The creature made of black residue?
Help! Save My Dreads
Here are some pictures from this morning! Hope to hear from you guys back, so far I've found this forum to be one of the most helpful ones 
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The creature made of black residue?
Help! Save My Dreads
Well everyone, I'm new here to the site but I'm in a bit of a pickle. When I started on mydread lockadventure I decided to start with back combing due to the fact that I needed them to start dreading quicker due to my profession. I back combed for 2 1/2 months about once a week before I let it go all natural. It has now been 5 months and my hair has really started to lock! The unfortunate thing is that there is black residue in my hair and I believe it's from the initial back combing. The person who did it usedpetroleumjelly. Now I am stuck wondering if I'll have to start over again or there may hopefully be a fix to this. Also, this has made some of my dreads kinda hard, mainly all the tips, they're not supposed to be really hard are they?
I have tried the vinegar wash way (washed with baking soda first, then did it with whitevinegarand let it soak.) and I normally wash with dr. bronners shampoo. So... does anyone have advice on what I should do? I will post a picture of what's going on in a few minutes.
updated by @rachel-c: 02/14/15 11:14:53AM