ok so i was wondering if when you have dreads do they dread by themselves at the root as they grow or do you have to maintain them? if they grow in by themselves how? and if they grow in by themselves does that only happen when fully matured or at the begining of my journey? my hair is stright and thick
updated by @kev: 02/03/18 12:45:18PM
Do dreads grow in at the roots
@robert-shawn-bozarth
14 years ago
25 posts
maintaining can be damaging, espessially at the roots, maintaining ussually breaks hair and shortens the life of your dreadlocks deppending on wich method you used your hair will unlock and then naturally lock, like backcombing and crocheting. those methods make it to where you have to maintain constantly or you will loose them, if you are doing them naturally them dont worry everythings gonna be all right, it will all work out in the end
@soaring-eagle
14 years ago
29,637 posts
such a common quesyion and i can only blame those sites and loctitions who press the need for root maintenance they make it seem like toots need to be worked on every 2 months freverwell..theydontofcourse roots dread on theyre own they have to or dreads wouldnt be dreads just knots hanging from the endsin fact keeping roots from dreading together ?9congoing) ids the only real maintenance u might want to do
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As the other said, they definitely dread 'by themselves'Mine merged themselves together naturally from very skinny to very fat. I started with lots, but my hair had other plans! The only 'maintenance' that you might have is washing and keeping them separated if you want them to remain smaller.
@earthstudios
14 years ago
108 posts
yes yes dread hunger, mine want to eat each other as well (mostly in back underneath) and I'm only on week 3, I seperate every couple days. But I believe this is becuase I have so many loose hairs still, once things mature a bit I think the need to seperating is going to go down for me.