8 month natural dreads- need encouragement!
Dread Maintenance
So I'm on a fb group and pisted my dread proccess and asked that people tell me it gets better. My dreads are so short and just looked matted and not quite dread-like. They are stubby and funny looking. Turds, if you will. Instead of encouragement, I was told my dreads will look like a homeless person unless I do maintenance on them like crocheting or at least palm rolling. I started to believe them. Someone said I don't fet people that say natural because it is natural to play with yoyr hair, roll it, touch it, etc. True. And I do touch my dreads and I separate them and play with them but no metal objects go near my head. I tried palm rolling and it was tiring and felt pointless. That doesn't feel natural tome. This iisn't supposed to be sone time consuming hair style. This is a natural way to let your hair lie. I never paid much notice to my hair before dreads...why would I now? And spend tons of money at a salon? Um no. I'm pregnant with a toddler and a deployed husband...I am nit going to spend loads of time for that perfect dread look. A fake look. I will ket my hair do It's thing and not stress. I will learn to have faith in my hair and body and to trust in it. With. Tine, they will grow and have lovely length. They will resemble dreads rather than turds. I just need patience. And I would love encouragement. Please remind me I am doig ok, that they will look bwtter, and this is right. Also, excuse the many typos.
updated by @urbanhippie: 02/14/15 08:09:54AM
I'm ready to give up! I'm ready to brush them out. I even started getting like stuff similar to cradle cap. I don't know what to do.
