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Thanks @soaring-eagle  and @femalepheromones

Your comments have been very important.

Before I got the dreads, I used a lot of conditioner to prevent my hair from completely dreading all over the place but in the back of my head there were some dreads already. A couple of weeks before getting the dreads, I stopped using conditioner and my hair was matting like crazy and all over the place with no defined dreads, except at the very back.

After giving a lot of thought and further consideration, I'm coming to the point where I might comb them out and accept that I'll lose some length and that the hair will be much thinner. But, there is another part of me that kind wants to wait and see how big the dreads will get and that they might be fine. BUT, whenever I look at the sections I realize that they might end up being TOO thick, so I would be best to fix it now rather than later.

Arrrghhhhh, some many contradictions....

How long should I wait before Re-dreading the hair after it is combed out?

Thanks again guys!!!

Cheeeers,

Thanks for the sharing your timeline and what you went through.

I'm just not sure what to do. Maybe just let them grow and then re-section those fat dreads once they are big enough.

I'm more inclined on NOT combining them out and then down the road split them if needed. From what I was told, my hair is thin and a big section was needed to get the dreads the size they are now, which is close to "pencil" size, and to ensure they will be thicker (maybe like "sharpie" size) down the road.

One thing I don't get is, how do the dreads become thicker over their body if the hair is already dreaded? I see how this could happen at the root and size of the section, but does the overall dread get thicker as well?

@soaring-eagle, Maybe you could shed some light on these question.

Cheers,

Yes, I do feel like my money was wasted.

I took me 3+ years for the hair to get that long, so I'm devastated. I feel mutilated!!!

I don't know about combing them out because they were crocheted, so I think it will be very very hard to comb them out and on top of that not cause more hair damage. They seem pretty tight and I'm not very confident in doing that. 

Now I'm looking for the best course of action to save the dreads and have them looking nice.

I could be overreacting though, that is why I'm reaching out to the community and experts to get a feel for my situation

Hey everyone,

I have had my dreads for 1 week now, but the last couple of days (especially today) have been tough, I'm not happy at all with them and even had thoughts of cutting them off!! Well, It wasn't a very good for me.

Background: I got them done by a person, who is supposed to be trained in making dreads, and paid to get them done.

PROBLEMS:

1) SECTIONS: Apparently for unknown reasons she divided the head into a uniform grid rather than a bricklayer kind of thing and the result is there is a lot of white spots where the scalp can be seen.

Will this problem be minimised in the future once the locks get fatter?

2) SIZE: I think the sections are too big. I haven't measured them, but I think they are 1 1/2 inch and the dreads are too thin at the moment. With sections this large, I expected the dreads to be fatter from the beginning. I have 33 dreads now, but thought would have a few more as I seemed to have a lot of hair.

Will the dreads thicken up to roughly the size of the sections? If so, how would they thicken if the hair is already trapped into the dread?

When you look at my head, there are a lot more sections than dreads, you know?! I was expecting that the dreads would cover a lot more area, rather than having all these sections and scalp visible. Is this normal at the beginning???

Please, share your thoughts.

I have been wanting dreads for AGES really, maybe 20 years and now I'm feeling so bummed and sad that I'm not even enjoying them anymore. It is a disaster!!

Thanks.

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