Decision to naturally dread hair day 2.

Hello all you beautiful dread heads! I'm excited for my journey to begin. Yesterday I back combed on small section of hair by the nape of my neck. Shortly after I decided to try letting my very straight and very Caucasian hair dread on its own. Will this work, I don't know. I hoping that I won't regret the decision to not section off... Do you think I will? I'm very excited to see what my hair does on its own but of course I want my dreads to look good in the long haul. Any and all advise will be taken with enthusiasm and grace. Thank you for this awesome site/support here! Peace love and light.

updated by @crystalyn: 02/14/15 08:48:10AM

it will work and u will think its the best decision u ever made

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I hope so! Should I buy a special dread soap? #anysuggestions? I'm good on tea tree and Rosemary as well. Heard they can help scalp issuez that arise. Hat advice??

www.dreadlockshampoo.com they got a teatree rosemary 1 but their soaps are by far the best

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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1

Thanks for libk! A drwadhead frnd of mine said not to wash hair much first month or so... To wash or not to wash? How often?

Definitely wash. Clean hair dreads better than dirty hair.

Thanks mons. How iften would u say?

2-3 times a week is good. It depends on what you're used to as well. When I started I was a daily washer. It really freaked me out thinking I wouldn't be able to wash every day after my dreads started maturing. I had to really psyche myself up and make a serious effort to not wash every day! I gradually started skipping a day here and there. Now I ususally do it twice a week. The most important thing is to make sure your hair/dreads are completely dry between washings. If they don't dry all they they can mildew and mold. Nasty stuff.

awesome. I have been washing my hair about every two days. So it wont be hard to wait three or four. I actually didnt wash my hair but evry 3/4/5 days back when i had longer locks. I just donated twenty inches this past spring to locks of love. it was a great feeling. it was then with my 28 some odd inches of hair that ien t ponder drads. but i had grown them out to donate so i wanted to make the correct efforts to follow through. now that i have a little length left, its time to pull the trigger. so it should be relativly easy to do it oncw/twice a week.

lastnight beforbed i twisted a bit of sections of hair to keep them from getting too clumpy when i sleep. do you think this is helping or hurting the process, or does it not really matter. i am just interested ina piecy/loose/ look and dont want too many chunks growing together. so i thought sectioning it off by hand loosy would help to accomplish this. but what do i know?