Natural Dreads At Lightning Speed (updated)
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Crazy amazing!
Forum Activity for @elkeinalaska
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General Questions
i really like you baba lolJasper, if you have a hard time verbalizing what you said, you could just show her your posting, it's well thought out and respectful.
And the others are right, only she can choose how she'll respond. And her response says more about her than about you. I say this as a mother It's hard to let your kids do what you think isn't good for them. But that's our job once they are old enough to live with the consequences. That said, she may decide that she cant live with dreads, or live with dreads supportively and you may have to make other choices.
help with my mom
Introduce Yourself
I'm a parent... with dreads. My kids are proud of them lol. It's not that parents have poor attitudes, its *people* can have poor attitudes. The only difference is a parent *thinks* they have to try and protect you from harm and criticism, and sometimes end up being far more critical in their efforts to protect you from strangers. Try not to give up on humanity for the flaws of the weak or unenlightened.
Also, the quickest way to lose someone's support is to put them on the defensive. xo
People its finally happening!!!!!
General Questions
avoid wide flat sections, i have a C shaped section along my hairline by one ear-i don't like that one much.
retwisting dreads locs dangers
Help! Save My Dreads
Maybe I don't have a good picture. But this to me doesn't look like alopecia, it looks like severe breakage. And if that's the case, they will regrow, the only question is will the regrowth happen fast enough to save the existing dreads.
Isnt that like the center of the spiral on the top/back of your head? My hair naturally falls away from that as well and so I let those be sections around that but as they locked up I found that to be irritating and overly sensitive so I grabbed one on each side and joined them. It'll be a fatty but at least that weird hole and sensation is gone
First BS and ACV wash, and just a general update of dreadies, check it n tell me wat ya think
General Talk
Lol something tells me you don't really need a lot of help to relax
Your hair looks great, and your smile still does as well. Can't wait to watch those locs form. What a great idea having friends pick out your beads and the locs they go on! Love that!
Fighting the "good" fight!
Life Issues Facing Dreads
What do you mean wear your scarf thin?I'm a teacher in a private school, no one seems to care about my dreads. The kids love them.
updated by @elkeinalaska: 07/23/15 06:32:19PM
back of my head is completly not dreaded..
Dread Maintenance
I hate dr. Bronners. It leaves residue unless you have a perfect water situation.
Not sure if my dreads are even growing?
Help! Save My Dreads
You can always Congo 2 smaller dreads if the root sections are compatible. I've done that to 6 (down to 3) locks. I loosely twisted them around each other and threw a couple beads on. You don't need to twist. You could just bead or wrap a string.