Welcome Le sam-sam
Glad you're going "Freestyle" there's plenty of good advice on this site.
You don't need to waste a fortune locticians just good shampoo, patience and frequent separating; oh and also a thick skin to deal with any negative comments.
I'm sure i've read other people having similar experience, its not a huge problem for me, just enjoy the changes. Thanks for sharing.
This piccy is from about six months ago when i tried a Small rat tail sized braid(which reverted right back to dreading eventually).
@peaceful-passer tried brushing a few ends out ages ago and they just knotted back up like the individual rebels they are....I've accepted they're
going thru a teenage phase and leave them to it (unless they try and gang up in one big kongo as they seem to like doing)
Dreading is starting to speed up slowly, but not evenly i.e. the Right side is more dready than the left.
Think this is part due to one side (right) gets tangled in my car seatbelt and also gets caught up in my work bag straps.
The only ways I can think to help this is
1. get a left hand drive car or a chauffer
2. change jobs
Any ideas please?
@peaceful-passer Your locks are looking Good.. how do you keep the ends from knotting up or is that the way they hang naturally?
Mine are forming slowly and with blunt ends; luckily however, they don't seem to take as long to dry as i was led to believe.
I've been trying your "separate when dry" after washing which in think has speeded things up slightly!
[quote="Peaceful_Passer"] Yes as SE said, the loose hairs will not be as dense as the knotted hairs. It takes a few months/ year or more for some before the locks get down forwards the scalp, it will happen. I don't suggest separating while wet, your hairs are more likely to break as you're describing when they're wet! I usually wait til the next day when my hair is completely dry before separating.
@peacefull passer ...hmmm will try separating when dry next few washes then. I've also been separating damp and feels a bit like I've "overseparated" at times,
@thewhowithin69 Welcome.. from Sunny South-West Engerland. Sorry, can't help you Tech side of things, but will verify SEs advice on shrinkage
My hair was almost down to my bum when i Started but its closer to shoulder length now.
Animals are good companions and non judgemental (although my hound doesn't understand why he cant join me at work)
Hi dread Folks...been a bit distracted lately... became a Grandad 2 weeks ago, lovely little fella called Jack... had to tie hair and beard back so could hold him without getting hair in his face. He is usually to busy sleeping to notice anyway....
@tashtash can relate that big congo too, Ive got one right at the back (Derek) who was my first and most troublesome dread to form, he seems to suck in surrounding hairs trying to make the roots end too large, hence i have to thin/separate base hairs often...
I've been trying "Grown your own/" too my peas survived slug and bird attack only to eventually succumb to blackbirds uprooting them just as they were big enough to pick - phooey! aw well try again.... Apples seem to be ok though and have a few gallons of cider in the back of my homemade cider in my shed maturing nicely. H
Love GSDs too (despite having been bitten by a few) shared a house with two years ago and they were noisy, but lovely big softys with me and owners. Does your "Luther" bark a lot when people call around? it seems to be a trait of most GSDs i've met.
Ooops, realise this isn't posted in quite the right subject area...how about a self sufficency/grow your own section?
@slightly sane Welcome from darkest Cornwall... stay patient and wash often(well 2/3 times weekly). It only took me aboout 20 years to decide to
"take the plunge": enjoy the ride and funny looks folks will give you.
@ peaceful-passer my locks are starting to take shape after 14 months, all at their own speed and sometimes frustrating unruly and rebellious, they are all individuals like us
@ soaring-eagle Thanks for that, have been pondering beads for a while, would wrapping around the base of a few new forming dreads allow them to knot up ok?
