dave
naturaakl dreads do not take a looong time as u say
look at the poll results and 1-3 months is average most of them have dreaded in 1-3 months sop since shes at 3 months shes just slightly behind average right now and very well could find her 1st dreads any time now
yah, i'm definitely not giving up yet. i really dont want to backcomb. i'm hoping my first knot is going to appear very soon.
soaringeagle said:
dave
naturaakl dreads do not take a looong time as u say
look at the poll results and 1-3 months is average most of them have dreaded in 1-3 months sop since shes at 3 months shes just slightly behind average right now and very well could find her 1st dreads any time now
20 years?! oh lord, i hope it doesn't take that long. i'll be a senior citizen by then:)
Island Mamma said:
I know a woman who took like over 20 years for her hair to dread
She has the most amazing locks!
im sure it will and i think if u just add some beads you'll be surprised by how the dreads just start popping up
Heather said:
yah, i'm definitely not giving up yet. i really dont want to backcomb. i'm hoping my first knot is going to appear very soon.
soaringeagle said:dave
naturaakl dreads do not take a looong time as u say
look at the poll results and 1-3 months is average most of them have dreaded in 1-3 months sop since shes at 3 months shes just slightly behind average right now and very well could find her 1st dreads any time now
Your hair looks like mine when I first started, and sounds like it, too.
I remember that I was pushing that three-month mark and still had NOTHING, but my hair was becoming more full. Then I started to notice a couple of dreads that just kind of snuck up on me in the back of my head, near the nape of my neck...and then they started multiplying like rabbits.
i'm so glad to here that. i do notice my hair having more of a grip to it lately. the hair at my nape is where it the curliest so i'm expected the my first knots will show up there first too. how did you wash your hair in the beginning?
thanks for the encouraging words:)
SukiBug said:
Your hair looks like mine when I first started, and sounds like it, too.
I remember that I was pushing that three-month mark and still had NOTHING, but my hair was becoming more full. Then I started to notice a couple of dreads that just kind of snuck up on me in the back of my head, near the nape of my neck...and then they started multiplying like rabbits.
I've always just used Doc Bronner's, but I think at the time I was starting, some friends came to town and left behind their some mainstream store brand shampoo and conditioner...and I guiltily used it. I didn't really do anything special. Just stopped brushing. I did have a couple of tams that fit right at the base of my neck, further facilitating that nape-area knotting.
I must admit, too, that after the knotting started and my head was *mostly* knotted, I braided the parts that were not knotted into tiny little braids.
And then, too, since they all started forming low on the hair strand away from my scalp, I'd loop them through each other so that loose area at my scalp was tight.
This all probably isn't a part of the full-on natural method of letting them form, but...it was like letting my midwife break my water with my middle child's home birth. I still had a natural home birth, just had a little help to get things going. :P Most of the knots had already formed, I just supplemented a bit.
Heather said:
i'm so glad to here that. i do notice my hair having more of a grip to it lately. the hair at my nape is where it the curliest so i'm expected the my first knots will show up there first too. how did you wash your hair in the beginning?
thanks for the encouraging words:)
SukiBug said:
Your hair looks like mine when I first started, and sounds like it, too.
I remember that I was pushing that three-month mark and still had NOTHING, but my hair was becoming more full. Then I started to notice a couple of dreads that just kind of snuck up on me in the back of my head, near the nape of my neck...and then they started multiplying like rabbits.
picked up some beads today. i got all range of sizes because i don't know whats going to work. i'm going to add some tomorrow after i wash my hair. hopefully this will get the ball rolling.
you'll wanna use smaller ones so they stick pretty close to the tips if possible but if they stick 1/2 way up thats fine too
