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Large Loop/Knot at the end of a dread

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I didn't know if it was normal or not, it just seemed odd to me that there was this big lump at the end of a fairly thin dread, but if that kind of stuff is just normal I'll leave it alone

Large Loop/Knot at the end of a dread

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I don't know if this is common or not but at the end of one of my dreads is what looks like a large knot that I can't undo, will this come undone by itself or do I need to do something about it? I've attached a picture of it so you can see what I'm on about

updated by @edward-jeffrey: 02/05/15 10:12:49AM

hello :)

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I'm washing it through with sea salt about once a week and the rest of the week I'm keeping it dry. I don't know if this is the right thing to do or not but my reasoning is that my hair is naturally quite frizzy and brittle and I'm worried that washing it with sea salt too often might damage it, and when it gets wet it seems to become looser. I'm pretty much just guessing at what I should be doing to help dreads form to be honest :S

hello :)

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Hi, my name is Edd, I'm from York in the UK and I started growing dreadlocks about 5 months ago. This is my first time growing dreads and I don't know anyone who has or had them so I'm kind of fumbling in the dark as far as how to grow/maintain dreaklocks is concerned :S I'm trying to grow my hair naturally as from what I've read on the internet that seems to be the way that suits me most. 5 months in, my hair has separated into distinct locks, and around the back I can feel it has knotted fairly tightly.

So a little about myself: I'm 19 and will soon be beginning my second year at university studying Classics. Musically, I'm mostly into heavy metal but I also listen to some reggae and most other genres as long it's music played by an actual band (no dubstep etc). My only real hobby is online gaming, I'm currently between teams but I used to play for a CS:S clan and before that Quake Live. Other than that, I'm mostly just hanging out with my friends

updated by @edward-jeffrey: 01/13/15 09:34:31PM

will thick curly coarse hair take longer to naturaly dread?

Dreading Methods

my hair is very thick and curly and 5 months in it seems to be dreading ok for me at least

I need some help on some diff head wrap ideas plz!

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It's not really a head wrap but I find buffs are pretty good headwear for my growing dreads as they hold it all out the way without stifling movement too much http://www.amazon.co.uk/Buff-Original-Multi-Functional-Headwear/dp/B0067YH2JU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1346196611&sr=8-2

Racist dreadlocks page with SE in it

General Talk



Gabe McCoy said:

It seems like the people who say white people shouldn't have dreads more likely just hate white people, I mean this guy even seemed to acknowledge that dreads didn't start with black people. Really strange

I really don't understand the whole "dreads are for black people" thing. Both the Celts and the Picts wore dreadlocks, and it seems pretty unlikely to me that people from Western Europe at that time would have ever come into contact with anyone who wasn't of the same racial descent.

If you're referring to where he says the ancient Egyptians wore dreadlocks, then I should say that the ancient Egyptians were actually black. There is a lot of confusion about this because when scholars first discovered the civilisation they came up with various theories of how Egypt could have been populated by Asian or Arabic people because they wouldn't believe that one of the most advanced civilisations that has ever existed was in fact built by black people. Hooray for racism :L

dreading the 1st few weeks of dreading

Dreading Methods

it starts with oh my god they are getting looser not tighter then progresses to oh my god i got my dreads wet then theres a loose hair or a loop or a bump or a bend oh my god what should i do?
then you rush off to the internet and start posting

haha this describes me pretty well