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Timeline 0-7 months straight fine hair

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My how my dreads have changed. Pics are small but you can see them larger on my profile in timeline album. Enjoy~

updated by @tatyananashi: 01/13/15 08:52:30PM

Dandruff and big lumps in some areas

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

I would try to avoid scratching them. Sometimes you can irritate your scalp more and get scabs or something. I (prior to locking) had a compulsive habbit to pick around my widows peak on my head because of one lump I got one time, and it took forever to heal because it scabbed up and when I pulled my hair back it would irritate it and it just perpetuated the issue when I touched or messed with it. You don't want open sores or cuts on your scalp, it sucks and takes forever to heal,because of all the hair in the area pulling and messing with it.

Now if I get a big flake that is like already loose and just hanging out in my hair I find a way to pull it out, because that's annoying.

Jared Drury said:

Speaking of dandruff/ lumps.... is it better to scratch and pick them off or to just let them be and fall off on their own when washing? I think I have loosened a few knots by tring to pick out dead skin, I guess it would be better to let it wash out on its own. WHat do you think?

Dandruff and big lumps in some areas

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

Interlocking pulls it tight and that's probably the cause of the bumps and flakes: your scalp is irritated.You don't necessarily have to take them completely out if you could undo the interlocking. Believe me, loose roots are necessary and more comfortable for dreads, and tight dreads cause that scalpy look.Try to undo the interlocking as much as you can at the roots. They should be comfortable. Then let them go to grow and form sticking with bs/acv wash and essential oils if you want.If you can't undo the interlocking then try to condition the roots to loosen them up then try to undo the interlocking. The problem with interlocking is not just the tight roots/painful scalp, with the twisted tight hair it won't lock (too tight to tangle) and could further stretch, stress and break. It will always be a weak spot unless you can undo the interlocked spot.It might not fall or break but will not ever tangle in interlocked spots and will always be like a bendy spot. By the way with 10 months you should have some quite formed dreads, if you don't it may be because of the method. Mine were only loosely backcombed and ripped apart when needed. Mine are very locked and only 7 months, so proof that letting them do their thing is better than trying to force locks.

stuart lake said:

i didn't go to a salon she was reccomended by me to a friend. you sure they need to be undone? seem's a bit drastic? surely they will work themselves out?

Dandruff and big lumps in some areas

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

acv is apple cider vinegar.

The way I personally do it is I have an empty bottle that is supposed to be for travel shampoo (you can get them in the miniature stuff section at stores where they sell "airline sized" small toiletries. I don't know if UK has the same flight rules that US does, but here you can't have more than 3.4 oz liquid containers when you fly in your carry on, so most stores now have a section of miniature stuff. The bottle I have holds 3.4 ounces, and I just put about 1 tablespoon of baking soda in the bottle, add COLD water, andshake it up so it all dissolves. I add cold water so that when I am putting it on my head I know where I've put it so I get full coverage of my scalp and dreads. It has a little hole opening like a regular shampoo bottle, and after getting my hair wet with warm water in the shower I start from the middle front to the back in a line on the middle of my head, then do one side, then the other. Because of the cold I know which dreads I've covered and which I haven't. Once it's all on there I let it sit for a bit without rinsing and I rinse out the shampoo bottle and put in about 1/4 of the bottle of apple cider vinegar. Again I mix it with cold water and shake it up. (be sure to rinse the bottle in between so no BS reacts to ACV). I set it aside in the tub and massage my BS hair and scalp for a bit then rinse it fully under the now warm shower water. Once fully rinsed I do the same thing I did with BS to my scalp but with the ACV solution. Some people don't like the smell of vinegarbut diluted it really isn't noticable. I also let the acv sort of soak in like I do with the BS and while I'm waiting I prepare tea tree oil solution if I'm going to do it this wash (I wash with bs/acv once a week and follow with tea tree oil once a month). Rinse the bottle first (from the acv that was just in it) and put just 1 drop of tea tree oil (it is quite strong, so one drop is plenty). Fill the rest of the bottle with water and shake to mix. I set it aside and massage my head again before rinsing the ACV out (I do the massages because 1, it feels good and gets the circulation in my head going, most hair people recommend massaging your scalp when shampooing, so I treat this as the same, and 2 because it helps the dreads to tangle up, I think. Some people if you scrub too much or too early (before dreads are formed) you might pull some tangles out, but if you check my profile and pics you'll see I am not worried about losing anything LOL. I rinse out the vinegar mixture from my hair, and follow with the tea tree oil if I'm doing it that shower, and let that sit while I wash the rest of myself. Once I'm done washing I do a final rinse of my hair (and everything else of course) and I'm done.

I feel that using bs/acv is why my hair dreaded so fast. when my hair was still tangling and my dreads were still babies I just would do a bucket style pour and rinse, like most people do, but I was using far more bs/acv for that concoction, and I prefer this method because I know I get full coverage even on the back dreads whick with the bucket style pour I felt weren't getting as clean. Plus I love massaging my hair, and I can feel each dread when I do this to make sure I've removed all beads (sometimes I miss one and find it mid shower).

This is just my method, everyone does it differently. Just rememeber to rinse between each solution and to do a final rinse: BS can be drying, ACV balances that, and tea tree oil is very strong and if you use too much (believe me one drop is potent enough) then you may get over drying from tea tree oil (I never havebut some people are more sensetive to tto than others)

Dandruff and big lumps in some areas

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

In my previous post "they" were my sister and brother in law, should have specified, and about lumps, I used to get lumps (like painful, almost scab like) prior to dreading. I think it is because of all the pulling back I did on my hair to keep it out of my face. Now that my locks kind of keep back out of my eyes I barely ever pull them back or cover them up or tie them or anything, and I don't get this lump/scab/irritation that I got before locks. Do you pull your dreads back?

Dandruff and big lumps in some areas

Dreads Hair and Scalp Health

I only use baking soda and acv when I wash, and I don't get dandruff at all. I did notice some flaking when I went to Spokane Washington to see my new nephew, and I think it's because for about a month I only used water, nothing else (I didn't want to trouble them for bs/acv, which they didn't have any of and I didn't bring with me). It was only a few flakes in the front and when I washed with bs/acv again when I got home they were gone. The BS really helps diminish oils and dissolve that extra skin flakes and the acv helps balance the ph of the scalp and hair. I do sometimes follow it with a tea tree oil rinse (one drop of tea tree oil as it is very potent, in a container of water, diluted and cold).

Back in the day when I had waxlocks (regret, it was my first set and I cut them but they were waxed so I am glad I didn't keep em, and that I did these dreads right this time) I used different dread soaps and even Neutrogena T Gel. I still had flakes all the time, except for right after I washed. With BS/ACVI never have flakes, and it took a month of water only before I got noticeable flakes, and just a few.

cut for work!?

Alternative Lifestyles and Subcultures

I'd like to think I wouldn't work for such a company to begin with, but we all know that sometimes job options are limited.If it were brought up and there was some kind of legitimate reason (like working in a factory with massive, dangerous machinery, which is the only reasonable scenario I can fathom) I'd see if restraining my locks would be enough, and honestly if it wouldn't I'd find another job. I mean if my dreads were 10 feet past my ankles and all they asked for was a trim but allowed me to keep my locks with some length I'd compromise (I'm sure I'd trim before they ever got THAT long) but if it was no option it all had to go I'd cordially invite them to fuck off and I'd find legal recourse if necessary or just quit if needed.But currently I'm planning to never bother working for a company that doesn't allow me to be myself within productive reason.

dealing with ignorance

General Talk

Family always like this to me, but they've known me my whole life and know IDGAF. It started when I was young, I stopped eating meat when I was 8 because it was nauseating to me (at the time I had no idea there was a word for this). They called me picky and I was dubbed a troublemaker, and my father told me it was against god. Absurd, but as a kid you just feel alienated: you can't change who you are even if you try, it's never authentic. Well labels stick because once you're dubbed a black sheep of the family you always will be. My passions and activities were rarely regulated by my parents or siblings.Funny thing is maybe 8 years after becoming an unaware vegetarian my sisters all followed suit, but only temporarily as it was just a trend. Still I laughed at that.Now my dad still hates my hair but as he is a colossal ass I his only offspring who still talks to him (bygones And whatnot). When he mentions his dislike for my life choices I roll my eyes and shake my head. He knows that due to this persistent sense of self that I have I am not as manipulated or offended as my sisters and for that reason I have not shunned him, so he hates my freethinking but knows it is his saving grace at the same time. Family: what a joke sometimes huh? LolAnyway, when friends (and by that I mean more like acquaintances because real friends wouldn't GAD) say "you're so pretty without your locks/piercings" or the like, I respond with "and I'm prettier WITH" or "I'm more than just appearance" etc (because these people are normally run of the mill clones) and if anyone ever said they can smell my hair (which would be incorrect for sure!) I'd either shove my head in their face (can you smell me now?) or say something just as rude back, even if it were family or elders. I am usually not very insulting to people but some people are so rude, ignorant and offensive that I can sharpen my tongue and release necessary wrath.I also resort to self depreciating humor, it's a sarcastic way of mocking them, and most don't get it, which to me is funnier!

Will the frizz go away?

General Questions

Well they'll seem really fluffy and frizzy at first, then they'll tighten in different spots and loop up, which isn't "frizzy" but is chaotic, then they settle down but you will probably still have some "loose hair" at all stages, but it wont look as fluffy/fuzzy as it does now, everyone's hair matures differently so can't say how soon it will settle down, but you can check out timelines and pics for guidelines and encouragement.

Hi, i'm new.

Introduce Yourself

My mother is half black half native, and my father is dutch. My hair was very frizzy, curly, 'textured' when I was younger but got straighter and lighter in my teen years and is now very straight, however it was always very tangly. Thin straight hair I think does better with bigger locks, because it has it's little support group, and I sectioned big because I did light backcombing to start mine and the sections seemed medium to small then (they got thicker during shrinkage phase and due to the nature of maturing dreads). I think it's easier with curlier/frizzier/kinkier hair to do smaller locks because they stay together and strong even when they're small. I think you'd be fine with smaller locks, but the texture of your hair is really the tell all. For instance, though all my sisters have the same genetic parentage as I do, one has super frizzy/textured/kinky hair but it is nearly blonde (very light brown). Another has almost asian dark and straight hair. I have a combination, and mine has changed as I got older. We all are different results of combinations of our very different parents, and though we all look related we are all also very different. Some people think my little sister is mexican, while my other little sister is as pale as porcelain. It's just what happens with mixed heritage.I personally think that with textured hair, curls and such, you'd have better luck with more, smaller dreads, where as with straight or fine hair does well with larger, thicker dreads. Make a few sections and pull on them, if it feels secure and safe on your head it should hold and be fine. My hair has gotten thinner and straighter and so I am more comfortable with large sections because I think it affords the support needed, whereas if I was working with my hair from my youth I would have done a 120 dread route. Also, a combination of small and large is a good idea, as some of my "loose hair" is becoming small thin dreads on their own, so really your hair will decide what it wants and communicate to you through congos or splitting, etc.As far as methods, I think TnR is the safest and least dangerous if you don't want to wait on neglect method, and I personally did back combing because I didn't know of TnR at the time, but I also am a bit of a pansy on scalp pain and stress so my backcombing was very loose and gentle.You can do dreads yourself easy, and maintenance would just be pulling apart the congos. One of the benefits of a more textured hair type is that it congos/combines a lot less because the hair is in tighter ringlets and doesn't mingle much, so lots of dreads like that shouldn't be hard to maintain as far as pulling apart congos goes.