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when will this phase end?

Dread Maintenance

i live in fl..so no tam for me, it is way too hot for that.

when will this phase end?

Dread Maintenance

thanks guys and gals I will patiently wait it out, as always. it is summertime in FL and beach weather now, so maybe some salt water will do the trick.

when will this phase end?

Dread Maintenance

i am fine with whatever they end up doing, but i just don't like this phase at all. I am not married to the idea of having perfect dreads or wispy ends or anything--just don't like that I can neither put them into a decent ponytail out of my face nor leave them down without them looking like a rats nest--the reason being that I wear my daughter on my back A LOT and the rats nest part is right in her face and so she can put food in it and pull it and blah blah blah....just wondering how long it takes fom this stage to when the ends are no longer wispy and are matured a bit more? Natural Womyn--you say you are at almost a year, I am too and seem to have been at this stage for like 2 months already--how long were yours at this stage before the ends became integrated a bit more? I don't care about losing length I just don't want the nest anymore.

when will this phase end?

Dread Maintenance

see it ends up looking like a birds nest and I hate that. the roots to mid length are maturing ni9cely and all, but it seems the ends are just horrible right now So I was wondering if I cut them off (Im sure i won't because i am really into letting my hair do what it is gonna do) will that make them start to unravel and just do this more? Are my ends always gonna be like this? i do not have fine hair, I have wavy, THICK hair and over 150 dreadlocks.

when will this phase end?

Dread Maintenance

My TnR dreadlocks are 9 months old (1 week shy) and I dig them. I have been way more patient than I thought I would be and have learned to embrace the journey without losing my mind trying to make my hair do what I wanted it to do (pointless anyways, right?!) That being said, I have lost a lot of length (to be expected) and while my roots are tightening up nicely it is my ends that are driving me nuts right now (for the last 2 months really). I have included a pic so you can see (please excuse the webcam, before bed, jammies pic). It seems like as they mature they are forming dread clumps/balls where the length will fold up on itself many times until there is this clump of hair, which is annoyning because I wanted skinny dreads and now they are fat, but only at the bottom or in the middle wherever the clump happened to form. Then at the end of the clump/ball is a bunch of undreaded strands of hair that just look all tangled up and scraggly. So, I know this is a phase, but it seems like it has been doing this forever (like 4 months now) and I am wondering what happens next? Will my dreads eventually eat up this undreaded hair at the end and become VERY short? I thought that my ends would just remain undreaded and wavy (what I wanted), but it seems like they are gonna form more blunted ends.

Also, I have not touched my hair and don't want to dye it or cut it, but I was wondering what if I cut the loose hair off the dreads? Would that speed up the process or weaken the ends?

I know ultimately I will continue to be patient and do nothing, but I don't like this phase really. I wanted dreadlocks not dread clumps will this remedy itself or will I have dread clumps forever??

pic to come...

updated by @mama-harrison: 02/14/15 03:31:29AM

LICE HELP!!!

Dread Maintenance

meat tenderizer is MSG and is a neurotoxin and coke, well, i won't even go there. thanks for the ideas, but i prefer the natural route the worst i may do would be the may (we are vegan--so hopefully veganase would do).

soaringeagle said:

meat tenerizer dissolves thre exoskeleton coke dissolves the eggs

LICE HELP!!!

Dread Maintenance

I have laundered everything it hot water+white vinegar+GSE(grapefruit seed extract). My daughter and I soaked in a bath of the same+TTO(tea Tree oil) and left it on our hair, no rinse. we will don this every morning for the next few days and see how we fare. I think that should do it. My daughter is only 18 months old and has very short (baby), white hair--we have no itching since the bath, which is a good sign. Will keep you posted, but I am pretty confident that this will work based on my research. Alos, I think that delacet is discontinued it looked like a good product.

thanks to everyone for your prompt help!

LICE HELP!!!

Dread Maintenance



GratefulNick said:

I know you said no chemicals, but you could bleach your daughters and your head, thats a pretty sure fire way to get rid of them.

other then that i would say use a little rubbing alcohol dab it on your head, some ppl actually use a good bit wear a bag or a shower cap and suficate those little bastards and wash again.

you will have to do this every 2 days to get rid of them, due to there reproduction.

You could try ACV but i dont think thats going to do the trick, i would try the delacet

Thanks for the support, but I don't even use bleach on our clothes or floors and I would NEVER use it on my hair or body! BAd news!! I would shave my head before that, honestly. I really appreciate your consideration though

LICE HELP!!!

Dread Maintenance

my daughters friend gave us lice!! HELP!! we cannot use chemical products. WHAT DO I DO?!! is there a natural way to kill them?
updated by @mama-harrison: 02/14/15 09:05:55AM

feeling annoyed with my dreadlocks....

Dread Maintenance

thanks

MagicMeganMama said:

You need to come join the Incredibly Shrinking Dreads group. I have had the same issue. My hair shrunk from my bum to my shoulders- and I live in very dry Colorado- so apparently they will shrink no matter what the climate is. and I felt so ugly with big fat ends etc. I'm just about to my 8 month mark and things are getting better. I wrapped some of the fat ends with embroidery floss and that has made a huge difference. What looked fat from folding over and over itself, is actually not fat at all- just not completely tightened yet. I promise it will get better. Oh, and I can't do ponytails right now either- but I've been finding new ways to work with my dreads. It just takes time. Hang in there.