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Info and advice about TnR?

Dread Maintenance

I used TnR as my method yesterday, my hair is very soft, I tried to dry it out with some sea salt water first but it was still very soft the the semi-dreads I have formed are not very tight and just kind of.....half assed? but still very much on their way to being dreads.

So my questions...

At the bottom of my babies my hair is still about an inch of unknotted hair, Will the ends of my dreads dread on their own if left un touched or will the middle dread better than the ends? Is there something I can do to help the bottoms along?

My roots? Do I need to touch these? Use a technique? Or do anything to them? Or if left alone to dread on their own will they?

Is it okay if here on out if I just washed my hair properly with natural soap and occasionally used a sea salt spray and did nothing else? Do I need to be consistently TnR my hair or doing anything to it or can I just sit back and wait out my dread journey from here on out?

New to the dread world so any advice is much appreciated. Thank you.

updated by @mel-m: 01/13/15 09:19:08PM

Info and advice about TnR?

Dread Maintenance

Thanks so much! Right now I'm using Dr. Bonners Bar Soap but I'm going to try some other washing methods later on down the road, for right now I'm just gonna stick with Dr. Bonner

Info and advice about TnR?

Dread Maintenance

I used TnR as my method yesterday, my hair is very soft, I tried to dry it out with some sea salt water first but it was still very soft the the semi-dreads I have formed are not very tight and just kind of.....half assed? but still very much on their way to being dreads.

So my questions...

At the bottom of my babies my hair is still about an inch of unknotted hair, Will the ends of my dreads dread on their own if left un touched or will the middle dread better than the ends? Is there something I can do to help the bottoms along?

My roots? Do I need to touch these? Use a technique? Or do anything to them? Or if left alone to dread on their own will they?

Is it okay if here on out if I just washed my hair properly with natural soap and occasionally used a sea salt spray and did nothing else? Do I need to be consistently TnR my hair or doing anything to it or can I just sit back and wait out my dread journey from here on out?

New to the dread world so any advice is much appreciated. Thank you.

updated by @mel-m: 01/13/15 09:19:08PM

Thin dreads, Crocheting?

Dreading Methods

yeah, I posted recently in the Dread Maintenance section, I TnR my hair last night without hooks or anything like that, Using Dr.bonner bar soap for right now until I get more experienced or find method I like better for cleaning my dreads...Now im just trying to figure out if I need to do anything else or if I can just let them be and only worry about washing them

Thin dreads, Crocheting?

Dreading Methods

would I be okay if I just sectioned and backcombed them to start them off and then let them form on their own?

and what about sea salt spray? good or bad?

soaring eagle said:

you can actually control the size when freeforming, or going natural, by just separating more often separating will keep them from getting big. I separated a lot when when mine were young and most were very small, too small In fact. I had over 240 at one point so I let them all Congo and combine into thicker dreads. 240 dreads were too many when they were to the ground they got tangled in everything and were paying to the keep track of, so 40 to 50 thicker dreads were much easier to care for

Mel M said:

So as long as I section them and backcomb them I can pretty much determine the size? Thats my only issue is that I dont want thick fat dreads, I have all the time in the world for them to get to where I want them to be, theres no rush there I just want to avoid big fatties, I like the daintier thinner ones...

So sectioning, backcombing, and occasionally palm rolling and I'll be okay? I definitely don't want a stiff crocheted dread thats for sure.

Thin dreads, Crocheting?

Dreading Methods

alright! Thanks!

Thin dreads, Crocheting?

Dreading Methods

So as long as I section them and backcomb them I can pretty much determine the size? Thats my only issue is that I dont want thick fat dreads, I have all the time in the world for them to get to where I want them to be, theres no rush there I just want to avoid big fatties, I like the daintier thinner ones...

So sectioning, backcombing, and occasionally palm rolling and I'll be okay? I definitely don't want a stiff crocheted dread thats for sure.

Thin dreads, Crocheting?

Dreading Methods

I want to start dreading my hair and I want to do it without wax and without rubberbands but I don't want to go entirely freeform.

I prefer tighter thinner dreads rather than thicker freeform dreads, so I was going to separate into sections and backcomb and then I heard from a couple of people that if you occasionally crochet the loose hairs at the roots and throughout dreads into the dread with a crochet hook that it will give you tighter dreads, is this true or a waste time?

I know, I know, freeform is the best most healthy way but I do not want to go entirely freeform, my mind is already set on guiding my dreads into the form I want them, I dont want to use a dread perm or wax or rubberbands or anything like that and I dont mind waiting the time for them to mature as I am a stay at home mom and have no one but my 3 year old to impress but in the long run I want thin tight dreads and would like to be on the right path to obtaining these, advice?

Also Dr.Bonner tea bar soap a good soap for washing?

updated by @mel-m: 02/14/15 06:23:39AM