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General Questions

Hi Marissa. Where your sections meet the scalp will be the thickness of your mature dreads. The length of them should be thinner than that right now, so to get to the thickness that they will become they need to go through their journey. That journey is looping, zig zagging, some crazy shapes at times, and it leads to shrinkage as they slowly creep their way up to maturity. It is really fascinating to see the process that caucasian hair does.

So as everyone here said, no worries, your hair is doing what it should.

Peace

1st wash need help

Introduce Yourself

Salons are always ridiculous. People should wash 2-3 times a week in the beginning, right from the get go. Clean hair dreads, simple as that. To get true dreads, they must loosen up and start shrinking, turning into dreads. Your scalp is already telling you it needs to be clean, always listen to your scalp. Please take out those bands, besides causing root damage, they will slowly rot, dissolve and be fed into your hair. If your roots are constricted, then they can't dread. Dreading is a journey, not instant, anything instant are not true dreads.

Loose hair is natural, they will join together to grow into dreads, never worry about them. All you gotta do, after the bands are out, is wash, let them loosen up so they can dread, and separate sections that try and join together. That's it.

Since your scalp is talking to you, do the baking soda wash to exfoliate the scalp, it will be so happy for it. Oh yes, unless you have super oily hair, always do the Apple Cider Vinegar rinse after washing with baking soda, this will balance the PH and condition your hair. Go with the journey, you'll love the ride. Peace

Just got hair dreaded today. Need help please.

Help! Save My Dreads

If you order the recommended Wax B Gone, you can get a head start by using Dawn dish soap and hot water. You will be disgusted when you see the color of the water. Your scalp has to be clean, dry shampoo will never do this. If you don't have the money, use the baking soda wash/ apple cider vinegar rinse. You will only need $3 for these and can purchase from the grocery store. Mix 1/2 cup of baking soda (BS) with 5 cups of water and pour on head, leave on for 10-20 and rinse well. Now you need to balance your hairs PH from the BS, so mix 1-2 capfuls of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV) with 5 cups of water and pour on head, rinse after 1 minute . You can finish off with a cold rinse. The BS & ACV will exfoliate the scalp without scrubbing, you just let it sit and do the job for you. Hope this helps. You are of mixed race, do you have African type hair?

Kyren Smoot said:

Thanks for all the info you guys gave.

Lol, she also told me to never ever get you hair wet even in the slightest.

One last thing though, I should be getting residue free shampoo right? I heard that it is also called dry shampoo.

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

1 capful = 1 teaspoon, not tablespoon

updated by @the-barrellady: 07/28/15 03:25:26PM

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

I have translated the following for you to understand, I hope it comes out properly.

Kondicionierius yra paprastai produktas, kuris minktina plaukus.Js nenorite naudoti bet kur i i, tai bus padaryti js plaukai ilkiniai.Jei turite obuoli sidro actas, jis yra saugus naudoti, kad kaip galutinio skalavimo.Tiesiog naudokite 1-2 capfuls sumaiyti su vandeniu ir palikti tik 1 minut.

Jei plauti su soda, js neturite veitimas.Miinys 0,24 l 1,18 l vandens, sumaiyti su soda.Upilkite ant galvos ir palikti 10-20 minui, netrinkite.Obuoli sidro actas yra naudojamas kitas, palikti j tik 1 minut ir gerai iskalaukite.

Hope this came out right. Peace

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

Sleeping with wet sections causes mold to set in. They will also start to smell. You do not want mold in your hair. You will find that once your dreads are mature, they take sooo long to dry, so it is best to wash them at the beginning of your day.

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

Your sections will knot up, which means they will tangle. This tangling will increase, turning that section into a dread. Over conditioning the hair can cause any tangling to slip out of the sections which will set back your dreading progress. Hope this explains it better

Sorry, I have never used aloe, so I can't help with that question.

peace

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

If you use the ACV rinse, you should not have dry hair. But I guess some conditions can still cause it, like skiing. Jojoba is best to use if needed. But remember, when starting out, you want knots to form, these cause dreads to form, so don't over condition or you may cause any knotting process to slip out.

Add essential oils into your baking soda wash, that will help you.

peace

jokubas bauza said:

Also, how to use aloe...i should add it on dry hairs after wash, or i can add it on wet hairs right after wash, and go sleep?

updated by @the-barrellady: 07/28/15 03:06:33PM

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

You are not stupid, you are learning as we all did at the beginning of our own journey:)

jokubas bauza said:

ohhh, im so stupid...i put not enought soda even for

First new dreads wash with bs/acv - not good at all.

Dread Maintenance

Dreads should be kept clean and washed 2-3 times a week. But I have learned that in the beginning, since they are not mature, you can wash every day if you want, as long as they get completely dry or they will mold. Mature dreads take much longer to dry, so they should not be washed every day. To speed up the drying process, use a micro fiber towel, like a Shamwow, and suck that water out of your hair, This has sped up my drying time tremendously. And a good tip is to purchase a towel the same color as your hair, towels leave behind lint, so it won't be as noticable. Since you want to wash that often, you may see a bit more towel lint.

As for loosening up, they need to loosen in order to dread, so no worries there.

Peace