Newly Backcombed and Waxed Dreads opinions.
Dreading Methods
How can dreads that are semi hard on the inside ever mature, they can't shrink & do their own thing? A person has their own choice to use or not to use wax, but they should be aware of the future problems, not told that it is okay, because really it is not, sorry Starseed. If you want dreads for a year or two, then what the shit, go for it if you want, but if you want dreads for life, YOU CAN NOT USE WAX.
Dip your finger in melted candle wax, now dip in water...does it get wet?...NO...so having this inside your semi hard dread will not allow your locks to wash properly. Lint will stick to it...If a bead of water gets stuck in the wax, it will stay there, turn to mold and smell like funk. Have you ever smelled waxed dreads, I have and some of them STINK, that is why some people think dreads are nasty...from that smell. It will not mostly come out with regular washing, it is wax!!!
Nothing is cleaner and fresher than natural dreads.
StarseedSpacedread said:
Unlike most people on this website, I'm going to tell you that wax is OK, just only use a little and only one or two applications ever. If you use to much and/or apply more than a few times, you will see slow progress in maturing as well as nasty dry wax residue in your hair. Wax is fine when starting just to keep them together. Just by washing regularly it will mostly get out, but they will still be semi hard on the inside of the dread, that wont go away until you trim those parts off. Now when it comes to backcombing, your fine, it was a good method just like twist and rip or neglect. Bad news, I see your sectioning is a grid pattern which is bad, it needs to be an offset grid pattern so the dreads fall into the right place next to each other, not on each other. The bad sectioning is reason to comb them out and start over, everything else is all good.
