Hey guys :D
So yesterday I decided that I want huge and fat dreadies, so I made a couple of congos with some dreads, I still need to do the back of my head.
Personally, i love them right now :D
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#Sv4NnnH
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#7Iq62e2
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#FMnIik3
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#v28WU5B
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#cgFiIgo
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#9X4XD3t
http://imgur.com/a/vVSJg#bE1SSKa
oh man those are gonna cause problems i mean the 1 of the top of your heads huge how are u going to sleep with them i think this was a bad idea
count them
it looks like u only got 10 or 12
this wasnt a good uidea you realoize they will have thickened up alot from how they are already b4 u did this? these are gonna be huge i mean only humingbord love gorila has any thicker and pretty much everyone thats had congos this fat by accident comvbed them out and started over
so how do=idd u combine them
Dude, I see huge huge headaches in your future, especially at the temples. I am not sure if you are aware of it, but those bad boys will become the thickness of where the hair meets the scalp, so if you have a 4 inch section at the scalp of all the hair joined together, then you will have a 4 inch mature dread. Can you imagine the weight of them as they grow? Can you imagine how heavy it will pull on the scalp, especially when they are wet? Look at the size of the scalp area at your temples, headaches will happen for sure! Besides tension on the scalp causing headaches, it will also start to pull out hairs with the weight. Those just might take about 48 hours to dry when mature, they will be so fat, they will also be prone to mold, so you would have to be so careful that they completely dry out in between getting wet, that would be so hard to do when it rains out.
Okay, so what can be your future problems again, scalp tension, heaviness, mold, headaches, hard to sleep with them, did I say mold???
As cool as they would look, the problems over ride the coolness. If you want fat congos, consider dividing those, anything over an inch is considered congos. Once they mature and you really find out the problems you will have, it will be harder to separate them, you would have to slice them down the entire length with a blade.
Your hair, your dreads, your decision, but I feel I must let you know of the future complications you may have.
Peace
Well there you go Dreadlover, 4-8 days. Never met anyone with dreads that fat, perhaps that is why..........That works out to 96-192 hours. That also works out to 5760-11520 minutes. Wow....wow....that is a long time for dreads to dry. How on earth would you ever stay away from water that long?
Peace
They thicken as they mature. They end up the size of the secion of scalp the hair is in, not the hair itself. And that section looks MASSIVE. I had one thicker than that, I combed it out because it was already taking forever to dry and the sectioning was annoying. Dreads get heavier as they get longer and thicker, so imagine when your dreads are much longer and they're super-thick. Even worse when you wash them, mine are heavy-ish when wet already lol. Seriously not worth it. I mean, start off thinner and then in the future if you think they're too thin, then let them congo. Don't run before you can walk. They'll end up way thicker than you realise it.
Also, I don't consider mine very thick, and yet they are because no-one sells beads for my size dreads, I have to request it myself.
good point youd need a bracelet as a bead those will be as thick as your arm ..bicept
yours might not be this severe but close enough
might end up like this however still looking for the 1 pic that they probly will l0ook like well
the 1 on top will look like this guys
and how they looked earlier on
unless your a reggae musician whos doing well this looks probly not very job friendly
yea they shouldnt and cant descriminate but still you walk through the door and ..if they dont laugh it shows great restraint..its not very likely you'll be taken seriusly unless your an artist or musician
Okay guys, thanks for the tips
Luckily they were just joined by beads, so i removed them and separated the congos.
I will do some congos later on when they fully mature so that ill see what size they will be
Again, really glad that you guys told me that they might end up that thick :o
Also, since i have a couple of thin dreads, would it be ok to combine them? Once i do it ill upload a pic so that u guys can tell me if it will be too thick
how thins thin and whats wrong with thin thin dreads fill in the gaps between thick dreads
personaly id wait a full year if some thin ones congo accidently so be it otherwise keep em seperted cause they can congo unintentionaly and if 2 already big ones congo it sux but if a thin one congos with a thin..or thick 1 its not such a big deal
most of mine were very thin up till a few years ago when i let em congo at will
once mature u can get away with that as li]ong as u make sure none do get out of control
