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Baby dreads, too much sea salt, and my solution.

Dread Maintenance

I was actually thinking about shaving those loose hairs close to the neck, at the margins, heard they eat vitamins anyway, but that would asume some maintenance, which, is kind of against the "rasta" beliefs

Razvan said:

thanks.. that picture was taken 2 months ago.. now they're starting to look better anyway, but there's lots of loose hairs, that, if not tied at the back, doesn't look anything like dreads. I only used the sea salt once before and I must say, it does seem to work. the thing is, weather is so humid, I'm sweating all the time, especially my neck is always sweaty.. and at the same time winds are blowing really hard. guessing this type of weather is not really for dreading (I may be the only white guy over here with them).

soaring eagle said:

typical crochet recovery look at all that hair popping out everywhere its way more then if u went natural why becxcause thats what crochet does breaks hairs that pop out a week later needing more crochet to pull em in breaking more which pop out so u get "hooked" on hooking yea u become a hooker haha u constantly fight to control the problem your causing

it takes a long time to recover from crochet the more u did it the longer it takes

aloe can helo=]p loosen them up so they can start to dread right sooner and can smooth the loose hairs down temporarily but it looks like your loosened enough to dread now so sea salt will help tighten them back up when they start to dread right are u getting loops yet?

dont worry they will get better just tge recovery cab take a long time thats why i never recomend crochet even once

Razvan said:

how about somewhere where the weather is very humid? I feel like mine are starting to look worse than before.. and I stopped maintaining them at all like you suggested. I turn one year in September since the last time the crochet has been in my hair (or maybe next month, because that time it didn't really count.. I was just playing to see if I can tighten some of them). I'll upload a photo here so you can see what I'm talking about.

soaring eagle said:

Just so people know when I first started my dreads I never use salt never went in the ocean, I was in the mountains. Over drying your scalp and hair isn't necessary. Drying slightly might help over drying does not help.

Baby dreads, too much sea salt, and my solution.

Dread Maintenance

thanks.. that picture was taken 2 months ago.. now they're starting to look better anyway, but there's lots of loose hairs, that, if not tied at the back, doesn't look anything like dreads. I only used the sea salt once before and I must say, it does seem to work. the thing is, weather is so humid, I'm sweating all the time, especially my neck is always sweaty.. and at the same time winds are blowing really hard. guessing this type of weather is not really for dreading (I may be the only white guy over here with them).

soaring eagle said:

typical crochet recovery look at all that hair popping out everywhere its way more then if u went natural why becxcause thats what crochet does breaks hairs that pop out a week later needing more crochet to pull em in breaking more which pop out so u get "hooked" on hooking yea u become a hooker haha u constantly fight to control the problem your causing

it takes a long time to recover from crochet the more u did it the longer it takes

aloe can helo=]p loosen them up so they can start to dread right sooner and can smooth the loose hairs down temporarily but it looks like your loosened enough to dread now so sea salt will help tighten them back up when they start to dread right are u getting loops yet?

dont worry they will get better just tge recovery cab take a long time thats why i never recomend crochet even once

Razvan said:

how about somewhere where the weather is very humid? I feel like mine are starting to look worse than before.. and I stopped maintaining them at all like you suggested. I turn one year in September since the last time the crochet has been in my hair (or maybe next month, because that time it didn't really count.. I was just playing to see if I can tighten some of them). I'll upload a photo here so you can see what I'm talking about.

soaring eagle said:

Just so people know when I first started my dreads I never use salt never went in the ocean, I was in the mountains. Over drying your scalp and hair isn't necessary. Drying slightly might help over drying does not help.

Baby dreads, too much sea salt, and my solution.

Dread Maintenance

how about somewhere where the weather is very humid? I feel like mine are starting to look worse than before.. and I stopped maintaining them at all like you suggested. I turn one year in September since the last time the crochet has been in my hair (or maybe next month, because that time it didn't really count.. I was just playing to see if I can tighten some of them). I'll upload a photo here so you can see what I'm talking about.

soaring eagle said:

Just so people know when I first started my dreads I never use salt never went in the ocean, I was in the mountains. Over drying your scalp and hair isn't necessary. Drying slightly might help over drying does not help.

Need more info on how to keep my dreads

Dread Maintenance

thanks, you used some nice words! I'm no longer thinking about doing that... I'm just going to let them do their own thing. So far so good.. I actually think they are starting to mature, as before.. they didn't feel so. be safe! happy holidays!

Dizzie Devil said:

If you want to add the shorter ones to the longer ones you could join them with a bead, or some sort of wool thread by twisting in opposite directions. They will "congo" on their own with no further assistance. I wish you lots of luck on your journey. Keep it natural from here on out, now that you are in China, with no resources to "maintain" you have the perfect opportunity to let them come alive! The flatness at the roots is natural, it is better for your roots to be flat, they will dread on their own. If you look thru the photos on this site of peoples dreads who are natural, you will see how beautiful they are. Love them for what they are, they are yours and make you an individual! You seem to be very unique, let your dreads follow your path! Blessed be my young brother!

Razvan said:

I guess when I used to cut my hair it was smaller on the sides.. and I think those dreads will lock even slower because they look and feel more loose than the other ones.

I would like to unblunt them but I'm afraid I'm going to break them as I don't really know how to use the crochet

Need more info on how to keep my dreads

Dread Maintenance

ok, thanks for answering.. I will take your advices.I hope for a good result

Need more info on how to keep my dreads

Dread Maintenance

I guess when I used to cut my hair it was smaller on the sides.. and I think those dreads will lock even slower because they look and feel more loose than the other ones.

I would like to unblunt them but I'm afraid I'm going to break them as I don't really know how to use the crochet

Need more info on how to keep my dreads

Dread Maintenance

thanks for answering!oh, and I have some dreads that are above my ears that are kind of shorter than the other ones.. could I cut them and apply them to the ones in front (that way I could even tie them all to the back) or is it a bad idea?and I have blunted ends.. should I do something about this also?

Need more info on how to keep my dreads

Dread Maintenance

Hi guys, so I began my dreadlock journey like 6 months ago with the crochet method (a girl I found on the internet made them for me and she's really good) and also had them fixed 3 months ago... and I was searching for more information on how to repair them and I came across this forum and some of the guys are saying here that we shouldn't use the hooks and it seems plausible what they're trying to say.

Even so, I'm living in China now and I don't think I can find someone who can repair them for me anymore (or maybe I can find someone in Hong Kong but I've heard it's kind of expensive). Because I have like 40 dreads on my head and I don't have the patience nor the skills to repair them with the crochet.. I was thinking of taking those guys advice that they gave to the other users.

But when they say "stop messing with them" what do they actually mean? Mine are beginning to tangle to each other.. should I do something about that? Should I cut the hair, try to take it out. or should I just let it be?

And also last time I needed them repaired because the roots looked kind of weird (flat) but the rest was ok, except a lot of loose hair (but I know, it's normal) and I even think most of them got pretty tight.

If you could help me by giving some more information about this I would gladly appreciate it! And sorry if it has been discussed before, I just couldn't find the right topics.

updated by @razvan: 01/13/15 09:13:17PM