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Six year old dreads thinning, please help

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Loose hair will find their way, they will find a family to join onto. Forming dreads can have 3-4 inches of undreaded roots. Mature dreads have about a 1" loose root. They naturally stay loose, this reduces stress on the scalp, dreads need to move and do move, if the scalp root system is tight, then it would pull on the hairs, pulling them out by the root system.

Where you lay loose root wise because of the backcombing I am not sure, but you do want them loose.

I hope that you loose no more! Peace

updated by @the-barrellady: 07/10/15 04:19:10AM

Six year old dreads thinning, please help

Help! Save My Dreads

What a shame you did not find this site sooner,better late than never though. I am sorry that someone misinformed you about dread care. They are such a part of you after that many years and I hope that Soaring Eagle will be able to help you save them. All the best, please keep us posted on your progress. Peace

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Welcome Mel. Doesn't the female Army population only have to tie their hair up? If so, then I would think that you would only have to tie up your dreads.

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The micro fiber towel is my best friend when it come to drying. Went to a woodworking show and found a box of them for $12, one of my best purchases ever.

KnotLady said:

hey i just cut m drying time like in half. i just let my hair drip for a while after the shower and ring it out in sections a few times. then i use a microfiber towel to ring it out as a whole. and then i individually squeeze my dreads with a shirt or something so i can feel the moisture come out of it and guage howdamp it is. and i keep squeezing til i dont get anymore. and if i have to put down the cloth for some reason i just sqeeze them with my hands. its been really helping.

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Thank you. I will leave my dreads to be how they want to be.

naturally blunted tips

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Soaring Eagle, help with this please, thanks so much.

naturally blunted tips

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Funny thing is, I knew there was shrinkage involved, but was somehow shocked at just how much. When it happened I was like WTF. I do miss it, but know that years from now it will be just as long, but with beautiful dreads.

KnotLady said

wow having hair from your waist go to above your shoulders must be an adjustment. when i was 17 my hair was to my butt and i cut 4 inches off and havent felt right since then. i miss having really long hair...

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I have read other feeds on this subject & am still not sure whether to wait it out more or correct them now.

naturally blunted tips

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Hi all. I have about 10 naturally blunted tips out of about 60-70 dreads. Was hoping that they would loosen on their own, but they are tight balls that I think formed mostly from tams or head bands I wore during the early messy stages. The others are beautiful wispy ends.

Since they are not loosening on their own, should I work on them with my fingers with the aid of essential oils to un-blunt them? If so, how many strands should I work out of each dread to give them a drip line?

Normally I let my dreads do their own thing, in their own time and would never change how THEY want to look & form, but in this cause I want to avoid any future problems due to blunted ends as my dreads ARE for life.

They are 1 year & 1 day old done by twist & rip after natural sectioning. The blunted sections started their journey from almost down to my waist and to now above my shoulders.

Thanks and Peace

updated by @the-barrellady: 01/13/15 09:48:50PM

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