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Dreading Methods

So since I've joined this site i have been trying to just expand my own knowledge about dreadlocks in general. there doesn't seem to be many people here that have had my past experiences with dreads. the general consensus seems to be natural or nothing when it comes to dreading methods. i understand how going natural and allowing your hair to lock up on its own has benefits, but i choose a different method. this is my second set of dreads. first ones i had for 6 years. i was a teen so of course best care wasn't always taken in maintaining them. now on my second set i've been at it for a year and a half. so thats 7 and a half years with locks under my belt with never having a problem of my hair breaking off, scalp damage, or weak locks. my texture plays a big part in that, and i understand some people just don't have as strong hair, roots, locks etc and putting stress on their head might not be best.im going to continue to twist for maintenance and update. this would probably make soaring eagle rip his locks out(lol) but my loctician said my hair texture/type is so strong/thick that if i wanted to i could go in for a retwist every two weeks. now i know yall gon say she just wants the money, but she tells people with weaker hair to wait like a month, month and a half or longer before coming back in, and i've known her for a long time now and know she's not all about money.
updated by @average-joe: 01/13/15 09:04:21PM

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Av are you trying to get well groomed looking locks or go the natural route? i think that can influence the way you want to go about growing locks.

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call me Av said:

is thier anything i can put on it to make it lock?

NeedIRun said:

i started mine both times at about two inches of hair. twisted them. first time i had double strand, and this time i just haveingle strand. lots of different ways though depending on the look you want.

We'll both times I started mine I used beeswax. Which was a huge mistake. Stay away from beeswax if you can. Find a locitican tha knows a lot about hair and what should and shouldn't be put in. My loctician went through this process to get all the wax outta my head after she washed it.she uses her own blend of hair cream that leaves no residue and doesn't attract and hold lint and dirt. It takes time more than anything else to lock all the way uo.took a few months before my hair was all the way locked up. Ask around though, I'm sure someone can help you.

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i started mine both times at about two inches of hair. twisted them. first time i had double strand, and this time i just have single strand. lots of different ways though depending on the look you want.

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to me personally i love when women have different unique colors in their hair so blue would be fine.

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A lot of people my age or younger get dreads for fashion and don't appreciate natural threafs. They don't understand them and associate filth,laziness,etc. With it like others have in the past even though they have dreadlocks too.

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thanks for all the replies. i appreciate it

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oh wow. thanks. yup i clicked on chat. and thats definitely it.

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ive had two tabs open and occasionally i'll hear a weird noise. i never heard it on the other site, so i closed it out and only hear it on this site. any idea what it is? i probably heard it 20 times in the past hour. sorta reminds me of a ticker or something or maybe telling me i have a notification of some sort, but im not sure.
updated by @average-joe: 01/13/15 09:03:50PM

i used to have like lint and stuff in the middle of mines, and when i picked at it, it just made it worse. might be lint.