Update:
Been towel rubbing for almost 2 months. If I stop, will my hair continue to lock up?
@soaring-eagle
5 years ago
29,640 posts
see
it'll look less like sideshow bob hair ya were just messing up o purpose and settle down and just start dreading
doesn't it look better after just 1 or was it 2 days without rubbing?
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see
it'll look less like sideshow bob hair ya were just messing up o purpose and settle down and just start dreading
doesn't it look better after just 1 or was it 2 days without rubbing?
Ha! My partner was calling me sideshow bob too. It does, it looks so much better.
It's been a week since a towel has touched my head. I've washed twice in that time and let my hair dry completely natural. Already it looks so much better. I'll hold off on pics until a month or so has passed. I've got some 2 soaps arriving from your store which I'm looking forward to. I've also got a lot of locks that are much tighter than they was before.
Quick question though. Sometimes I feel dreads locking with other dreads. I'm ok with that provided they don't feel too fat for their length. I separate them if they don't feel right to me. What's a recommended thickness to avoid super fat dreads? I quite like the size of soaring eagles. They're spot on.
@soaring-eagle
5 years ago
29,640 posts
1 inch max (at the roots) mine that literaly are all sizes up to 1 inch
for most of their lives the average thicknes was pencil sized with 1 1 inch and 3 or 4 maybe 1/2-3/4 and the thinnest being 1 mm x 2 mm (barely) (coulda measured in microns for more accuracy) that 1 was actualy 3 ven thinner dreads congoed and was 4 feet long when k found it
i stopped separating for the most part after this photo
theres a whole lotta dreads there alhugh some look thick most are 1/3 or 1/4 inch
now i stopped separating right after this so where they started joining (as many as 6 joined as 1) is now to my waist
hmm no hard to tell in this thought i had a better 1 hold\
on
no better at all all the thick roots ar hidden but the 1 hanging down there was pretty much average early on
well for more then 1/2 their lives
from waist down thats the average thicknes except for maybe 3
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I had to double glance because you got a squirrel sitting on your head! That's awesome. How did you manage to keep him there?
I can only dream to one day have dreads like that. I love that dread wrapped look too. Does it feel heavy on the head when wrapped like that?
Thanks for the advice
@soaring-eagle
5 years ago
29,640 posts
well it was at a rainbow gathering, the squirel ran up to a sister when shed just gotten there (she came straight from spring council to seed camp 1 of the 1st on the land) it ran right up to her, up her leg into her hand and stayed there, it was then loved on by a few hundred people,
he just loved being around people
for an added treat since its in the same folder
dreadlocks from birth
megalocks
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@poopiepants
5 years ago
81 posts