Long loose hair problem.
General Questions
The growth since I had my dreads done is about 3-4 inches (could be longer I'm bad with lenghts) and is really tight the ends are still a bit fuzzy though but matted enough that I cant seperait the middle with a bit of fuzz and a few loops at the ends but my regrowth is so tight that the only loops I get are more like small bubbles rather than a huge loop. My hair has grown alot faster than it normaly did since putting the dreads in cause my ends were bleached so I can tell exactly how long they have gotten. I havent bleached my hair since. The only time I palm roll is when I get a really huge loop in the end that doesnt want to stop sticking out so I put some tea tree oil on it and palm roll just to get it to stay a bit closer to the dread and pick up the loose hairs to pull it back in.
The hair that is really long is all over and not really enough there to start a new dread and it flys around in the wind even if I have them tied back to make them look a bit neater when I take my kids to school. I dont want to sew them into the dread beside it cause I'm a bit scared it might start to look weaved rather than knoted thats why I thought about triming the long hair down a bit shorter so that it could tangle in with my roots.
I used a gel or wax or something that my sister in law gave me to use for the first week of having my dreads but I didnt like the feel of it and it made my hair look slimy and gross so I stoped using it on them after that. I use an apple sider vinigar rinse once a month to get out any fluff or other things that want to make a home in my hair that shouldnt be there and wash it with a herbal tea tree shampoo once a week, twice a week if its hot and I have been out swiming with my girls. I have dandruf so every 2-3 days I use a tea tree oil and water spray on my roots to stop my scalp from itching between washing (and to keep away any bugs my daughters brings home from school... yuck).
My oldest daughter just started year 1 so I dont want my dreads to look too fuzzy incase people pick on her on my account I dont mind the loops just all the loose hair over the place. God only knows my famliy give me hell over them I dont want her friends to do it to her at an age when she doesnt truely know whats going on with the world. She wants dreads too when she is older cause her aunt has them as well but hers are a few years old so they arent fluffy or have loose hair like I have but she also goes to a hairdresser where I have let mine grow the way they want.
My dreads are a learning thing so when my daughter is old enough to know that she really wants them I know what to do when she starts to freak out that they dont look right or they are taking to long to dread or any other question she has about them so I can help her with getting used to them. She helps me to wash my hair all the time its a great bonding experiance for us. I think she knows my dreads better than me lol, she even named one of them Brain cause it looped and bunched up and now is a tight twisted ball half way up dread.
Sorry for the long post hope that helps explain my situation a bit better.