I Need Advice!!
Help! Save My Dreads
Many thanks, just wat i needed. Jah bless!
Valrie said:
I'm glad you gave up on the crochet hook since it's very damaging to the hair and can, in the long run, cause dreads to fall apart from too much breakage.
From this point on, all you need to do is wash your scalp and separate to prevent congos. Some things you can expect from no longer using a crochet hook on your dreads are for there to be prickly hairs along the dread shaft from the crochet hair breakage as they loosen up a bit, loosened roots that will, over time, tighten up as they get used to not being maintained and start to dreadlock on their own (eventually your roots will go down to 1 - 1/2 of an inch but it takes patience for your locks to readjust), and as your fresh dreads grow out they will likely be thicker than the preexisting crocheted ones because hook maintenance breaks and compacts the dread to a thinner shape.
Go check out the forum for crochet recovery. There are some members that can probably give some good advice there as to what to expect, first hand, as well as give support on how to get through the transition period.