Mold in dreads! Advice needed please.
Dread Maintenance
Ok, so I recently posted an issue concerning what i beleived to be mold at the tips of my nearly 1 year old dreads. At first I was unsure if it was a build up of baking soda, but I can't find anything online to suggest it a possibility. So, with lint and/or mould being the only other two options I thought I'd finally take a closer inspection. I gently scratched the tip of one of my locs to get a closer look at what was in the middle and found what I think was mould running through it, I flicked it with my finger and a powdery residue (like mould spores) were released. I have noticed on occasion that my hair has a slight musty smell when wet! If this is mould, I'm not sure how it has happened as I wash my hair in the mornings giving it time to dry during the day. I think when I first started, I may have washed at night once or twice due to lack of knowledge and I do bath as I have no shower, so maybe the moisture in the air is getting into my dreads? Please help, as I have gotten this far and my dreads are just starting to get some real definition, I really don't want to have to cut them off.
updated by @chris-harrington: 01/13/15 10:03:56PM