I spent a fair while on here yesterday looking at time lines and
must admit I am totally freaked out by the shrinkage problems. I can cope with different stages of the hair until it dreads but the shrinkage!! I have hair to just bellow my shoulder blades and would be ok with it being shoulder length but I've seen pics of hair that has gone chin length, maybe I should grow my hair longer first?
the longer it is to start the more it shrinks if u start at shoulderblades it will shrink to shoulders if us start at knees it can shrink to chin
i wouldnt bother! why becauswe they will feel disconnected..fake your natural dreads act as spiritual anteneas the added extentions feel alien..addedon like a part of someone else
also you can add em young but they may fall off or cause issues its typicaly recomendced to add em at 8 months which is when the shrinkage tendsto stop and a month or 2 later growth starts ..so just wait it out and let it grow
mot who get extentins regret it and cut em off
kezz said:
I wondered how mature they would have to be before you could use extentions ?.I
it really depends on hair type. i've noticed that people with thin hair shrinks more than thick hair. also backcombed locks shrink more than t&r. i don't think length is anything you need to worry about. shorter is better because the shrinkage gets over with quicker and then the growing starts. i wish i had started with shorter hair. shrinking is thenecessaryevil to locking. it needs to happen so the end result is a dreadlock. embrace it. its all a part of the journey:)
kezz said:
I spent a fair while on here yesterday looking at time lines and
must admit I am totally freaked out by the shrinkage problems. I can cope with different stages of the hair until it dreads but the shrinkage!! I have hair to just bellow my shoulder blades and would be ok with it being shoulder length but I've seen pics of hair that has gone chin length, maybe I should grow my hair longer first?
