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Hi, I was going to do twist and rip after I section my hair but now I'm thinking to just go natural. My question is can I get normal size dreads if I keep them separated eg running fingers thou hair? I don't want big fat ones. 

ofcourse

until i let mine combine at will 18 years in most were real thin only 2 were thicker

but don't run fingers through or it will never dread instead once you got it dreading separate by pulling them apart pulling sections that are growing together or forming too big away from eachother popping any connected hairs loose

but just fyi letting them form diferent sizes is best ..as long as you don't let any form too big

so figure out the max size you want andseparate any bigger then that..keeping in mind they will be thin and thicken as they dread ..the section size at the scalps generaly the size the dread will be when mature

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"WoW" this is amazing and very detaled information and good facts ,,, I don't kick ass here , i just simply think this topic is so damn good and complete nothing to add and thural well done so thanks for this really i mean it , if i had come here like 10 years or so ago i whould have my head full of beatiful dreads by now , but it's never too late to start over again and do it right this time! Witch i decided to do! thanks for the great and thural  information and detailes (apoligize for the bad spelling , my english is really bad imo)

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Btw you guys who have experience , when i want to seperate later do i do it in the shower after wash or is it better to jsut rip them dry? Any thoughts there ? i whould love to here what you guys do and feels right and best for you thanks guys for sharing ! +10

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damp after the shower

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thanks ^^ i will ones that time comes cool  

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Hello.. I'm just starting locks on long hair (4C, about 30cm).  I've read like 8 sites on hox to start locks and I'm more confused.  I've started using wax and double twist but after 3 days my hair looked so dirty so I washed it out, I didn't comb them.  Yesterday I made flaxseed gel and added some drops of geranium essential oil in it.  I washed my hair, undit the double twist and with combing just sectionned it neatly and aplied flaxseed gel to it and palmrolled it.  So that they didnt unfold I then retwisted them together.  I don't know if I'm being clear enough.

Here (a little island in the indian ocean - rodrigues) people more usually just let there hair dread by doing nothing. There exists no salon offering dreadlock cares (maybe thankfully) and I want my locks to turn out right without ruining myself.  I do NOT want to spend a lot of money on my hair.  I'm pretty sure I'm not starting my locks how it should.  

Please advice me.  I still have time to restart all over.  What's the best option for me having long 4c hair?

Stop conditioning. Use dreadlock shampoo only a couple of times a week and separate when too much hair gets stuck together.

That's it.

The only thing you need to spend money on is a bottle of shampoo.

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wax was a huge mistake

hopefully you got it all out

other then that the people on your island who never heard of a dread salon are blessed!

your twists..or whatever you do do 1 thing only .. define the sections, instead of letting them form at will

once thats done all there is to it is wash wait separate as needed

I really do hope theres no wax left

don't bother with gel either

flax is least worrisome but you don't need it

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QUESTION:

Caucasian super thick loose curly hair, Don't use shampoo but maybe 1X/month, Residue free (Free and Clear - Walgreens) , then bone dry I apply coconut oil that porous hair readily absorbs so I leave in and have to apply a little more in time.

I do rinse daily with just water as I sweat a lot from work and working out.

It really improved the strength and condition of hair plus helped hair form loose long spirally locks of hair (not dread locks just locks of hair).

My question is after the coconut oil has been absorbed into my hair and gets dry again can I just go neglect from that point and rinse with water and maybe once or twice a month with a diluted solution of my free and clear shampoo in a gallon jug with warm water and pour over entire head and hair, let it sit in while I massage in scalp then rinse with warm water, then rinse again with cold, blot dry real well, let air dry with fan blowing on me and/or cool setting with blow dryer?

I guess what I'm saying is my hair can get real dry and the coconut oil that absorbs in my hair used sparingly naturally forms locks of hair. Otherwise it's really dry and frizzy and doesn't separate into locks of hair. I know I've heard any oils added early on prevents locks from forming but for African hair I've read it is suggested to use an oil like coconut oil that absorbs into the hair because of it's medium chain fatty acids (like olive oil, cotton seed oil) to prevent over dryness and brittle weak hair while dreading.

I'm not African but Caucasian but have very dry thick nappy hair so I'm thinking some coconut oil may be necessary while dreading to prevent breakage.

I've noticed in the shower while super saturating hair with water I try to comb through hair with wide tooth comb and even with the water and coconut hair it is so nappy that it still forms knots and literally have to use fingers  and wide tooth comb to pull knots loose enough to comb through.

So I'm thinking if I didn't comb at all even with some coconut oil absorbed into the hair shaft I can form dreadlocks just by not combing. The only way to no for sure I guess is to try it and find the right amount of coconut oil to use to prevent brittleness but not impede dreading but still would like to hear what you think from your experience. Sorry for the length. Thanks for reading and any input.   CJ