Hi there. I am on HF too but I do not post too often. I mostly lurk. Nice to "meet" you
Alden said: oh no, I have trouble making fun of others unless I'm joking!!! lol, But good to know we just made common mistakes.
I'd like to not call them mistakes, more like learning experiences, cuz none of my mistakes have yet to result in the loss of any of my dreads, nor will they now that I know better.
If you go to my profile and look at my dreads when they were short and young, you'll see a ridiculous amount of stitching with a crochet hook. I mean, to the point that they look braided or something, super tight, and just bad. I over maintained for the first 3 months, so anal about how they looked. Then I started reading more and decided I was a dumb ass and just let them go natural. I've all but lost the super stitched look by now, but it was really bad for a long time.
Rubber bands..... enough said.
Never really got into wax, thank knowledge.
I did try to bleach my dreads back when they were really young, and it didn't work out well. It damaged my hair more than I had expected, and they didn't really bleach, they were lighter, but not like I had wanted. At that point, color became a non-issue and their health became top priority.
fourth never listen to dumbies that tell you how to take care of YOUR locks my main fall through was letting this black chick mess with my dreads (her and her family lived her for a bit) she was constantly twisting my dreads and trying to put wax in them and got a few before i couldn't take it anymore I washed immediately#5 beads are your best friend learn to love themand imo smoking weed helps too
