Hey there everyone! My name is Pat and I am about to begin my dreadlock journey. I have been doing some research over the last few days and wanted to join a community before making decisions. Currently my hair is only about 1"-1 1/2" long so I have some time before I begin. My hair basically grows into an extremely thick and curly afro regardless of what I do to it. Below there is a picture attachment of what my hair looks like naturally after getting out of the shower and towel drying it. I have always admired the look of dreadlocks, but always had the ill-informed idea that you had to neglect your hair and let it get filthy. Now that I actually have learned how wrong that is, I decided I will be dedicating myself to growing out proper dreads. I would love some recommendations on methods to use and potential products to help me out. I read a bunch of information regarding formulas to increase the speed of growth which is something I am very much interested in. My skin/hair tends to get very oily on its own, but I'm not sure how that will directly affect the process. Any tips/links would be very much appreciated! Thanks in advance.
updated by @pat-c: 01/13/15 09:33:01PM