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Too Much Maintenance?

Dread Maintenance

hi fellow dreaddy people

i've had my dreads for 9 months now, and they seem to be okay.

i stay pretty natural; no wax, dr. brommer's soaps for washing etc.

however, i've developed a very codependent relationship with the dreadhead crochet lock tool thingy.

it helped in the beginning months getting hairs to knot together, but i think i'm abusing my hair at this point.

i get a ton of little 1/3 inch hairs every now and then, and i'm not sure it's natural. also, a lot of new hairs at the scalp, which i think resulted from breaking hairs earlier with the tool.

what has really bothered me is the dry, almost brittle feeling at some of my ends. At one point, one of the ends just broke off.

i wanted to have really neat dreads, with virtually no little hairs sticking out, but i think that might be impossible without something like wax--which i'll never do

i'm wondering what i should do to help my dreads; to make them strong and healthy. is there something i specifically i can do to help, besides leaving them the hell alone and stop using the tool?

updated by @brenn: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

Will my roots dread?

General Questions

thanks! that's what i figured

taye said:

Just let them be. The roots will knot up just by the movement of swinging free. I never ever do anything to my roots. They knot up just fine.

Baby dreads will have more unknotted roots then mature dreads. up to 3 inches is normal. Any maintenance that you do on them can be damaging.

Will my roots dread?

General Questions

i have fine/wavy hair, so the roots are loose. i know i've been told they will, but i was wondering if i can get some reassurance from other people with dreadlocks.

is there anything i should do to help them? i've heard of backcombing the roots, and also rolling them.

or should i just let them be, and they will dread on their own?

updated by @brenn: 01/13/15 09:04:37PM