Why do backcomb dreads seem to mature so much faster?
Dreading Methods
I'm 2 weeks away from 5 months into my journey. I started with a very little bit of backcomb, but mostly twist and rip - within a couple weeks all but 4 or so came COMPLETELY undone. And really to this day, I've seen very minor sectioning, which my hair has always kind of done anyways so I don't really count it towards the dread process in my particular case.
I've watched pretty much every dread video, of every kind of method that I could find on youtube. And it seems to me people who went the backcomb method have a lot faster progress..hell, I'll settle for any progress at this point. I am seriously considering going the backcomb route now. I've given my hair enough time to give me a little something to let me know it's on the right track, but I'm really not satisfied at all. What is it about the backcomb method that makes dreads form faster? I know it's false progress in the beginning, but every backcomb video I've seen where they are at the 5 month mark, they are looking pretty good. And I'm still looking like day 1.
I know nature knows best, and natural is best..but I think sometimes nature forgets that we have smaller lifespans than it does.
updated by @premo: 01/13/15 09:54:29PM