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stiff dreads diagnosis and treatment

Dread Maintenance

maby it is misteake, becouse I always sink them first in BC then wash wather, then sink in AV, and then water.

Also I have so many white spots from broken hairs on black hair that this isn't funny. It looks disgusting. It look's like dreadloks are not forgiving hairstyle- they remember mistakes forever- or? I had crysis last week, I was on way to cut my hair. this even don't look like dreadlocks- this are more like huge appendages or pendants hanging on head. Nobody around here is realy sure what I am trying to do with this mine hair :D, niedher I am anymore. I hope time will solve this.

I can't get shampoos from internet, I need something procurable, and easy for use. I live on other side of world, I will waith that shampoo for mounth and pay post and maby tax.

stiff dreads diagnosis and treatment

Dread Maintenance

I am having stiff dreadlocks. I had crochet them, but most of them I have undo on start and made them tnr. They are so stiff and tight as bone. I wash most of time with BC/AC, sometimes with cheep shampoo. I newer sow wax. no mether what they all are fat, flat, shrinking, tight and stiff

911need help.....otherwise i'll have to take out my dreads

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Hallo sicknes,

Here is what helped me:

I am dreading now for 6 mounth (this days is anywersary).

I have had in that mounts all kind of scalp issues and conditions. on my shower there is weak water stream, so it never rinsed out complite dandruff. You need strong water stream, if you don+t- like me... I use bucket, or a bottle for risening with clear water.

I had pain of scalp, itch, dandruff. I am washing my hair 2-3 times per week. when it was worst I have used shampoo with mentol against dandruff (it is for man- and it is against itch)-it worked for me perfectly.Ones I coud not sleep from itchyng, I must go under shower and it always helps.

I made also bottle of water with mentol, good amount of drops of pepermint oil and rosemary, to put on spots where itched most :D

I tryed to wash soda/AC, but sometimes from AC it was worse for me...and my soul mate (love) hates AC smell so I am back on regular shampoo.

Lately, I started to look closely to SEPARATE them regularly - it looks that it helps for pain, becouse they don't take some far away hairs, so there is no pooling and tension.

And I started to use that rinsing with huge botle to produce strong stream of water.

Dandruff- Some of typs are yeasts. yeasts like to live on acid, dark, wet spots. It has also something to do with eating lot of meat (ti makes your body be mora acid, and our blood must be little soda like- that unbalance can produce lot of issues related with sweating, dandruff and so one). Try also to dry your scalp with hair dryer after washing(so your scalp is not wet for long). Other typs are like seborrhea, it comes from inside of body.

Now I am washing my hair with cheepest huge botle shampoo for grasy hair and it works for me best for now...

Lately my dreadlocks find peace, and start to feel good on my head.. I can imagine that hair must accomodate on new ways of growth, scalp must to weare all that weight- be gentle and polite with your body, and give him time to learn new ways.

It is jurney, One bed day, or week is not make me run home and hide under blanket. I knowe that my body will accommodate... I just need as mouch is posible not to think about my dreadlocks.

Separate them, keep them cleen and waith, I see on photos you are doing great job!

when somebody is not satisfied with his dreads

General Questions

I was with my guy... faced with two congos from his whole hair.

It is sad becouse hair did her part of job nicely.

I try to separate that but I had to cut some parts, and he has so weak and rare hair, he will see what will left. There is more to separate tomorow.

I have found some great video on youtube from guy named "karmadude100" he made great timeline on his 2year anniversary.

Maby we coud also make video section with only timelines? Maby there is something like this- but this site is huge, I did not find it yet.

Thank you all on quick response and backup!

when somebody is not satisfied with his dreads

General Questions

Thank you all on fast replay.

I forgot to search timelines, what is handy.

I am going to his place tomorow, and I will try to showe him photos, youtube video and to talk with him. hahaha, I must prepare educational materials for this tomorow.

when somebody is not satisfied with his dreads

General Questions

da, to mi je upravo trebalo. Sutra idem do njega vidjete te congose i ta se da s tim uiniti. Rekla sam mu da nabavi jojobinog ulja. Samo kada je generalno nezadovoljan- to nije ono kako bi to trebalo izgledati i plae li ga plae..eh, ba mi je ao. Ajde ako ima te vide-e alji! Ja sam mu ve pokazivala par.

Javiti u sutra kako je bilo.

Hvala

when somebody is not satisfied with his dreads

General Questions

before 5 mounths when I was fresh crochet one guy stoped me on street and asked that I make him dreadlocks. He has problems with men baldnes, and I run on this page week before. So I helped him tnr gently, and gave him directions.

I meet him today, he is blaming me for destroying his hair.

But there is nothnig wrong, he only has yung dreads, and some congos by his guilt(becouse I have call him 3 times to help him separate). still I belive I can separate this congos.

I never sow somebody in this town to go this way dreading as we here do... I realy belive it is only way... and how is so lot of straight dreadlocks around. People don't knowe what to expect.

He had dreadlocks when he was yung ones, and he made them somehow with soap, and then wraping with aluminium foley and putig it on fire O.0... and now there is no way to explain him that- this is ridiculous.

I am going tomorow to try to separate congos, and to speak with him.

I don't knowe how to explain him that everithing is great, and that things for his dreadlocks are going great... becouse he does not understand english. I must get him belive my word, and everybody is telling him oposite.

updated by @kristina: 01/13/15 09:12:51PM

Fat, flat ends.

Dread Maintenance

Jade, thanks for asking, and soaring eagle thanx for answering.. this interested me too. I am in sixth mounth of recovery after hook and they are flat and shrinked for 7inch... I tought that I sleep to long on my pilow, and that is reason for them bee so flat- lol. I tought maby that people with round ones don't sleep so lot-hihihi! I am joking, but I also woundered why some have round and someone flat

my first comment and it wasn't nice:(

General Talk

in your situation... I woud use this ocasion to see how is my ego responding... and try to separate it from mine consciousness. It is great oportunity for your inner grow... it is not You who is hurt, it is your ego, who wants to be nice and pretty to everybody- when you think about that aware it is inposible and silly.

You can't do nothing to ego, it is stupid to fight against him or something... it is part of us like our hand or nose, but you can be aware and conscous laugh at him like to small silly child :D It is part of us made to keep us live in hard situations, and he is woven with fears and cravings.

Responding to this mean girl pushes you in position of fight, or defense or just staying calm and don't respond.... what ever you decide- but do it with your concousnes, not with your ego.

Awarenes helpes me in any posible stupid situation, and I am learning to use it as my dreds grow :D... I am not best student, but I try to remember to do my homework- lol

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Dread Maintenance

I have ad fue drops of tea tree essential oil and mentha piperita esential oil in destiled water (20 drops of every essential oil in 20ml of destiled water) and made solution in spray bottle or in bottle with drop plug, and when I have feel itchy, I shaked well and sprayed or aply with drop plug on scalpl. It helps if you feel special itchy. You can add Rosmary too as they say.