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Yo I'm atom.. My dreads are just a couple weeks older than urs n I started the same way.. My hairs prolly a Lil more fine than yours, which sucks, but I started with crocheting n went natural after that so were almost in the same boat. mine have fallin apart alot too. But I think some are comin together.. It's just kinda a mess now. I use dr bronners every third day n then a cold acv rinse afterwards.. Just left on like 30 seconds to a minute. I do baking soda just randomly.. Prolly get to like once a month super clean. But I do sea salt whenever.. No routine just randomly. Other than that, they're just chillin. And I kno I said it's a mess but u Can feel that some of em are tightening up n doin some shrinking as well. I just can't stand the loose hairs cuz the blonde ones on top of my brown hair in the back make it look like a cobweb.. U won't have that problem tho. Lol I think ull start dreading up fast. Just get a tam for the crazy hair days.. It'll help! Good luck bro

Hey you should join crochet and dread tools recovery group im a pusher i got my dreads made crochet then stumbled on this site and have never maintained. If you have super greasy hair then you could be washing your hair too much.

There is also a Baking Soda Wash group lol

I mix my Baking Soda in a cup with water and pour it over my head then pour apple cider vinegar over the top...i like the fizzing though i think i heard its not great for you so i dont do it all the time,

I used to live in Edinburgh...was a trolly dolly on scotrail loved Scotland, plan on going back for some hiking eventually!!!

Ahh another Scottish one! I'm from Scotland to (:

I had extremely oily/greasy hair to start off with because I was so used to washing my hair every day, but I cut it down to every 3rd/4th day and after a couple of wash my hair was a lot better

I was wondering what ACV was at first too...apple cider vinager...I think i got the spelling right...

washing lil less will slowly make u less oily and u can help your scalp adjust by spraying yoir scalp with thyme tea letting that stay on between washings and extend the wash cycle by a day longer then u think u should till your ar 1-3 times a week (1-2 probly best) and able to not get oily too much between lil while b4 u wash spray the hair not scalp with sea salt salt spray will help dry it

oh also hot wash helps remove oils but then freeezing cold rince helps close the pores down so u produce less it also closes the cuticles on the hairs so they hold in the healthy oils they need and the scalp wont try to overcomepensate by overproducing evertytime u strip the oils
u can add the thyme tea to the baking soda wash too

hey, the best thing to do is to stop crocheting your hair totally. Your hair will frizz a lot after you stop crocheting but its better to go natural than to crochet. do the crochet method and your hair will be hard and get damaged. Go with the natural route and your hair will be healthy and spongy.

So no more crochething, and when it starts frizzing dont worry, they will frizz and then over time start to loc up again. I love in the UK too so heres the site for some shampoo or soap bar you should use to wash your hair http://www.lucyrose.biz/dr-bronners-168-c.asp its dr bronners. You can also wash your hair with baking soda, look around the site and there should be posts showing how to wash with it. The oil will always be there so just wash it and don't run oily fingers through your hair.

Gd luck mate

hai! welcome to the site! Basically, all i have to say is just let it go, stop worrying, and wash with baking soda...I don't really have that greasy of hair, but when it does get greasy, i just wash it and then it all works out fine, also, straight hair dreads up just fine..my hair used to be curly and what not, but for some reason, it got straighter, i dunno why, but it's dreading up just fine...just give your hair time, and wash with baking soda and acv...SE will probably have some other tip that I don't even know about! Good luck on your journey!