My dreads are coming apart!!!
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thanks guy really put me at ease =) i just love them so much i didnt want them to start coming out! but i will leave them like i have been.
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My dreads are coming apart!!!
General Questions
hey everyone i just need some help my dread are now 3 weeks old =) but some of them are coming loose at the roots about 2/3 inches it kind of looks like there falling out is this normal? and will they sort them selves out please help me as im really worried i dont want them to come out thanks in advance
updated by @ems: 01/13/15 08:30:58PM
aloe vera
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i did yeh i went all over my local town but to be honest its probs not the best place in the world to find something natural .... i think i may have to order some offline looks like thts my only way im guna get any and thanks for replying x heidi may said:
did you look in the health food section? i found mine with the dietary health supplements and stuff. or you could go to the garden section and just invest in a real plant too. but i'd check the health section first before you go with the bar soap. i'm not sure if that would really do anything other than clean them. you use the aloe vera as a gel like you would use a gel on regular hair, so i think it would work better in that form.
when i'm out of aloe sometimes i use a small amount of shea butter, which is a lot easier to find and is still easy to wash out...plus it smells wonderful.
good luck with your search!
aloe vera
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ok so i cant find any pure aloe vera oil....i bought a soap bar with only aloe vera and rosemerry in it....with this help my frizz if i wash my dreads in it? i really need something i can't believe that i couldn't find the oil!
updated by @ems: 01/13/15 08:30:39PM
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I have started my dreads. Everything went really well and i used the T&R method there really frizzy though and im just exctied now for them to settle and finish forming on there own. Just like to say thanks guys for all your help! xIve added some pics there not to clear like as i cant find my camera (due to moving!) but i will add some more once ive found it.
updated by @ems: 01/13/15 08:30:30PM
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they have actually started to drop better now they have been washed so thts great...im guna wear a head band type thing
to cover the frizz as its only on the top of my head were the roots are so that shud cover them...thanks for replying tho =)one question if you dont mind because i let them just get on with it they arnt round there like flat and miss shaped is this normal? and will it go and round with time? Iain said: Hey there awesome!, and you didn't freak out after your first shower so thats good :P
well all you described is normal especially so young,
as for the frizz, well wear a beanie till you're ready to go out, that way the frizz usually stays down till it gets moving again, or aloe them back,
that what I do, which helps them in the beginning of my day,
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ok so i thought id let you know my dread are now a week old! there forming pritty well they are pritty frizzy like but i think there coming on well....i have added some pics to my profile. i have washed them for the first time in a week today and they have dried really nicely. there still really loose about an inch or two from my scalp is this normal? and in some parts they are becoming flat do i try palm rolling on these? or do i just leave them?its my birthday on sunday and im going out for this and i dont really want to wear a hat but there a bit out of controll at the moment so i may have to does anyone have any tips for making them less frizzy and messy or do i just leave them and wear my hat?thanks guy x
updated by @ems: 07/10/15 12:28:54AM
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im going to let them sort them selves out and just T&R at the beginning then go from there i will take lots of pics and keep everyone posted.....let the dreading journey commence im so excited! Iain said:
Hey there, I don't really have much else to add except good luck! I wish I had gone (or even know what the hell T&R was) and that's coming from someone who backcombed (plus waxed)
be sure to take lots of pics, and give them time
other than that if you were still looking into using crocheting (you said you wanted to use them on the tips? perhaps to blunt them?) in time some of them may blunt naturally, if you decided you still wanted to, I'd probably recommend at least letting your T&R have some time to mature and then try it if you wanted to then,
and you probably also know they hold water like beasty little sponges, lol
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thanks guy ive already learnt so much from ur selves and other posts!
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i dye my hair ever couple of months at the moment and this might sound a daft question but can u dye ur dreads or it to heavy for them and if you can do you just diw it as you would normal straight hair?
updated by @ems: 07/10/15 12:00:03AM