Forum Activity for @diego-f

Is my hair just dreading slow?

General Questions

it's like Ixchel said...

i have perfect hair for dreading [very curly and thick hair] and even having good hair, and doing everything alright my progress is slow... now at nearly 10 months the things are accelerating... but until last month i still had lots of sections of normal hair...

I remember that i saw a lot of timelines that in no time the hair of people was looking like dreads, and my curly thick hair was looking and feeling like normal hair for a long time [it still don't look like dreadlocks at all], but what can i do? Nothing... Only patience and time will do its job.

just be patient, the more you wait, the more proud in the end you will be.

How do I fix this dread?

Dread Maintenance

sure. I can only separate with dry hair...

My dreads joined at the ends, at my sixth month of neglecting... i had trouble separating, i was not gentle and i broke lots of hair

the Barrellady said:

Hair is stronger and thicker when wet with water, so it can take more "punishment" or stress while trying to separate.

Call Tucker said:

Barrellady is right about getting it wet. Hair rips MUCH easier when it is wet. That's why most people do their separating when they are in the shower.

The back of my head -- it refuseth to dread.

General Questions

i don't think that sleeping at the backs could make it dread...

the back of my hair is all dreaded [it dreaded at 7 months], and the sides aren't [i sleep on the sides, and it looks like sleeping at the sides doesn't work at all]

are your hair at the back at least sectioned?

you can try sleeping with a tam and see how it affects the dreading there.

DRYING QUERY

General Questions

don't shake too much, you can hurt your scalp, and then slip some knots too...

you let your hair drip for some minutes, then air dry it... put a towel around your shoulders, so the drips won't fall on you

1 year T&R dreads

Member Journals and Timelines

your locks are really beautiful!

tam hats and sleeping

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i slept with a tam for something like a month... it helped my dreads [not so much, but it helped]... but you can have big problems... like having to separate more... i have to separate everyday... when i was sleeping with my tam i had to separate 4x a day... so i wouldn't recommend it for you if you want thinner locks, and if your sections congo too fast

Separating sucks...

Dread Maintenance

Well... i hate to separate... and i'm not too gentle when i have to do it [nearly everyday]...

I don't let them congo too much [most of my dreads are very skinny] because i had a big pain on the mark of the five months and i had to rip nearly all my sections because it was hurting my scalp, and for now i prefer thinner dreads...

i want to know if it's normal to have to separate more when the dreads are short... i have short dreads, and most of them shrank to 1-3 inches, and everyday i find hair connecting my dreads...

when they grow will it be more easier to separate?

is there something i can do to prevent the roots joining everyday?

updated by @diego-f: 11/15/15 11:57:09AM

Liquid dreadlockshampoo

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thank you all

my hair is thick and wavy/curly but it is hard to dread [don't know why]. i'll try the locking up liquid shampoo and see how it affects my progress, the sides of my head need a little of help [they are long enough, but the hair there is straight/wavy but very thick]

I plan to create a review the products after some washes.

updated by @diego-f: 07/23/15 04:45:21AM

Liquid dreadlockshampoo

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in fact i bought the goddess bar to my girlfriend [i'll give her as a gift, she will love it for hair and body wash].

My fear about messing too much with my hair is that... i'm at 9 months of full neglect, but i have some new 9 baby still sections [i have completelly ripped 3 dreads into 9 thin sections], and lots of stray hairs...

well it will arrive here tomorrow or friday, i'm anxious to wash my hair with these products, because i have hard water here, and baking soda leave some kind of oily residue at my scalp no matter the quantity of bs i put in my mix. And with these products i think i'll save time on the bath.

thanks for the response!

Liquid dreadlockshampoo

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amazing informations here.

I ordered 3 bars [teatreet & rosemary, patchouli and goddess] and the lockin up liquid shampoo [dragons blood].

So, the liquid is best than the bars for baby dreads?

How can i work the liquid shampoo on my hair? [do i need to touch the hair? how can i wash without messing too much with my hair?]