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Getting Rid Of Thc

General Questions

My oldest used to be a heavy smoker. He passed a lab test for a job 2 days after smoking heavy. He's tall and skinny. He drank a gallon jug of Arizona blueberry tea the day before the test lol. I would bet you'd be fine. If you're active, not a lot of body fat, drink lots of liquids and haven't smoked in over a week, seems like it's be oj of your system.Good luck!!

root size - separating

Dread Maintenance

Depending on the size you want, that bad boy could be separated into about 4 sections. Just poke a finger thru the root, close to the scalp. Wiggle your finger up a bit to create a bigger hole. Then use two fingers to gently pull it apart. Since it's a brand new section and baby knots it should come apart easily. If it were a section on my head, I'd separate it into 3. But I prefer smaller dreads. It's all personal choice.

Aaahhhh you said you'd just keep sitting and watching. Don't do that!! It makes time slow down to a crawl. The best thing to do at this point is to just forget you have hair (it's actually pretty easy to accomplish!). Get busy with life and the next thing you know, you're rocking a head full of awesomeness! Get out in the sunshine, drive with the windows down, play in the woods, wash your hair a couple times a week and enjoy the freedom.

beads and loose hairs

Dread Accessories

My dreadies are almost a year and a half now. I have so much loose hair!! I dig it tho, I see changes in my dreads and my loose hair every day. It's all part of the fun!!

Dandruff dandruff dandruff!!!!!!!!!!!

Dread Maintenance

Stick with one cleansing method religiously for a couple months. You need time to adjust and balance out. Honestly, I've been using the tea tree/ rosemary bar for around 2 months and I'm still pretty flaky. I had had to wash every other day and I'm now able to go 3-4 days before my scalp tries to crawl off my skull with the itchies.Moral of the story...time. Everything takes time. Have patience, massage that scalp with your fingertips (I do it too) and things will work out.

Question

Introduce Yourself

Dreadlockshampoo.com LockNUp liquid is excellent for all hair types. Baking soda wash with apple cider vinegar rinse afterwards is great too. Do a search for essential oils if you're prone to dry hair and scalp.

April's TNR timeline from fine/thin straight hair!

Member Journals and Timelines

I've always been a hair toucher. I can't believe my dreads haven't come out with how much time I spend fingering them! I have a couple tiny sections of loose hair in back that I'm constantly finding and feeling to see if they're knotting up. Bad me! For some reason I feel my hair most when I'm driving. I always have.I didn't get rid of any mirrors, I just somehow managed to quit looking in them. I've never been a fan of gazing at myself in a mirror, I look at what needs attention (like when I'm brushing my teeth) and that's it.

April's TNR timeline from fine/thin straight hair!

Member Journals and Timelines

I think, for just about everyone, from about 3 to 6 months is very rough. It's that super awkward, gangly, leggy, question everything. Like a cross between a toddler asking questions all the time and a preteen trying to find their style. I've heard of more people undoing their dreads during this period because they weren't 'behaving' or didn't look right. I try to tell people to be patient, quit looking at them and give them a bit more time.I had a customer last week that had just tnr'ed her hair less than a week before. That's what I warned her about I just told her no matter how much she questions, how much she doubts, how much she wants to cut them or comb them out, just wait.

Show them this website. Tell them how often and what method of washing you'll use. Then do what you want. I don't know how old you are, but it's your head, your hair, do with as you please.

Month old dreads

Dreading Methods

What dreadmojo said. Wash wash wash that hair!! Clean hair dreads up faster. Dirty hair is oily hair, knots will not form in oily hair. Get a good dread shampoo, dreadlockshampoo.com has excellent stuff. The bs/acv is awesome too. Up in the left hand corner is the search button, do a search for baking soda and sea salt ratio, that will tell you everything you need to know. Aside from clean hair, you don't ever need to retwist, it won't do any good... But over time it will cause traction alopecia, which is bald spots. They can be permanent. Patience is absolute key in dreading. Basically, if something your hair does makes you freak out, it's doing exactly what it's supposed to be doing!! Let it happen! Wash 2-3 times a week and forget you even have hair for a few months.