I had the same problem with mine when I started... Mine were like that because I made too big of sections when I first started. I ended up combing out about five of my bigger dreads and just starting over with those ones, making like two or three out of each one that looked really awkward. It hurt to comb 'em out but now a week later they already look MUCH better, my scalp doesn't look so awkward anymore. Good luck!
I've tried palm-rolling a lot and mine are still very young but so far I haven't noticed any permanent difference. But on the bright side, it does temporarily make them less fuzzy so it's useful before work :P
lol I thought it was funny 
and don't worry, I have plenty of crochet hooks :P
Thanks so much for all the help! That makes a lot of sense... from information I found on other websites and dreadlocking videos, I was under the impression that "natural" just meant without the use of wax or chemicals to help form them. Last night I removed all the rubber bands and washed them for the first time with non-residue shampoo.... then I combed some of the bigger ones out (ouch!) and re-dreaded them via twist 'n rip into smaller sections (I got five dreads out of two big ones) and now it looks MUCH better, and I also threw out my crochet hook. I felt like it was only doing me worse but the other information I had insisted that it "tightens" the dreads. I love this website and all of the experienced advice!! Thank you!!
Would you reccommend then taking the rubber bands out and/or undoing them a bit?
Thank you so much for all of the help!
I just started dreading about a week ago. After doing a lot of online research I decided to go with natural dreads (I haven't used a single product in my hair and my dreads have been formed with the twist and rip method and backcombing alone). I read online that some people were discussing whether it was necessary to section hair off before dreading it, and there were comments that it's unnecessary and that dreading without sectioning could look more natural so I went with that. My dreads are all done now (I've done my whole head except for part of my bangs I wanted left out) and I'm happy with how they look head-on from the front (besides for some usual first-month fuzzies, but I was expecting that) but my problem is that from the sides and back, there are big "gaps" in my dreads where my scalp and some loose hair at the roots shows. It looks very messy and no matter how much I reposition them, scalp still shows though. I'm too embarrassed to wear them down yet so I've resorted to wearing them in a low ponytail with a scarf or headband around my head for the past few days. I'm not sure why they've formed this way... my hair is what people would say is VERY thick, quite long (my dreads are about 6 in. past my shoulders), and my dreads are about medium-sized but somehow I've ended up with only 26 of them.
I thought maybe my roots just weren't tight enough so I've rubber-banded my dreads individually at the roots and I've also been doing a lot of palm-rolling but I'm not sure if it's helping...
Someone please help 
I want to be proud of my new dreads, not hiding them under a scarf or hat forever.
I think the key to being vegetarian/vegan successfully is simply educating yourself. I was pesco-pollo for a year (cut out mammalian meat but still ate poultry and fish), then I was fully vegetarian for a year (no meat but still ate animal products) and the whole time I sort of kept saying to myself "I'll be vegan... someday." But I was just sort of making excuses for myself until I saw documentaries like Earthlings and Food Matters and I changed my major to human nutrition and learned about what meat does to your body, and the thing that finally was the last straw was reading Eating Animals (HUGE eye opener, for anyone interested with ANY diet). I have a firm belief that if you eat it, you should at least know what IT is and where IT comes from, and if you can't handle it then maybe it's time to reconsider.
I've been fully vegan for about two months now. The only grief I had whatsoever was on Halloween when my friends were binging on chocolate and donuts but I got some vegan candy and was good to go. I feel like it's hard to struggle with your diet if you have the influence of all of that knowledge. I used to just think "Oh well, it's better for the animals, that's all." But what I've learned is that it's not only better for animal welfare, but it's better for the environment (the average omnivore impacts the environment on a seven times scale as the average vegan; going vegan has a much bigger impact on the world and pollution than recycling or using alternative fuel does... which was very surprising for me), it's better for my own individual health, and it's better for the health of society as a whole (who knew so many diseases are actually food borne illnesses? and many disease epidemics and pandemics have been traced back to factory farming and industrialized livestock).
So for anyone who is wanting to go veg but lacking the motivation, my best advice to you is to simply educate yourself, and if a veg diet is right for you, it'll be the only thing that feels right in the end. (Oh and tasty animal product alternatives don't hurt either... I never miss animal products anymore now that I've found the holy grail of daiya "cheese", vegan cream cheese and buttery spreads, and chicken substitutes that taste better than chicken ever did, in my opinion).
I feel like the beginning of my dreads and the beginning of my veganism are one in the same... it's all about being healthy, being green, and not being superficial.
