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I pretty much have to agree with Alive all the way on this one,
and backcombing as a method has a place in dreadlocks, even tho I started mine that way (and now prefer T&R as a method)

other than that, which reason apollo do you regret backcombing?
because you were robbed of the natural experience?
the damage?
or the popular methods pushed by online information out there?

other than that no need to get so defensive, you make yourself look like a child by reacting so.
especially when you can tell Alive wasn't judging, merely stating an observation where at which point all you had to do was reply accordingly.

also Other than that realize backcombing still is a solution to those unable to go through the initial natural period where your hair looks messy to some,
(Not saying this was my case I simply just didn't know enough about locks at the time and it seemed like according to the bad info out there backcombing was THE way to start them and I woulda thought at first that natural dreadlocks didn't always form right which I now know to be untrue)
What I do mean by this is not everyone has to be robbed of the experience with backcombed locks, I myself don't see cutting/conditioning them to start over, not when I've still become overjoyed with how it's gone so far. But If I had known a year ago I woulda started them differently.
Next time I see someone who asks me about starting locks I'll make sure they understand that first, if they still wanna backcomb, then that's totally cool and acceptable to me,

anyway man, what a night I needa pass out now !!!!!!!!!!1111

yea if i knew about this site i wouldn't have backcombed. :/ just two weeks after backcombing i heard from you SE and you have saved me from the wax!!! thanks for everything by the way!

but, it's was just a quick solution for dreads, you know? people that don't wanna wait i suppose backcomb. its silly, starting to think about it. natural is the way to go!

I'm not gonna deny that back combing can be physically damaging to the hair....but you can't ignore the fact that back combing is only done once, therefore, only the part you combed in the first place is "unnatural"...

PS....I never ripped any hairs off of my scalp when I did it....there's no certain amount of force you need to back comb...anyone who ripped their hair from the scalp obviously was too rough

I already said it's not necessary....and it's just plain silly to dwell on dreads you cut already and kept for years....I have a feeling you werent so bothered by them until this site

Apollo said:

yeah..but backcombing is not natural!! its a method that has been used on dreadlocks for not even 20 years. I just feel that the backcombing method is not the way to go and i made a mistake there, i regret soo much

AliveAsTheDead said:

I don't see why you should trip on back combing if you did it.... I mean, were your dreads all completely uniform and fake looking? I'm sure they weren't, cuz I know mine sure as hell aren't. I'm not sure how long your hair was when you started, but my hair was about 3-3.5 inches when I did. Imagine how much of my hair is the actually combed part, and think about how much of yours was. Sure, we all know the back combing isn't necessary, but it doesn't automatically discredit your locks if you did it this way. And you should never let anyone tell you otherwise. If anything, your attitude shouldn't be that you wish the old ones were formed all natural, it should be that if you ever dread again, the new ones will be.

yup the hair shaft is covered in tiny scale like cuticles, combing smootes tem down, but backcombing tears tem up, giving the hair saft a barbed texture whichh helps hairs cling to eachhoter..but this exposes the weaker brittle saft underneathh..and once damage is done there is no way to repair it..plus..alot of hairs ripped right out at te roots or broken completely

Apollo said:

SC isnt backcombing damaging to the hair????

soaringeagle said:

i hear that alot actualy..good news is you can go natural next time round

Apollo said:

If i can go back in time i would have just not comb at all i regret the backcombing

Vaccine said:

im starting to think that i rather have just did my locks naturally cause its starting to seem kinda weird to me now emotionally. lol. idk what it is.
i love my hair as it is now, but i had a spot of some hair that wasn't backcombed and it started to dread up naturally so i have an all natural lock on my head. :P
i've had some pretty chill people ask me what they should do to get them and i told em just to throw away the conditioner and comb and see what happens. :D

i hear that alot actualy..good news is you can go natural next time round

Apollo said:

If i can go back in time i would have just not comb at all i regret the backcombing

Vaccine said:

im starting to think that i rather have just did my locks naturally cause its starting to seem kinda weird to me now emotionally. lol. idk what it is.
i love my hair as it is now, but i had a spot of some hair that wasn't backcombed and it started to dread up naturally so i have an all natural lock on my head. :P
i've had some pretty chill people ask me what they should do to get them and i told em just to throw away the conditioner and comb and see what happens. :D

I don't see why you should trip on back combing if you did it.... I mean, were your dreads all completely uniform and fake looking? I'm sure they weren't, cuz I know mine sure as hell aren't. I'm not sure how long your hair was when you started, but my hair was about 3-3.5 inches when I did. Imagine how much of my hair is the actually combed part, and think about how much of yours was. Sure, we all know the back combing isn't necessary, but it doesn't automatically discredit your locks if you did it this way. And you should never let anyone tell you otherwise. If anything, your attitude shouldn't be that you wish the old ones were formed all natural, it should be that if you ever dread again, the new ones will be.

multiple purposes
religions tend to belikeve the hand of god will rake the earth on judgment day and the dreads of thge rightous will tangle in his fingers and be lifted to the promiced land
socialy it sets you apart from mindless conformists
emotionaly it gives you courage to face descrimination and insults
it also sets yiu free from the mundane vanity
it alows you to be free of the daily grooming rituals while still always looking your best
it guides you towards seeking wisdom and understranding of natrure and it in a way is a direct path to your truesrt self

also all lifes experiences are recorded in your hair, cutting the hair seveers ties to those experiences, having the hair bound up in matts all experiences become interconnected so your understrandingf of the intertwining relationships between all things all experiences leads towards wisdom

Fiend Jester said:

Hmm, that was really philosophical. Really deep stuff.
I was just wondering why it happens, not why we choose to do it. I was just curious as to what the purpose of the adaptation in the human race was.

soaringeagle said:

thats exactly whhat i always say..
and jester..
we have dreads because we are natural humans living as close to our natural way as possible..
dreads are the natural state of hair its whats nmeant to be when you stop all unnatural processes, thats why tio me unnatural processes like backcombing and crochet make no sence tro me for making what nature creates naturaly

(and beautifuly)

im starting to think that i rather have just did my locks naturally cause its starting to seem kinda weird to me now emotionally. lol. idk what it is.
i love my hair as it is now, but i had a spot of some hair that wasn't backcombed and it started to dread up naturally so i have an all natural lock on my head. :P
i've had some pretty chill people ask me what they should do to get them and i told em just to throw away the conditioner and comb and see what happens. :D

every day I'm more surprised about the dumb things said about locks simply because people don't know a thing about them,
especially the number of people who think that you MAKE them, nothing makes them, only time does,
you can manipulate the hair or mangle it w/e, but even then that's not going to become a true lock without time and care (not as in maintenance care but like cleaning properly so it doesn't smell bad and of course,,, love