When you have a few dreads that have very thin roots, How does regular washing actually help?
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When you have a few dreads that have very thin roots, How does regular washing actually help? When I finish washing I pull them apart, and as im pulling them and feeling them, I notice that some of the roots are thinner than others. they're getting longer and I like it, but it makes me wonder if they're going to be able to take the punishment of all of the future washes, and the pulling apart sessions. Some of them are real thick and strong, but I fear that the water from washing will also hurt them in the future. The ones that feel thin are mainly on the top, and the thicker ones are in the back.Their are people who wash their hair like every day, or once a week or more a week, and I don't understand how their locks can stand that. Especially if they have the thin locks. usually I've been going like 3 months before I wash my hair, because im afraid that over washing is going to thin the roots. and plus I don't really do enough to make my head sweat so I just let the dandruff build up to when I necessarily need to wash it. This is the 2nd time I washed my hair in 2 weeks, normally I would of waited for another 3 months, but last night I noticed that their was still dandruff in my scalp, and I wanted to take care of that. I mainly focused on the scalp as I washed last night. But what I don't understand is that, last week after I washed my hair, I noticed that my roots were starting to tighten up, and I liked that, because those thin rooted dreads in the top felt like they actually might be ok afterall. but last night after I was done, I noticed that they didn't tighten up. Is that mainly because the water was mainly hitting it and not much shampoo? Cause I was trying to focusing mainly on the scalp, and not the hair. It could my anxiety that's making worry about this, I want to just sit there, and let them do their own thing, but it's hard not to worry, because as im feeling them, they just don't feel like they're strong enough for the future. I know that joining 2 dreads together or using loose hairs can help strengthen them. And I've done that before. But I really hope that it's just my really bad anxiety that's causing me to think their's a problem. Because some people who have really thin dreads, seem to never have a problem, or is that because they have really thick and healthy roots? I never thought they would have really thick roots, considering how thin their dreads are. By the way I've been freeforming for almost a year now, but my dreads were formed by back combing a year and a half ago. And they have been retwisted twice, and vigorously twisted by me up until 8 months ago when I found this site.
updated by @lamorrisjay: 01/13/15 08:55:24PM
