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My dreads were super long, now theyre super short....is this normal???

Help! Save My Dreads

That's a relief! I supposed I'm just not used to having it be short since it's always been long haha I'll just keep on separating them!

My dreads were super long, now theyre super short....is this normal???

Help! Save My Dreads

I back combed some of them but not all of them. a lot of them did it on their own but one day they all just shrunk up like crazy

My dreads were super long, now theyre super short....is this normal???

Help! Save My Dreads

Ohhh that makes sense...Thank you

My dreads were super long, now theyre super short....is this normal???

Help! Save My Dreads

Before I started dreading my hair, it was all the way down my back. Like almost touching my butt. Once it was all dreaded, it was only a few inches shorter than it used to be. I'm at my 2 month mark now, and all of the sudden they just got SUPER short and started congoing like crazy and I cant keep up with it! Is this normal??? I've tried ripping them apart but its not working. The whole top of my head is on big mass!! Should I just sit back and let it do its thing??I have 3 pictures:1: before I dreaded it2. one month3: now
updated by @trenna-carriker: 02/14/15 03:35:15AM

sick of my dreads

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I totally understand what you are saying. Before I stopped brushing, I had long thick hair that everyone though was beautiful, and the fact that it looks different just seems to upset everyone. People I have never met before seem to appreciate my dreads more than people I already knew. To the new people, it's just who I am. But to my friends and family, i'm this weird, dirty freak that needs to "get serious help" as I've been told. I get constant criticism and some days it hurts like hell...others, its just fuel to push forward and prove them wrong. I come from a conservative bunch of country people who have been living the same way as their parents and grandparents and so on and so forth. No matter what I do it's always weird because I dare to be different. They hate that and always will. So the way I see it, I could do some amazing things and it would never be good enough ...so why bother myself trying to impress them? You can never win unless YOU take charge! Good luck!

oh, and you ARE beautiful!