Hello! So I'm really new at this. I've had my dreads for only a week now and I think they're maturing pretty nicely but I have sooo many loose hairs coming out! So many that it would take a year to do the crocheting method. I got lock and twist gel and it doesn't help that much. I hear aloe helps but I haven't tried that yet.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Kaitlin
geez never crochrt dreads r=that creates loose hair
u want no gel they do not mature in a week they will have loose hair ..now and always do not try to control it leave em alone the loose hairs gets kless and less but u never dio nothing to them
crochet would be a huge mistake
They might be progressing well, but nowhere near mature, and you'll always have loose hairs, so when you're only a week in, of course you're gonna have loads. Just leave them alone and stop looking at your hair often, if you stop worrying about it you'll have more patience to let it dread on its own, and then you'll be able to see the progress more 
wash 1-3 times a week
seperate as needed
thats all
they take time
if yoiu went to a salon forget everything thry said anddo not go back!
read the dreaducation page
are u african ameican or not if not dont use those gels thats for african twists which dont work in other hair types
dreads are loose hair ..thats alowed (not forced) to dread
it doesnt magicly come out dreaded it has to have loose hairs that then dread by tangling over time
the roots will be loose for months
loose hairs will suck in and become less month by month but as u seperare more show up
they become new dreads or join dreads on their own when long enough
just accept them leave em be and let em dread
crochet breaks tons of hair creating loose hairs creating weak dreads that break easily
dreads dont need work only patience
giveem time thats all..and that means way more then a week
Okay thank you for the information! Yes, I am white. I will post pictures soon so you can see what I'm talking about as well. Until they mature is it okay to wrap some of the dreads with string to just keep them more neat? And also, what about the aloe?
Thanks!
stop using the gel then
u can wrap em tho it comes with certain issues
it squeezes em so they end up real thin with much thicker areas at the roots
so u get thin tails on the ends
aloe works but conditions slowing progress
use it for formal events etc but not daily
your better off just ignoring the loose hairs ..forget u even have hair
dont look in mirrors
It won't let me upload my picture but as soon as it gets on here let me know what you think.
Thank you!!
theres 2 uploaders flash and java 1 or the other will work
plus thres a upload from phone email address u can use
look in the featured discussions for
dreading the 1st weejks i=]of dreading
and the beauty of the early messy stages of natural dreading
embrace the mess
