I'm not worryin. I'm aware of what bands can do. My hair has been lockin faster in the last 2 weeks than the 1st month. So obviously I'm doin somethin right. W/out the bands I'd have damn near only half uh head of dreads lol.. Yo Master Dread headass.
Mine are about the same age as yours. I think it's gonna be 7 weeks on wednesday, or 2 months, who knows I lost track. My sister started mine by backcombin and waxin. I'm mixed half black/white. Long story short she ain't doin my hair no more and I've been stayin away from the wax since then so I've been rockin the bands for about 2 weeks. Change em once uh week after I wash em. Got em on the roots & the tips. Most in the back are lockin up pretty good, but like the 4 in the front hangin on my head seem no where close. Makin me wanna retwist em w/ some wax..
My advice would be put the bands back on. It's definetly not helpin my tips like I would like, but once they lock up to that point I'm uh take em off. The ones in the front are like you said flimsy, don't know what you mean by wavy. Maybe how my tips are they curl up on some lol, the part past the band. I've never palmrolled or none uh that shit, I find it pointless. If it helps you though, to each his own.
Lol, I was askin my friend numerous times how he got his hair to loc he jus said "keep on twistin it bruh". Sendoff. Lost 1 dread 2 overtwistin. R.I.P
