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Did you get all the wax out of your sections? If so, share with others how you did it so you can help them out.

You really don't want your hair texture too dry, it should still feel soft yet textured. Too dry hair takes longer to dread. Try and bend a dried out stick, now try to bend a soft stick. That soft stick will bend and the ends can meet, you want your hairs to bend and meet and join together. You want them to be able to knot easily for a quicker journey. As Baba Fats said, BS can fry your hair, it changes the PH balance. (Unless you have very oily hair, always use the ACV after BS washes, the ACV safely conditions dreads). So sorry, back to your question, if you really want to do a BS spray, no longer than 10 minutes before washing. Frying the hair is not instant, it will happen over time, so you may not notice you are doing it right away. Peace

Yep, don't re-twist, or re anything. Sections need to loosen in order to dread, with some people they completely come out. They are on their journey. Wash & separate, thats it. Peace

I just used mine for the first time, Dragons Blood Shampoo & Himalayan Spray. Wow, wish I had it all along, you will love it. Peace

First off, get your money back if you told them not to use wax. Do not iron your hair, yikes! Do not use olive oil. Get a bucket and soak your sections in the water/Dawn dish soap and squeeze out the wax. Order Wax B Gone to make sure it is all out. Chuck it up to a learning experience and start over. Good Luck

twist & rip, crochet, neglect...these were the methods you used. Has it been a year since you did them? Did you know that the hair is suppose to shrink. I have lost over a 12" of mine and just over a year. Some dreads do not mature until the two year mark, and I think my T&R will fall into this category. I too have the nobs at ends and no worries with it. Your hair was still on its journey, those ends would have changed over time, dreads equals patience.

Maybe, being hard as a rock, you had residue build up in your hair that could have been fixed by using an anti-residue shampoo.

You only ever formed natty dreads you say, well, your journey was not finished yet. Different journeys for different people, different speeds, different loops and nobs, just all different.

By doing crochet, you did change the dynamics of the dreading journey, but doing it once only takes about 6 months for the hair to correct itself, the hook puts you back 6 months. So if you were at the one year mark, you were really at the 6 month mark. No where close to maturity. Gee Meg, wish you posted before you took them out, many members here could have helped you get through it.

If you are thinking of starting over, please, please stay away from the crochet hook. And if your dreads feel tight or just not right, try the anti-residue shampoo, such a quick fix if that is the problem.

Peace to you Meg

Well that's good, Your hair will take her mind off things

ash kerley said:

THanks guys im leaving tonight for a few days,Things looking better than i thought,we will see..Ill see everyone in a few weeks,, (( shes going to love my new hair psst, man shes going to give it to me haha

Martha, we are all thinking of you. Ash, our thoughts are for you also to help you through these difficult times ahead. Reach out and use us to help you through anything. Peace be with you and Gramma Martha

Keagan, my first answer was to the original member who posted this, Ashley, who is scared and has a feeling of dread. It was not geared to your post above mine.

Hope my other post to you with the info on AAA will be useful

Keagan R Walker said:

It's all good, and thankyou any info is help at this moment



the Barrellady said:

sorry Keagan, misunderstood. Do you have anyone in your family who is a member of AAA, the automobile association? They can get you free maps and the AAA will plan out your route for you. That way you just have to follow their highlighted directions. Take a cooler with you, the new lightweight folding kind, and stop at a store on your route, that way you will have your food and drinks, a much cheaper solution than restaurants. You will have a blast at the gathering, lucky you.

Keagan R Walker said:

I mean if I needed emotional support I'd go to my mom, I was legitimately asking if there is an

sorry Keagan, misunderstood. Do you have anyone in your family who is a member of AAA, the automobile association? They can get you free maps and the AAA will plan out your route for you. That way you just have to follow their highlighted directions. Take a cooler with you, the new lightweight folding kind, and stop at a store on your route, that way you will have your food and drinks, a much cheaper solution than restaurants. You will have a blast at the gathering, lucky you.

Keagan R Walker said:

I mean if I needed emotional support I'd go to my mom, I was legitimately asking if there is an easier way to get to where I need to go without spending money on a rental car for a week when I'll only use it for 2 of the days and for example I went to a program in Utah for a while and when my parents would come to see me they'd take me out to go eat or something and the roads were nothing like in Florida, I'm not talking main interstate roads or highways I mean like the inner twinning of roads and the way it's made, I'm not sure what to expect in Montana

Perhaps you are not old enough to feel comfortable with all the planning etc that it takes. Why don't you wait a year to mature a little more emotionally so that you can joyfully experience your entire trip and the gathering. You will have a better time this way.