Hey guys! ve been on the internet researching natural dreads and here is something i found about natural dreads and its stages! thought this was intresting and hope this will help the fairly new dreaders out there!Peace from Turkey!Five stages of loc'ing your hair from the book "Nice Dreads" by author Lonnice Brittenum Bonner.Here are the 5 stages of a loc's/dreads:1. Coils Coils resemble tightly coiled springs that look like baby spirals and can be as small as a watch spring or fluid and loose as fusilli. Hair can be as short or as long as one likes. The key factor here is that your hair is able to form and hold a coil, but the hair within the coil has not yet begun to intertwine or mesh.2. Sprouts and Buds Known as Sprouting or Budding in that miraculous moment when the magic has begun. First, you shampoo your hair and notice that all of a sudden, the coils don't all wash out like they used to. You may notice that some of your coils have little knots of hair in them, about the size of a small pea. This knot is more or less the nucleus of each lock; the hairs in your coils have begun to intertwine and interlace. Individual coils may seem puffy and lose their tightly coiled shape; this is part of the process and shouldn't be disturbed. What is important here is to keep the original scalp partings, to allow the spinning process to become established for each individual lock. Don't redivide your budding locks, twist them to death, or get to patting them down, trying to make your hair look "nice," because you'll just end up with a badly packed, busted-out do.3. Teen or Locking Stage This is when the buds and sprouts truly begin to look like locks and few, if any, locks shampoo out or come out during sleep. The peas you saw and felt in the budding stage have expanded, and the hair has spun into a network of intertwining strands that extend throughout the length of individual locks. The locks may be soft and pliable or feel loosely meshed, according to your hair's texture. This is the growing stage of lock development, and it extends into the lock's mature stage. Shampooing doesn't loosen these locks. They have dropped, which means they have developed enough to hang down versus defying gravity. This is when you start to relax and feel more confident about locking.4. Mature Stage Each individual lock is firmly meshed or tightly interwoven. Some loosely coiled hair textures may retain a small curl or coil at the end of the locks, but most will probably be closed at the ends. You will begin to see consistent growth because each lock has intertwined and contracted into a cylindrical shape. Think of each individual lock as a hair strand in itself. The new growth is contained in the loose hair at the base or root of each individual lock, and regular grooming encourages it to spin into an intertwined coil that will be integrated with the lock.5. Beyond Maturity Think of this stage as akin to the shedding stage of hair growth. After many years, depending on the care you have lavished on your locks, some locks may begin to thin and break off at the ends. For the most part, this deterioration can be minimized and controlled by monitoring the ends of your locks for signs of age and getting regular trims. http://naturalhairbeauty.blogspot.com/2009/02/five-stages.html
updated by @kubilay-kapucu: 01/13/15 09:54:26PM
The 5 stages of natural dreads
These are actual pics from members on this site, more looping and zig zagging then coils, check it out before you think the above post will happen. You hair will look like these:
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/weirdest-shaped-dread-co...
members who start with curly hair will get the beginning stages that look like coils, and that's really cool as they tighten, some with straight hair can also, but not everyone will get a coil look, the word coil reminds me of ringlets and we don't all get those on each dread. Everyone's journey is unique....
Thought i would put the point that the Barrellady was saying into the proper order 
I love this Kubilay!!!!!!
1.The "coils" is the baby sectioning phase. The hair separates and it commonly gets a curl to it. I know mine do.My curls are a bit more subtle than a coil but for my extra straight hair it was exciting!!
2. The loops, bumps zig zags start to develop in the next phase "the sprouts and buds phase." Like an toddler and /or young child....the knots are growing and forming and changing everyday. little tangles start to become loops.
3.The teen phase is when the dreads go crazy. Like going through puberty. Instead of hormones, acne, awkward growth spurts, changing voices.... hair gets full blown lumps, bumps, and zigzags.
4. In the mature phase...the lumps bumps and crazy stuff have mostly disappeared. The hair hangs in woven, matted, knotted ropes.
5 The senior phase. The last phase sounds very sad to me. My dreads are only 5 years old. I hope I don't have to go through this part for many many years. Stuff like People stepping all over the ends and years of wear and tear can do it. i have no desire to become a senior citizen. Gonna fight it tooth and nail :D
Hahahaha u better! still have a LONG way to go! Havent even started dreading 
taye said:
taye said:
Thought i would put the point that the Barrellady was saying into the proper order
1.The "coils" is the baby sectioning phase. The hair separates and it commonly gets a curl to it. I know mine do.My curls are a bit more subtle than a coil but for my extra straight hair it was exciting!!
2. The loops, bumps zig zags start to develop in the next phase "the sprouts and buds phase." Like an toddler and /or young child....the knots are growing and forming and changing everyday. little tangles start to become loops.
3.The teen phase is when the dreads go crazy. Like going through puberty. Instead of hormones, acne, awkward growth spurts, changing voices.... hair gets full blown lumps, bumps, and zigzags.
4. In the mature phase...the lumps bumps and crazy stuff have mostly disappeared. The hair hangs in woven, matted, knotted ropes.
5 The senior phase. The last phase sounds very sad to me. My dreads are only 5 years old. I hope I don't have to go through this part for many many years. Stuff like People stepping all over the ends and years of wear and tear can do it. i have no desire to become a senior citizen. Gonna fight it tooth and nail :D
