Such thing as too small of a section?
Dread Maintenance
Here’s a photo of one big section that automatically started breaking into 3. Should I leave it? Would love some input. I’m a little scared that the smaller sections wouldn’t be sturdy enough.
A lot of mine started out that way (my photos are old). I was really worried about that too, but I just kept telling myself "the dread will end up the width of the base." Some of them are still super little. It's neat though, some of them still bunched up doing a weird loopy zig zag and because of how tiny they are it's a bit absurd :P
The way my super straight hair formed, the under side developed waaaay faster than the top bits, so I still have some straight hair on top that's still trying to find a home. I just think that they will probably survive on their own like the ones below did. Or if they are too little, they will either find a big brother to take care of them, or I can join them up with one later. Would be much easier than forcing them into larger sections and then realizing you shouldn't have.