I've been growing dreadlocks for over a year now, and the thickness of some of my locks is concerning me. A few of the thicker ones take over a day to dry, so I'm worried that I could get dread rot and that these locks aren't rinsing out and being cleaned properly. They're also very tight.. I had used Knotty Boy's lock gel a good bit when I was just starting the dreading journey, and I believe this is the reason why these larger dreads are so almost unnaturally tight (I have never used wax and I no longer use the gel). I'm not really actually considering trying this method, but I am curious... What would happen if one were to take a knife and, probably starting from the root of the dread, cut a dreadlock vertically in half so that it became two dreadlocks? My hair used to be straight, so I think that the amount of hair I'd slice through would be minimal, and the dreads would probably stay together because of their tightness. I'm mostly just curious, this seems like an extreme resort haha. Thanks for your input and/or advice =)
updated by @devon: 01/13/15 09:33:01PM