If I had it to do all over I would go natural,it's much more satisfying for me to just let my hair do what it wants. And the lesson in patience is priceless:)
I'll post new pics whenever I start to see progress. My hair has always been tangly so I'm figuring it won't take too long. I just wish I would've known better to begin with. I didn't mind the backcombing but the unnatural sectioning was really bugging me. But its all good now. And so the patience begins :Djust Knottysleeves said: Hi Honeybee! If you comb out the backcombing, it's just like starting over from scratch on those sections, so no worries. Some (or a lot) of the backcombing will unravel during the first few months anyway, so your "patience" sections should blend in nicely once you have a few knots going. Can't wait to see how they turn out!
For my current set, I started most of them by backcombing but used twist & rip on the nape dreads just out of curiousity. The T&R ones took longer to knot up (though that's probably also because the nape hair is so soft & fine). I'm at 2 years now and they've all developed pretty much the same way... you can't tell which were backcombed and which were T&R'ed.
yea alot of people have started over most because of wax but a good number cause they regretted backcombing and wanted to go natural
how far were u along when u decided to start over?
Johnny, I would also respectfully ask that you not categorize people and their beliefs. To assume that every person neatly slots into one of your two "mindset groups" and that every opinion or belief about dreadlocks can be attributed to "membership" in that group, is polarizing and a dangerous road to go down. I don't think it helps anyone, nor does it help your cause to structure your answers to what you think each group believes. Especially since your descriptions of each group are full of generalizations.
We're all individuals [cue "Life of Brian" joke...] and for what it's worth, I don't believe I fall into either of your two mindset groups.
