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Top of my head looks awful!

Help! Save My Dreads

The remedy is stay away from that salon, don't ever crochet again and wash wash wash!! There is not a single thing wrong with getting your hair wet. It's good for it! How else are you going to get your hair and scalp clean? A dry shampoo doesn't do that. Dry shampoos make your hair smell a bit fresh for a little while. They dry out your hair because they are alcohol based. That's about it. Dude, wash your hair. It's as simple as that. No salon, no crochet, no wax, no comb, no fingering. Just wash and let it be.

Fast Progression (Is it good or bad?)

General Questions

I would think, since dreaded hair holds water, they'd feel heavy when wet. Mine always feel heavy when I'm washing and for a while after, because they're wet, water is heavy.

Dreads look grey after washing my hair with baking soda??

Dread Maintenance

I mix it up, depending on my mood.10-15 drops tea tree15-20 drops rosemary (I have a pretty flaky scalp)1-15 drops lavenderTea tree has a really powerful smell so I use that in the bs. Since I'm really flaky, I use rosemary in my acv.

Dreads look grey after washing my hair with baking soda??

Dread Maintenance

Having a couple tablespoons of acv diluted with 5 cups water really lessens the smell. Add a few drops of an essential oils and you won't smell the vinegar at all.Tea tree oil is good for helping correct dandruff. Helps keep bugs away too.Lavender is antibacterial, good for killing/ preventing mold and mildew.Rosemary is good for helping reduce flakes and itching too.In my opinion, this is the absolute best combination of oils.

3 year old dreads, need a little help

Dread Maintenance

I've had a couple sections of loose hair for almost a year an a half that haven't dreaded or joined in other dreads. I have the same problem with my hair sometimes not looking like it's dreaded. People ask 'are you trying to dread your hair?' 'Are you starting dreads?' And 'do you have dreads?' Especially when my hair is pulled up. Honesty, I don't worry about it anymore. Two little sections are just now starting to tangle a bit, it's the usual two steps forward, three steps back with them. It'll happen when they are ready. You can try using a bead to trap some loose bits with an established dread, or a wrap. Or you can let it go, be patient and not worry so much about it. It's perfectly normal to have all that loose hair.

My journey

Dread Maintenance

The next step is....nothing. Wash a couple times a week, separate hen they join together. Otherwise, leave them alone.

HALP!

Dread Maintenance

Either way is fine. To keep the sections separated, towards the tops is best.

2 Dread Theories

General Talk

Oh, I have total white girl hair. Silky, pretty straight. I have tons and tons of loose hair around my hairline, totally normal.

2 Dread Theories

General Talk

Your hair may grow a bit more by massaging your scalp with shampoo because of the increased blood flow from the stimulation. I could be wrong. Since you're not stimulating blood flow when using bs/acv, it grows a tad slower.

Should I be concerned?

Introduce Yourself

I have to pull my hair back for work as well, I wait to do that until I'm in the parking lot or even in the break room. Then I usually take it down as I'm heading out, on my way home at the farthest. Wash 2-3 times a week, spend as much time with your hair in the wind. And time, plenty of time. Even more patience