broken dread??
Help! Save My Dreads
So I've been a lurker on this site for a few months, using it for info on how to care for my new dreads. I started them about 2 months ago by backcombing them in (no wax or anything, just backcomb). I read soon after that this was quite damaging to the hair so I immediately stoppedmaintenancingthem this way (maybe only once or twice did i try palm rolling and re back combing). I only wash them maybe 3 times a week right now, with just residue/conditioner free soap, but am wanting to switch to the baking soda method soon. But tonight I noticed something strange, one of my dreads seemed to have been ripped off? Like the top part of it is completely detached from the rest of the dread. My roots stick together alot and this bothers me so I seperate them apart almost daily (not all of them, some of them are real thin and I kind of just want to grow together). I was wondering if I might have accidentally ripped this piece from another dread because its right next to a real thin dread? Or if somehow my dreads are ripping apart and I am not noticing? This worries me a bit and I have not found a similar thread about it. Theres a picture of the ripped piece I included.
updated by @lucyd-cydney: 02/14/15 10:19:52AM