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keeping hair from dreading

Dreading Methods

Hiya all. I'm on day 7 of my journey... or is it 8? I've lost track. Anyway, I decided I don't want my bangs to dread up. I don't look so great with no hair across my forehead. So what I did was I tightly braided the bangs and then fastened them with a tiny elastic band. I felt they looked a little plain, so I took some hemp and wooden beads to decorate a bit. this way I don't have to worry so much about the bangs dreading, but I still don't have to "maintain" them, either. Hopefully in a few months I can take them out and they'll be (mostly) untangled while the rest is starting to dread. My hubby, who is being very supportive, came home with this awesome hat, so on hot days like today I can stuff my hair up in it and not have to worry about trying to pull it back.

updated by @ang: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

newbie!

Introduce Yourself

thanks!!!

newbie!

Introduce Yourself

Hiya. I've loved dreads for years. Over the past couple of years I'd tried both backcombing and twist and rip. the dreads fell out within a few days. My hair is fairly tangle resistant, fairly unusual for thick coarse caucasian hair. I recently came across the forum and after lurking for a week, I decided to try the neglect method. I haven't combed in 5 days, and have only washed once, with my usual diluted bronner's.

Glad to be here, hoping to learn lots about dreading and meet like minded folks!

updated by @ang: 01/13/15 10:03:58PM