natural dreads - began dec 2010
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updated with some pics, it's really starting to lock up now!
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natural dreads - began dec 2010
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hey all, i have decided to go the natural route to dreadlocks! things have started happening now so i thought i would share some pics and try to keep it updated.
updated by @ms: 01/13/15 08:57:12PM
surf dreads?
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wow anyway
just about when i kind of stop expecting dreads to happen "right now"
a baby dread pops up!!!
WOO! my first dread
its only small but its totally stuck together, my first real dread
amazing.
oh btw i have been getting heaps of saltwater lately, as i said i really stopped expecting them so i was just swimming and surfing a fair bit cause the water was so nice, and whaddya know!
surf dreads?
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my hair is not really dreaded yet
some days i can just see some hair sticking and clumping together real nice
but other days not so much, changes normally when it gets wet
but i just thought i would add, i think this is just normal dreading process, the other day i went for a surf and let my hair totally dry over about 3 days and some real nice clumps started popping up, and then i washed it and for a few days it didnt clump really at all
so i guess this is just the dreading process. my clumps are changing size all the time, one wash i have thick clumps, the next i have skinny ones, so just the process i guess.
but yeah, salt water can help it along a bit for sure, makes it real sticky and stuff and changes the texture and thus dread shape of your hair. interesting stuff.
i think just gotta have a bit of faith and patience for the dread process!
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hi i am at almost 3 months of natural dreading.
my hair is locking up together more and more to form some definate dread shaped locks, but no real dreading yet.
well i have noticed when i go for a surf and get the salt water through my hair, it doesnt really lock up afterwards. when i wash it with baking soda it starts to lock together real fast the next day, but if i go surfing even if i have a shower afterwards it just doesnt want to lock up
so when i dont surf i am noticing some nice progression with the dreads, i can tell there are some big ones forming up too
but if the surf is really good, and i go surfing for a few days in a row, it feels like i am kind of stopping the dreading progress. i enjoy surfing, but i also enjoy watching my dreads form, so i almost feel like i shouldnt surf too much?
i was wondering if anyone had any experience with surfing and dreads??
thanks alor for any help!
updated by @ms: 01/13/15 08:55:51PM
Hi everyone! what do u think TNR or neglect?..
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check out the timeline forum and have a look at some photos of the twist and rip timelines
i have only just started my first dread journey (natural) so i cant talk from experience. though i think checking out the timelines would be helpful for you
from what i can tell the twist and rip sections will come a fair bit undone as part of the process but it can just help to "organise" the sections so to speak
all natural, just rip apart.
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awesome dreads!!!
thanks for the timeline, great inspiration!
*UPDATE 9/3/11* my natural dreadlocks timeline :)
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awesome !! looks to me they are coming along real nice!!
i am at about 3.5 mnths of natural dreading. i was inspecting my hair alot at first and i would have ups and downs of progress and even backwards it can get a little disheartening.. but i just figured it might take a year, then so be it, and really just stopped caring about it and then my first baby dread just popped up. very exciting i will get some pics up today, its only very small but a real dread, still got a long way to go too!
we all shaved or started over dreadheadhq/knottyboy dreads the right way, wonder why?
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i havent had dreads in my hair before but i am looking to get started.luckily i found this site before any damage was done!lifesaver! :D