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Dreading my lion's mane

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Awesome, thanks. I'm so glad I don't feel completely confused anymore! :D

Dreading my lion's mane

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Thanks so much. This makes perfect sense. I was already feeling like I was detangling and stopping dreads from forming. Plus it seems like the more I separate the thinner the would be dreads get. I was just thinking as I fell asleep that "a watched pot doesn't boil" & that I should just let it go & stop thinking about it. So I think I'll separate once to twice a week. I wash my hair once a week (which is what I did before I started allowing it to dread also). Should I separate on the same day that I wash it & should I only separate while it's dry?

Baba Fats said:

Even with hair as curly as yours, you shouldn't have to separate daily. Most people separate once a week. In your case, I'd say no more than 2-3 times. The more you separate, the slower the process. You will be pulling apart hairs that actually should come together. If you think you need to d it every day, they will get caught up again in the impatient mindset of having to maintain you hair.

If you separate every few days to once a week, you will see so much more progress in between sessions. and the few days between wont harm your hair or make it any harder to pull apart. What it will do is help define you sections a bit more and make it easier for you to select how large of sections you want your locks to grow into.

Plus it will keep you from getting annoyed that some loose hairs are still there. You won't worry so much about how far along you are.

A tip for separating, as well... don't do it in front of a mirror. a mirror will only make you nit-picky and you'll end up separating so much that you pull locks apart that should form into 1 lock

Dreading my lion's mane

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I thought it might be you! I saw no angela in Valerie's friends list but I peeked at your photos and you and your daughter do appear to have similar hair to mine; beautiful, by the way! Her hair is so long & pretty, I can see why you'd have to tie it up when she's eating. I'm definitely just going to bear with the mess and leave it down & remember to separate daily too because I do wake up with big poofy patcches

Dreading my lion's mane

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Thank you for the compliment & thanks so much for the great advice; I will definitely heed it :D

Dreading my lion's mane

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I am just beginning my dread journey & I am so excited for many reasons, the biggest being that I know this whole process will teach me patience; of which I currently have none.

I am allowing my hair to dread naturally on its own. I am descended from an extremely mixed bunch of people, it's not even worth listing; I'm human. I have a lions mane growing out of the top of my head. My hair is very thick, very soft, and very curly. I have a gajillion tight ringlets. It seems to be dreading but I'm not sure. A bunch ringlets have sort of flattened out and clung together but I see no knots, maybe it's too soon. I've officially left my hair alone (no brushing) for two weeks.

I have been scouring the internet and have neither found answers to my questions nor photos or journeys of people with hair that looks like mine but I have also been creeping this site for a few a few months and I am sure someone here can help me.

My questions are: Should I keep my hair up, like in a bun (because right now it looks like a big mess) or will this thwart the dreading? What is the best way to sleep on my hair, with it pulled up in a bun or loose?

Thanks for taking the time to read & answer.

Oh & here's a horrible photo taken today. You can't really see much but I hope it gives some idea of what my hair looks like:

updated by @christina-rivers: 02/14/15 08:48:30AM