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Is Aloe Vera good for dreads

Dread Maintenance

Hi there, I understand it's bad for your dreads to use wax or other hair products on them. But I was wondering about Pure, Plain and natural Aloe Vera Gel (I have a plant!). And if so what is the best application for it. Thoughts anyone?
updated by @carl-dowler: 01/13/15 08:54:31PM

Matting hair

Dread Maintenance

I did a lot of pulling and tugging to separate them. Though they're never reallyseparated right nowno matter how much I try toseparatethem in any direction fromeach other.

soaringeagle said:

how did u "fix them up"? when u seperate seperate thoroughly to the scalp

Matting hair

Dread Maintenance

Thanks! duly noted. I only just realized how bad this is for them. I was just using the bands to help keep them separated at the roots, Im gonna fix this as soon as I can :s

soaringeagle said:

oh geez u need to get the wax and rubber bands out wax is evil you also gotta stop backcombing and stop working on tem

Matting hair

Dread Maintenance

what I mean is, the hair at the back looks like it's un-dreading a bit, I fixed it up a few months ago. It use to look like a mass of straight, matted, tangled hairs with tiny dreads coming out of them it's a bit better now but theres still a tangled layer of hair just near the scalp.
taye said:

am a little confused by the term "matting" in your question. Felting is sometimes referred to as matting. Hair should never ever ever be felted. Of everything i have ever heard done to dreads (besides covering them with latex) felting is the absolute worst.

And no you don't want them to form into a 'flat helmet of tangled hair at the scalp". a regular routine of separating y our dreads in the shower once a week should keep that from happening. Separating is done by taking 2 dreads that are starting to attach to each other and gently pulling those dreads away from each other .If this is not done, it will cause the dreads to congo or become one dread.

I have seen a couple of uni-dreads on face book. These uni-dreads formed because there was no separation ever done to the dreads.The "helmet" formed into one big giant dread on top of their head.

Matting hair

Dread Maintenance

Hey everyone, Im wondering about Matting hair in my dreads, especially at the back of my head and near my neck. Ihaven'thad dreads for that long so I don't know if it's a good thing or not thatthey'reforming into a flathelmet of tangled hair at the scalp (the rest of my head is fine though).
updated by @carl-dowler: 01/13/15 08:54:17PM