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Nature and dreadlocks

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"childishness is going waaa waaa waa defending a lie just because you fell for the liethen attacking the one who told you its a lie"Thats the point i was trying to make...Man, finally i can sum it up into words!Here goes nothing....I/WE DIDNT FALL FOR A LIE. YOU say it's a lie, so here we go with the personal opinion again. The lies to ME would be the PRODUCTS...the P-R-O-D-U-C-T-S. Not the method! How is backcombing a lie...do i not have dreadlocks? I will completely agree with you on how some of mine are obviously not natural because of use of minimal wax. Again, product...not method. soaringeagle said:

sigh..why do i even gotta respond
intollerence? ha.. its called being truthful..i tolerate alot but should i go on passing on the lies that lead people to those metods? how can we help people make better choices if we dont provide true infochildishness is going waaa waaa waa defending a lie just because you fell for the liethen attacking the one who told you its a lieyou are acting very childish just read what you wrote..how u attack simply because most dont agree wit u..oh and your childishness began before i posted because people ..like apolo said thheyt regret backcombing..thats when u began your temper tantrum

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But what im trying to say here is....blahLmao ok.Can i say this? I look at my dreads as a CROSS between natural and...backcombed? stay with me here SE.I mean, i started out backcombing, but i do NOT crotchet, root rub, palm roll. I do not even touch them anymore. Theres nothing i can do about backcombing, and theres nothing i really want to do about it even if i could.Like i said, Im reaching a year now and have been doing a lot of neglect and im loving how they look...a more natural look. But im neutral on the backcombing, because i really dont care that i did it. soaringeagle said:

your acting childish
im just satying statisticly backcombed dreads dont last..thats a fact..u had em how long? and yet your so sure you'll have em forever? very doubtful..jared..up till exactly 10 years ago when those sites appeared all dreads were natural..with a few minor exceptions..punks who used toothpaste or worse to sticky up theyre hair..but virtualy all dreads were natural..nobody evcer even heard of backcombing or "methods";dreads were simply dreads then thhe result of not combing..that was all..no websites needed..just common sence..dont comb, dreads happen pure n simplenow we got complexitysquare section, backcomb quickly (with videos needed to do it right) roll rub roll twist rub tips rub roots add dirt (peppa) glue (wax) slime (butta) repeat rub more roll more then poke holes ..crochet sew felt interlock....before your even done the complex insrtuctions you cut em off and start over...

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Son of a....I typed a whole response to this and i accidently click the back button. Perrrrfect, =p.Well, i guess all im trying to say is, do your locks how you want to do your locks.Backcombing got me started, but the rest is you.One person gets their backcombed, which leads to another and to another, and to another.I dont think theres much you can do but accept it. Oh well, they got their hair started by backcombing. As long as there's not a bunch of random shit in your hair (dread peppa, wax, etc)The times have changed, obviously, since 10 years ago. (if everybody really did have natural dreads up until 10 years ago...which i really really really doubt.) soaringeagle said:

well now your getting close to understanding the regret
your 1st sentence..because you knew nothing of the natural method at the time....and why not? all dreads only 10 years ago were natural..nobody ever heard of backcombing..nobody would dare since it was the opposite of everything dreads stood for..but now..its spread around that backcombing is thhe only way..a must and natural dreads are almost demonized as being gross ugly smellly dirty caveman dreads..(all done by product pushers)so yes he feels conned into dreads that were the opposite ofh what they shoukld be.. Jared Smith said:

So....your saying that I am slapping Dreadlocks in the face because i backcombed and knew nothing of the natural method at that time? Perfect. Good. That makes TOTAL sense.

Im just saying, people have their own inspiration. And it looks like he was inspired by his friend for the natural method, as was i for backcombing. And combining the new inspiration against the old, well here you have regret...no?Now, as to backcombers having 3 and 4 sets....that would be THEIR PERSONAL WANTS, correct?This is my first set, and i PLAN (keyword) on keeping them for as long as possible. No, i am not of legal drinking age yet, but between now and then i will have many obstacles in my way. Jobs, society, family. All of those branching off into its own set of obstacles, and so on and so on. Maybe in 7 years i will find a job that requires me to cut my locks off. And if thats the way it needs to be...then thats the way its going to be.You have had yours for 19 something years, i know this SE. But look at the lifestyle you live (I dont know much, im not judging, i am just saying) its allowed you to have those beautiful locks for many many many years. Who are you to say this is not a spiritual journey for me? It IS, and always will be for as long as i have my dreadlocks.Your dreadlocks are your dreadlocks, your journey is YOUR journey, no matter how you got started on that journey. soaringeagle said:

ya think they are? ive never ever seen backcombed dreads last all that long..possibly 7 years
most backcombers are already on theyre 2nd 3rd 4th sets before they are old enough to drink legaly\ you guys are just acting all defensive who the hhell cares if e regrets backcombing and would go natural next time? you do because thats just further proof that natural is a superiur method you get deffensive because it makes you feel yoiurs are inferiur\
but thats not te point ..the point is dreads..by definition..by tradition..by the very nature of dreads..should be natural should connect you to the natural rythem of life.. backcombing is not natural..in any wayits a slap in the face to traditional dreading..an insult to the very nature of te dreaddreads are spiritual, whether you dread for spiritual reasons or not, they become spiritualso imagine for a second you slowly drift from athiest to rasta and when you find yourself there realize your dreads were started in blasphemy..the direct opposite of what your belief commandsthere are so many legit reasons to regret backcombing yet when 1 person regrets it you all start to cry like babies like his regret directly hurts you...the only way thats possible is if you secretly regret too

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So....your saying that I am slapping Dreadlocks in the face because i backcombed and knew nothing of the natural method at that time? Perfect. Good. That makes TOTAL sense.Im just saying, people have their own inspiration. And it looks like he was inspired by his friend for the natural method, as was i for backcombing. And combining the new inspiration against the old, well here you have regret...no?Now, as to backcombers having 3 and 4 sets....that would be THEIR PERSONAL WANTS, correct?This is my first set, and i PLAN (keyword) on keeping them for as long as possible. No, i am not of legal drinking age yet, but between now and then i will have many obstacles in my way. Jobs, society, family. All of those branching off into its own set of obstacles, and so on and so on. Maybe in 7 years i will find a job that requires me to cut my locks off. And if thats the way it needs to be...then thats the way its going to be.You have had yours for 19 something years, i know this SE. But look at the lifestyle you live (I dont know much, im not judging, i am just saying) its allowed you to have those beautiful locks for many many many years. Who are you to say this is not a spiritual journey for me? It IS, and always will be for as long as i have my dreadlocks.Your dreadlocks are your dreadlocks, your journey is YOUR journey, no matter how you got started on that journey. soaringeagle said:

ya think they are? ive never ever seen backcombed dreads last all that long..possibly 7 years
most backcombers are already on theyre 2nd 3rd 4th sets before they are old enough to drink legaly\ you guys are just acting all defensive who the hhell cares if e regrets backcombing and would go natural next time? you do because thats just further proof that natural is a superiur method you get deffensive because it makes you feel yoiurs are inferiur\but thats not te point ..the point is dreads..by definition..by tradition..by the very nature of dreads..should be natural should connect you to the natural rythem of life..backcombing is not natural..in any wayits a slap in the face to traditional dreading..an insult to the very nature of te dreaddreads are spiritual, whether you dread for spiritual reasons or not, they become spiritualso imagine for a second you slowly drift from athiest to rasta and when you find yourself there realize your dreads were started in blasphemy..the direct opposite of what your belief commandsthere are so many legit reasons to regret backcombing yet when 1 person regrets it you all start to cry like babies like his regret directly hurts you...the only way thats possible is if you secretly regret too

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Amen. AliveAsTheDead said:

I can't help but feel that some of our peers here are very impressionable. I don't think it's SoaringEagle's intent, but I predict this site with eventually be anti back comb. Through his charisma, and cool dreads, he's making people who already back combed(without harsh wax damage in most cases) feel less cool or regret back combing....which is totally sorry in my opinion. SE has a bias, which is what these kids don't realize. Of course he'll slander and knock back combing all he can, the only thing he knows about back combing are knotty boy and DHHQ and the encouraged use of their products BY THEM, THE COMPANIES.... the saddest part is, you don't even have to get and use their stuff to back comb!
Personally, I wasn't ignorant to the neglect method when I started; My twin brother has had long hair for years now, and at one point didn't brush it, so of course, dreads started coming in. I CHOSE back comb, because not being African American or possesing their hair type, my three inch hair wouldn't form with the neglect method. My dilemma was simple; Wait another so many months for my hair to be long enough to start knoting. Or do the back comb, have silly looking little dreads, that would be well established by the time they got long. I obviously chose the latter. So often on the web I see back combers who say things like "OMG, I'm so in regret...my next dreads will be neglect all the way :D" and I just think to myself "So wait a minute, they don't plan on keeping the ones they have already?" My dreads, which have been started by backcombing, are here to stay.

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Lied to? Conned into? No...Man, THIS is making me crazy reading all of this right now.The reason i wanted to start my dreads were because of my friends beautiful locks. He started his about 2 and a half years ago with the backcombing method and are probably the "best" looking locks i have ever seen. No, it is not because they have a "factory" look...or whatever ya'll like to call that. It's because he was the first person i ever talked to about the spiritual journey of dreadlocks. Backcomb or not, who gives a damn? Factory or not...who...gives...a...DAMN. It's what your thinking about and what you feel inside. He talked to me about natural and backcomb and the pros and cons. I stuck with backcombing, is that such a problem? They unravel...ok, i've never had that problem, But even if they do unravel...Their going to lock up ANYWAYS, isnt that what the goal was in the first place?Its all depends on the person. When someone asks me to backcomb their hair i give them all the information on natural and backcombing, and i've had an equal amount of choices on that.Im sorry to hear you "regret" your hair so much, but thats your fault. You dont need to regret it, people have different views. And you have your own.

Greetings, fellow dreadheads.

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Thank you! =DReally now? I've heard about the major growth you get after a while from a friend, but i wasnt sure if it was true. Thats something to look forward to! =)Im glad you said the bleaching most likely made it knot up faster, i've had mixed responses on how it would affect my dreads. Most of them saying it wasnt good for my dreads. But i figured since bleaching basically kills the hair and drys it out, and thats what im aiming for right?!Anyways, thanks for the warm welcome =)

Greetings, fellow dreadheads.

Introduce Yourself

Hello! I just stumbled across this site today, and i decided to give it a try.I've been looking for some advice for my dreadies for quite awhile now, but for now let me just introduce myself and my dreads!My name Jared Smith and i reside in West Palm Beach, Florida.I've had my dreads for a little over 8 months now. A couple of my really good dreadheaded friends did them for me on Martin Luther king day. Well, thats technically when they were finished. They started the process 2 days before, so all in all, it took about 3 days to finish. My friend Chris did the right side of my head, while the other (Josh) did the left side. They used the backcombing method, some wax (Stopped using it a week in), and a little bitta dread peppa. About 4 months later, i ended up bleaching my hair. I loved the bleach blonde look with dreads, although now it is starting to fade quite a bit compared to when i first did it.Anyway, Im liking them a whole lot. But not compared to when i first got them. Im noticing a hell of a lot of shrinkage which makes me uneasy. I know that is part of the overall process and i know its a GOOD thing, but i wish i had a lot more length on them. One day.Heres some recent pictures! Hope you enjoy =).I have all the older pictures up on my profile if anybody is interested also.Peace&love.
updated by @lolf: 01/13/15 08:29:06PM