, cheers.
Ok so do a lavender white vinager at the tips? Like soak the tip in the water
are u aposed to combing out an inch or so of the tips on the bluntd ones this will let u see whats inside and will let the water escape
oh
how are u drying
tip
u live in florids so after u wash do not wrap in a towel or tie em up just go sit in the sun move em around alot to let the sun..and air get at the ones underneth the rest
feel for damo[per ones ande move em to be more exposed
sun drying will help killwhatevers in there
but picking the ends of them loose might really be the key
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How do you dry it?
CeJay Rocha said:
No my waters normal. I did the dip with lavender and white vinager. It's fine until it drys. It's just on the dreads that have blunt ends
shes in florida the sun will help aa million times more then hours with a blow dryer the sun will kill spores as opit dries
JB Kucken said:
My guess is you just need to do a white vinegar and lavender soak, then take a long shower and really focus on the dread, rather than the roots. Get a blow dryer and DO NOT STOP drying until they are completely dry. You can tell if you rub it together between your fingers and still can feel the water.
You are probably getting mold, and it would make sense because its at the tips, where the water pools and sits, and eventually molds. Especially on the blunted tips where the water cant escape and drip. Really hit the ends with the dryer.
Hope that works, cheers.
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I usually blow dry. But I have no problem with combing the tips out. And sitting in the sun.
try just the sun 1st just shake out what u can then go sit in the sun
if that doesnt do the trick then maybe comb out the tips
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