My timeline - Asian hair / Backcomb / T&R / 1 month
updated by @hitomi: 01/13/15 10:03:04PM
@soaring-eagle
10 years ago
29,640 posts
welcome your not the hitomi i used to talk to are u?
btw looser might have been better u may find that the tightest ones dread the slowest
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
@little-wing
10 years ago
41 posts
Nice!
I think also I have an "asian like" hair, but I decided to go now on freeform, because 2 years ago I went through backcombed/crochet method and my dreads on the 4th month turned out extremely hard and compact I could barely bend them, major shrinkage and also some problems with the roots (some thinning and others coming together).
My theory is that if I let my hair dread on its own pace, then they might become good dreads. The downside is because my hair is sooooo straight, is gonna take me ages.
Sometimes I feel tempted to try on the T&R, in case I notice I can't make any knots. So would be cool if you continue updating your journey to see how it turns for you, I might use the information as a guide too!
@little-wing
10 years ago
41 posts
Well, actually I would recommend you not crochet anything. I did just once and I think for straight haired people is pointless. At least for me, was like... I always had stubborn hairs which just refused to knot in despite all the times I tried to attach them to the nearest dread and all.
I guess also with straight hair, maybe are gonna be always fly aways (I guess you already have seen the dreadlocks from a girl who writes a blog called "Galapril", she has straight hair and her dreads were done with T&R method and she has lot of loose hairs and they look super cool). And yeah, after doing crochet, backcomb or t&r they are gonna change... a lot! I've read with the T&R method is probable that it shrink less than with any other method. I started with a hair chest size and it ended up to my ear size.
Actually, if you just let them be, they are not gonna be like those super neat dreads we see everywhere from people who do lot of maintenance on them, but in my opinion, dreads that don't look all the same, have more "character" and it's kinda funny and interesting to see how each one is getting different shape and stuff.
Also... I think a mistake I did with my first set of crocheted dreadlocks was to cut some hairs from the roots that were coming together. I think I will never to that again.
I also had lot of problems with dandruff and itchiness that I kinda relieved a bit with tea tree essential oil. I also began to use knotty boy peppermint spray for "the itchy scalp" but I personally don't recommend you to use any of those products (maybe you already know that). It kinda felt cooling effect probably because of the peppermint, but afterwards my hair felt a bit sticky... So after that I learned on just rely myself on essential oils, haha.
And I know now, straight haired people have to be overly patient with dreadlocks. I have already one week without combing and I look like... nothing had happened. I even saw today some people on the test room who probably combed this morning and who looked even messier than me, and that was kinda funny. :D
@soaring-eagle
10 years ago
29,640 posts
absolutely never crochet peter is about to post a discussion on the damage crochet did to hers ..she (yes peters a she) lost over 1/2 her hair from crocheting only once..
the short hairs will dread fine..over time..and when they get longer
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1
@soaring-eagle
10 years ago
29,640 posts
shes cute as a button but never washes her dreads ..ever probably whty she still tnr's new ones all the time
dont lock it in a safe throw it in the trash
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My new book Ban The Taboo Vol 1