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Heather
@heather
04/29/11 03:32:47AM
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Could I have natural dreads even though my hair is already long?


General Questions

my hair is long and its taking a long time to knot. i think it really depends on your hair texture. i have thin, soft hair but someone with course, long hair would probably lock faster.
Heather
@heather
04/28/11 05:52:15PM
1,291 posts

7 month old dreads, how're they looking?


General Questions

looking good! i heard it takes about a year.
Heather
@heather
04/27/11 04:58:44PM
1,291 posts

shrinkage,lumps, balls, tails and loose roots!


Dread Maintenance

me, too! i'm glad i'm not alone. i personally hate mine. it's like a flat lump at the bottom of loose hair. mine have wimpy looking strings of hair hanging off the ends, too. definitely not what i had expected since most of the people i see on here have really pretty compact dreads with nice flowy ends. oh, well. what do we do. we can't choose the way our hair type wants to dread. hopefully we'll have something beautiful in the end:)
Heather
@heather
04/26/11 10:50:31PM
1,291 posts

Need opinions!


Dreading Methods

i met a girl with butt length dreads and asked her a ton of questions. i was saying how fine and thin my hair is and it's having a hard time dreadling. she said that hers was baby fine(you'd never know) and she said that her hair dreaded best when she cut it to her shoulders. she did t&r. she had tried dreading her hair when it was longer and it just wouldn't hold up. maybe the thickness of the shoulder length hair helps on us thinner hair folks. now i wish i had cut my hair before starting. also, being in my 40's doesn't help because my hair was much thicker 20 years ago. boo:(

Michelle Hallett said:

I agree, however....the part of my hair that I did comb out...I haven't been brushing after washing, just neglecting. And it isn't doing anything. It's been 3 months. So.....with that in mind, I have a hard time believing my hair will dread naturally without some help. It's very very baby fine and now super thin (I think I'm gonna cut) and it just doesn't seem to want to dread. I don't know. But I do think that is my preferred method, if I felt it would work.

fancyAmanda said:

My opinion: go naturalllll. Screw the TnR, just let your hair do its thang. That's all it wants to do, anyway :D
Heather
@heather
04/26/11 06:58:04PM
1,291 posts

Need opinions!


Dreading Methods

we want to see, too:(

Michelle Hallett said:
OK, I will in a few hours. Look for it!
Heather
@heather
04/29/11 02:22:03PM
1,291 posts

loose hairs?


Dread Maintenance

that doesn't look like much hair hanging off. if it really bugs you then cut it:)
Heather
@heather
04/25/11 06:19:54PM
1,291 posts

Does long hair lock faster?


General Questions

in my case my long, soft, white girl hair is taking FOREVER to knot. lol:) i probably should've cut some length off before starting. oh well.
Heather
@heather
04/29/11 03:37:50AM
1,291 posts



i wouldn't start over. just wash them and let them be. they'll be fine.
Heather
@heather
04/22/11 08:00:32PM
1,291 posts

My Dreadlock Odyssey - TnR


Member Journals and Timelines

14 hours?? i would not have the patience for that. it looks good though and i'm sure it will lock up fast since your hair is a bit damaged from the bleaching.
Heather
@heather
04/22/11 08:09:04PM
1,291 posts

Very, very slow dreadlock progress.


General Questions

pictures??

i'm on a very slow natural journey also. i started with very soft healthy hair so it's taken some time todevelop hair with more grip to it. i don't have very many knots yet either and i'm almost 7 months.

maybe the shampoo your using has conditioning ingredients? sea salt sprays in between washing and wearing a wool tam to bed every night are some of the things that i do that seem to help. i'm still trying to find the right washing routine too since we have really hard water. other people on here also recommend drying hair with a blow dryer to damage the hair a bit and increase knotting.

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