still waiting to hear 1 thing they do right that is not destructive
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/loctician-salon-dreads-bad
tell her how great locticians are
ok, the examples you gave will def do damage to your hair but not all locticians use those techniques. the only point i can dispute from personal experience is the washing for months. When i first started my locs and they were still twists i didn't wash my hair for a few months b/c if i did so the twists would've lost their form and unraveled.
although i could be wrong i think most of those techniques you point out are used on 100% caucasian hair in an attempt to get them to dread. i am 1/2 afro-amer + 1/2 sicilian and when i got my hair done @ the salon for the 1st time they washed, twisted+put them in clips, then i sat under the hair dryer. I got my hair done @ the salon 2x when i first started them, then i started doing them myself using the same techniques (b/c i couldn't afford regular salon visits).
and yes i usually do my hair 1x a week, and have been for almost 10 years now. i am not going bald and i have *never had a loc fall out. i wash w/ shampoo, twist w/ gel, then blowdry them. i have been told many times by people that my locs are some of the nicest they've seen; seeing as i do the same process that was done by the loctician i think that def qualifies as 1 thing they did right.
wrong wrong wrong
wasghing helps dreads dread
not wasshing for months is gross
carking them in gel and not washing is extra gross
caking them in gell and not washing for months keeps them in twists..which are not dreads and makes it take extra long to dread
twisting is stupid your forcing exctreme tightness on the scalp
this weakens the roots causes them to break and causes scalp trauma which sdoes cause baldness
out of all the ppl who twists ..and they twisted 1 time every 3 months or every 6 months) almost every 1 of them experienced thining at the roots
i wouls love to see youe roots cause if yours havent thined after twisting weekly its a miracle and tour 1 out off a thousand that got lucky so yea its wrong
and the fact that u got lucky u should concider a miracle
but the luck will run ouit so u should absolutely stop that
and no those tecniques like twisting and interlocking are used on african hair and are very very bad but are used on caucasian hair by saons that are truly clueless way too often with disasterouse results
the only way that i can see that u havent destroye your dreads and scalp is if u didnt twist tight at all
but should u keep twisting? hell no
its poinbtless and harmful
u do realize that dreads dread themselkves right? that u never needed a salon u never needd to twist or gel or any of that crap?
actualy the oposites true they look like crap idf u do
and you are so clueless dude'
you were lied to u were scammed and u have no idea what your talking about
not washing for months is gross
when u wash they loosen uo p because thats what they neede to do to dread u only twist them 1 time only then let them dread
twisting doesnt promote locks it promotes balding
and dread loss
stop it for 6 months and u will see as they recover
theyte your dreads to treat right or abuse
but your a fool if u keep on twisting
lol like i said, to each his own...if you're ok w/ the new growth looking loose and having a bunch of hair that is not locked then go the natural route of doing nothing.
not washing for a couple months (unless you plan on re-twisting them after) maybe gross but it is necessary. and no one lied to me, i know from personal experience. when first starting locs the scrubbing action from washing completely took the form out of the twists.
twisting most certainly promotes dread growth (@least for my hair it does). in between the times i use the gel i just do a quick dry twist and it def helps.
if i didn't twist my hair for 6 months it would look horrible. i'd prob have about 5 inches of new growth in the form of a tangled afro followed by nice dreads. not a good look.
To be honest going to the loctician seriously adds up. The last visit I became pissed that I spent that much money for something I could have done. I'm better off using my own ingredients and save a ton of money in the long run. To each their own, but remember that african hair and caucasian hair lock differently before you yield advice.
the high cost is exactly why i started doing my hair myself.
great point that afro and caucasian hair locks differently. that's what i think soaring eagle is forgetting. maybe the natural route is the best way to go for 100% caucasian hair but twisting is best for hair that has a lil kink to it; like i said i am 1/2 blk and 1/2 wht.....
you are so waqrong again if u diod not twuist u get 1/2 inch undreaded hair 1/2 inch only and that is normal and healthy
maybe the 1st 6-8 months u might have 2-3 inches as it dreads but then it dreads and matures and tighrens and stops at 1/2 inch
u need that 1/2 inch for normal dreading to occur
seriusly try it and see
you will be surprised
and you are sooo cliueless cause african hair dreads easier tighteer and shorter
the exact oposite
african hair loooooves to be left alone
and again tyour wrong abvoput not washing if u wash u have it dread way faster its after every wazsh hat its the most tangles and tightens
the more u wash the faster it dreads
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