One Month Later...
Dread Maintenance
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One Month Later...
Dread Maintenance
ok so i've been dreading for a about a month or sowhen i started i came to this site for help when i thought my dread dream was gonna be impossible because of the way i had began my journey; back combing.i got very helpful feedback from a few people and was told to not panic if & when my dreads partially and or completely fell apart.sooooo far some of them have been doing so both from the scalp & from the endssome of them have become sort of wavy but still knotted upand at the scalp my hair has kinda just began get tangled togetheri wash it regularly. not everyday but every other day or two.however i have been using regular shampoo because i kinda have just been procrastinating you can say.so basically what i was trying to ask waswhat are the do's and dont's that i really should start following?&& how do i fix the tangling happening?
updated by @isabel-alvez: 01/13/15 09:49:34PM
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Help! Save My Dreads
Ohhhhhh i see i see
you have all been a great help, thanks!
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Help! Save My Dreads
thank you very much sir!
now, if and when the dread falls out completely should i re-do it?? or??
Spencer Mcduffy said:
dude you really didnt do anything majorly wrong.
you could lose the rubber bands (i left mine in for a few days without regret but results vary)
your on the right track. Def dont use wax!!!!!!! dont crochet/felt/ or interlock.
your on your way man. Just wash, wait and repeat.
ps. dont be alarmed when your backcombed dreads start to loosen or completely fall out.
thats what they are supposed to do. Backcombing is just a starter method.
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great! thank you!
and im taking out the rubber bands now thanks again lol
and beads?! i love beads! that sounds perfect, any kind of beads in particular?
btw your dreads look dope!
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thanks a million to all of you for the help!
the rubber bands were only used for the sectioning, i took them out as soon as i finished
NO WAX, got it.
i appreciate the dread wash formula! i will use it no doubt.
but does it matter how often i wash my hair?
what do you all suggest from experience?
and thanks for the advice! i will embrace the chaos indeed! lol
also, is it as bad to have rubber bands at the ends as it is at the roots? or are those ok? cause i have those in still...
btw will it really take up to a year for them to fully mature? or does it vary for everyone?
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ok so heres the thing...i didnt do mmuch research on dreads before i started and kinda just ran with what i got.so i started off with sections putting rubber bands at the rootthen i just back combed from top to bottom...with a regular plastic comb..........with some i twisted and ripped but ehh not too muchno waxes no nothing...my hair got super oily so i washed it i still have a few to do left..i was just really wondering...how bad did i mess up?can i fix what i did?will my hair still dread??&& most importantly... what can i use for it to be more neat?can wax be used on the outside of the it??SOMEONE PLEASE REPLY!
updated by @isabel-alvez: 02/14/15 09:37:43AM