ok i need help!! calling all veteran dreadies!!!
Help! Save My Dreads
cool man thanx for the response yup did all that now its just time and patience and washing thanks again everyone for all the help
cool man thanx for the response yup did all that now its just time and patience and washing thanks again everyone for all the help
ok so i did first washing washed with baking soda rinse(1 gallon of water, used 1/4 b.s, 8 drops of tea tree oil, spash of non iodized sea salt) let sit for like 8 mins then rinsed with acv rinse (a splash of acv to 1 gallon of water) then rinsed with reg water for a bit i uploaded a file of what it looks like, it looks and feels so much better, not as tight and really fresh thanks so much man u rock baba fats
and also can i use a little of the rip and tear method to tighten up the backcomb? and im talking about the method of getting a loc separating combining again separating at different spot combining ext. thats the rip and tear method right? or the twist and rip? a friend of mine did the back combing and sectioning but she was cool and didnt backcombe the shit outa my hair it wasnt to tight...and for moisturizing the roots can i use aloe?
ok thanks that was very helpful now is it bad or good to wear hats? and should i wear one at night?
ok so i am a noob at this i admit it i am im 21 yrs old male and for the time ive able to style my own hair ive just had it short and curly or big fro, now i have african textured hair but am a Caucasian Hispanic mutty mix...
ok long story shirt i just put in my dreads on friday night threw yesterday...being the noob i am i used the back comb method...taking advice from dreadheadhq...now what i used was the backcomb method, with lock peppa and locking acclerator, as well as jamican mango and lime and hair elastics at the tips...and since then i have just been using palm rolling and lock sculpta...
ok so now i stumble onto this site :/
so help me!! what can i do to save my dreads??? my hair is about 4 to 5 inches in length and the reason i wanted to do the back comb method is cause i needed results withing like 6 months and i know i am not patient and no i dont have money to go out and buy expensive shampoos and shit btw i got the dreadheadhq residue free soap havnt washed the dreads yet but what i was planning on using....
but from what i read so far ive done just about everthing wrong except use wax thank the creator...
so advice and help i need it pleaseeee!!! i really really dont wanna start all over again i would be heartbroken and probably wouldnt try this again i feel really sad right now too cause i did this for my 21st bday and was all looking foward to this and i failed :/ really really is a blow to the ego...