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Second attempt TnR dreads

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sorry i havent posted in a while, my computer has been down and i had a bit of trouble trying to fix it, had to completely reprogram it so it took me a bit to do.

well tomorrow is going to be my one week mark and my first wash, went and got the oils and apple cider vinegar i needed. im still a bit nervous about my first wash, hoping that they dont completely come apart, but they have held up pretty strong today and the past several. theyre definitely forming well i feel. every day they seem to have a new way they like to hang. i lot of them have bends and stuff in them and its interesting to see how theyre forming and growing. hopefully ill be able to find my usb cable to upload the pics ive gotten so far soon that way you all can see how they look.

Second attempt TnR dreads

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well today is my third day, sorry i havent uploaded any photos yet, ive been having some computer troubles that im trying to get fixed up. today the dreads seem really really messy and very frizzy, but most definitely holding together and knotting up pretty well, in fact some of the random loose hairs seem to be getting pulled into some of the dreads or forming their own. ive noticed in a few of the loose hairs that there are one or two knots in them and that the dreads seem to be varying from loose to tight. its rather interesting seeing what my hair is doing on its own. still got a pair of dreads that seems to like hanging down right in front of my face which i find a bit fun, its the one i did myself and its pretty solid and seems to be taking very well to becoming a dread. ive noticed my hair has a tendency when not messed with to just lay perfectly straight but whenever i style it it seems to hold it without much effort. it also seems that after having helped it start dreading its taking to dreading pretty well, hopefully today my computer will allow me to upload some photos so that you all can see my progress.

Second attempt TnR dreads

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oh ok, i was worried with how straight my hair was if i didnt roll them into a nearby dread or something they might just keep as loose hairs, ill start letting them be. ill also be sure to seperate the ones that are starting to tangle into larger dreads. thank you =)

Second attempt TnR dreads

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Hello everyone, i thought it would be a good idea to kind of keep a timeline on how my second attempt at dreads develops on their way to becoming beautiful dreads. this time rather than go to a salon, like i unfortunately did last time, i got one of my friends to help me use the twist and rip method to start out my dreads. ill be putting up pictures as i go along with this as well so you can see how they are developing.

yesterday was my second day with dreads. overall definitely wasn't too bad, they were a bit messy on the sides where i slept on them but still were still solidly together from the twist and rip start.

well today is day two on my journey towards dreads. definitely very frizzy today and a few of the dreads split apart into smaller dreads while some seem to be tangling together into larger ones. some of them lost a lot of hair that just became loose that i had to go ahead and twist and rip into new smaller dreads, whereas some of the extra hair that came free i just rolled into the nearest forming dread. still loving how its going though and im excited to see how they will turn out letting them choose their own size like that. hopefully in a year ill be able to celebrate my birthday with a head of beautiful dreads =)

i will try to upload some pics that i took of my dreads yesterday and today from my phone so that i can let you all see how they are doing.

updated by @robert-thompson: 02/14/15 12:23:06PM

sold on loose tips

crochet and dread tools recovery

theyre definitely looking good since they started recovering. it is pretty nice actually to have that kind of wild dreads look, im definitely enjoying mine as well.

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yeah, everyone around here with dreads knew that i had baby dreads right off the bat, and people who had at least seen people start dreads. it was actually rather nice, definitely something encouraging to me to definitely keep on.

lucky thing for me i had completely gotten out any wax, but unfortunately i didnt split any of the dreads in half to get a picture of the core, that would have made a very good example of what can happen in a short time.

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i think i have a few of mine when wax was in them, ill start getting those together as a start to mine as well.

thank you =) its only been my first day so far with my tnr dreads and so far some people around here seem to dislike them a lot, while plenty of others see that im starting out new dreads and have actually given me quite a few compliments on them. i think this is going to be a rather good experience for me, and hopefully others as well.

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ok cool, thank you. i shall most definitely keep up a timeline and recommend friends here =).

thank you, it should definitely be an interesting one.

Introduction and first day questions

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oh sorry i forgot to add the question in xD. im a bit scatterbrained in the mornings. i was going to ask if it was ok to post a timeline to help other new dreaders see what they will look like as they progress, and if so where i should post it at? i know a good few people around here who are interested in dreads but are not too sure about them and think they can only be done in a salon. not sure if anyone already has something like a timeline set up for dreads started with tnr or not.

i do try to have as much patience as i can especially with dreads, started the dreads up knowing that it would take a good deal of time for them to really start going along. ouch im really glad i didnt let them go that far, sounds like i managed to dodge a major bullet on that one. i really wish more people would end up seeing this that way maybe something could be done about situations like that and they could be avoided.

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Hey everyone, I just wanted to say hello and that I really appreciate this site. Just started my dreads yesterday with the twist and rip method. This is my second attempt at dreads, unfortunately my first attempt i actually let someone put wax in my hair, and not just dread wax it was beeswax =/. Now though I finally got it washed out and had one of my friends help me start my dreads yesterday. Even right now at this point they look better than the ones with wax, although after having a life of natural perfectly straight hair, starting dreads is very unusual for me. I'm having those typical new dread panics of "oh no my dreads feel loose", but this time I know a bit better and that they will go between loose and tight until they finally mature. Thank you all once again for this site, it helped me stop the mistake of my last dreads before it became too late. Keep up the good work =).

updated by @robert-thompson: 02/14/15 08:05:05AM