Hey great people, so i've been freeforming my dreads for six months now. And well the progress has been regular and I probably have some 20 something dreads that have are maturing faster than the others, mostly in the back of my head. Recently I saw the terrible luck that one girl had while freeforming. So I've been extra careful lately.
I wash my hair with the lockin up dreads shampoo from Vicki every 3 days, and I rinse my hair everyday because it helps me wake up and i usually just do it as part of my routine to take out all the hairs that get loose during the night.
I've read that its not good to get dreads wet everyday, and I have a pretty thick one thats probably a little bigger than an inch in diameter and one that has shrunk a lot on the bottom half of my head, probs about half an inch in diameter. These two dreads are the ones that usually stay wet the longest time. So lately I've been squeezing them after a couple of hours of taking a shower, to make sure that there is nothing wrong i smell the tips of my fingers after squeezing them. And lately I've been getting this kind of damp-ish smell and maybe a little sour(first time today/but it is really mild and not too strong). The smell is not too strong and whenever i rinse my hair I try to squish as much of the water out. The smell has started for a couple of days now, 5-6 I think before that I was not getting much at all. Also I still have a bit of dandruff, is not too much but my hair is black so sometimes even a little of it is noticeable, and I personally think it looks grody.
What should I do?? What should I change about my routine, should I stop rinsing everyday? The damp-ish smell is not something I worry much about, but the sour-ish one today got me a little worried. What about the dandruff, even though is not much I would prefer to not have any?
Thanks in advance
updated by @jimmy-dc: 01/13/15 09:58:15PM