OKay thanks alot. Wasgetting anxious - its like padding around my scalp. Will get more into the sectioning. Thanks for theassurance.
KnotLady said:
its normal to have knotting that close. there are tutorials on separating in the videos section.
I dont wash more thantwice a week.I will take the elastics outtoday -can the beads be put on any part of the hair? Or closer or further away from the scalp.
Doogie said:
First, take those elastics. IF you are trying to use them to keep the sections, it won't halp. Instead everything will get sucked into congos. Use beads to help keep them seperated. If you're washing 3 times a week cut it back one. I think I'd stay at every other day just to speed it up.
Like right on it, like my hair is growing knots. It isnt growing with the dreads at all - just all together. I will be taking out the elastics today.
KnotLady said:
how close to the scalp? its normal for it to be kinda knotted together closer to your head.
I'm finding my twisted and ripped ones are doing okay ... Its just like i get it all cleaned up.. go to bed.. next day its all knotted together again, which i know is somewhat normal but its all in my roots... they wont stay apart! Some of its okay, but i am getting big portions of hair forming together, sometimes within a day.
I'm a day or two over 1 month of natural dreading. (I have some twist and rip cause i got impatient)
I have sectioned pretty much the entirety of my head. BUT my roots are dreading very quickly, i am finding that within days my hair is attempting a congo.. even though they are tied with small elastics.
Some parts of my hair at at the point of cutting to separate. My hair is quite curly and i am finding it extremely difficult to have any sort of control over what is happening at my roots.
What can i do? When i wash it just gets tighter and harder to separate 
Heres a picture.
Phew - i havent yet! What do you reccommend instead?
soaring eagle said:
awesome progress and thing i see a dread at day 4?
1 thing
dont use baki9ng soda after being in chlorine
My hair has always been completely and utterly out of my control. I had never been able to make it look "nice" or anything i wanted it to be. Any chance of trying a hairstyle was just out of the question. I ended up brushing my hair only when i washed it and had to go through it with my fingers first every time. I would do this like every few weeks it was such a huge job.
I've spent years telling people "Arrhgghh im just gonna get dreads so i dont have to do anything anymore!" And i never did cause i always thought the only way to get rid of them was to cut them off. Short hair was my worst nightmare. (Yeah i did no research whatsoever) Just always thought they looked amazing but i couldnt bare to imagine potentially cutting all my hair off one day.
About 2 years ago i experienced a pretty bad bout of depression and neglected my hair more than usual. I formed a GIGANTIC ball of dread on the back on the head which everyone around me said it was beyond repair. I tried to condition and brush it out by myself but the posittion and pain in my arms and scalp was just unbarable.
So, i cut it all off.
You can only imagine how hard it was going from butt-length hair all my life to this That picture is from May 2011 and about a week after i cut it.
this picture is January 2013, no scissors have touched my hair since that day it all came off, its about 1 week after the day i decided i would not brush my hair again. (Before that it had already been a few days before i had done anything to my hair) It is also the day after the first time i washed/rinsed with baking soda.
The bottom two in this is 4 days after the above. I feel it was amazing progress!!
Here i am today! January 17 2013. Nearly two weeks in and have washed twice and have been swimming in chlorinated water.
Im so happy that i have finally stopped suppressing my hair from doing what it has always been pushing me SO HARD to do. I'm excited to watch the transformation and finally come to an agreement with this wild thing on my head 
I dont feel i am neglecting at all!!
UPDATE: 27 February 2013. ONE MONTH.
All the colour has left my hair. Been washing with baking soda only - about once a week. Have a few twist and rip dreads in the front there i did maybe 2 weeks ago - and just recently sectioned 90% of my hair with small elastics. My roots are dreading freakishly fast, even with the bands ... its just not separating how i want it to. The back of my head has quite a few tight completely naturally formed ones. So this is just over a month!
UPDATE: 29 July 2014. Whoops i forgot to update!
So its been about a year and a half since i started my dreadlock journey. The entirety of my head is dreaded and i have had almost ZERO stress and pain when it comes to my hair. There is absolutely no products or wax.. Other than dye... Over the past few months in way of maintenance ive neglected, washed (baking soda, apple cider vinegar), crocheted (All by myself - cleaning up loose hair, cleaning up my scalp to minimise frizz... well i attempt to anyway). Im pretty lazy and wash every few weeks or so (sometimes i'll go a month) I get no complaints about hygiene, i feel clean and i looooovveeee themmm 
Here's some photos of the past year and a half.
m ay 2014
I have been undoing the ends to give them a more individual look and to add some length! I miss my natural curls a bit too.
thanks for reading!!!
Ive wrapped a few beginner dreads to help promote separatation in the back of my head. My hair seems tto want one big congo on back haha.
I was thinking that i would replace the wrap (its just wool string - make friendship bracelets with it) After a few weeks or between every couple washes?
Star Mercer said
I just quick wrapped them. Not all of them, of course. I honestly didn't even think about he new growth being thicker. :|
I guess my main concern was, will they mold or mildew inside the wrapping after washing?
Is that dry hair good for scalp too? Mine is incredibly itchy every few days before washing and is very dry My hair is doing fine dryness-wise but my scalp is just horribly uncomfortable.
