Awesome, don't feel so scared anymore, haha. Thanks again guys, yous guys are awesome. I've read the threads on here about the BS water wash ratios so that shouldnt be a problem, I'm sure my scalp will be much happier as well. As far as drying goes I know that air dry in the sun is the best way but if I have problems with the bigger ones like you said, would a blow dryer be a bad idea?
These pics were taken just a few hours ago, so this is what I'm currently working with.
@Soaring Eagle: I'm learning now that he didn't really know what he was doing, but as I said earlier, I felt so lost about dreads and he had had them previously so I went with what was there, I'm just happy I found this place, these people, and good information before it got WAY out of control.
These pics were taken the night my dreads were "installed" for lack of better terminology
I agree with you 100% It's crazy to me how much BAD information is spamming the internet on something so simple and ancient. I'm just thankful I haven't made some fatal errors others have with waxes and whatnot
Wheelz said:
I felt the same way! It's very easy to get misguided when it comes to dreads. There's a lot of different information out there so it's very easy to get headed down the wrong path. But it's good you found this place so these guys can help you.
Alrighty, I'll get some pics uploaded to this thread either by the end of today or tomorrow morning. Thanks again. It's so funny to me I've put myself through stressful turmoil over these past 4 months and all that stress has been cleared up in a matter of hours thanks to this website.
I agree completely on the friend notion. And again I appreciate the words of wisdom. So the main thing I need to know now is do I cut out what I have and restart? If you would like I can upload a few photos so you can kinda see what the situation is..
Sweet, thanks for the good information, thats why I love this site.
@Baba Fats: The technique used, as far as I was told... He sectioned my hair in three different tiers, then he used a metal comb to back-comb towards my scalp then took the back-combed hair and knotted it around itself(i assume) near the scalp of my head. haha, I had the side show Bob look for a while. and then he just repeated process down the length of my hair (which was about 8 inches long at that time. One month later we did what he called a "re-tightening" session and we were gonna do one every month for 6 months but then he started dodging me. Im not sure what "flipped roots" are but looking at it you cant really see where the knots are but it is like you said, from the roots down is pretty much straight hair. The dreads near the back of my neck feel like they have actually dreaded and I assume it's b/c I work outside and sweat a lot.
@Jason: I'm seeing now I didn't need his help but when I started I felt so lost and he had had dreads before so I assumed all would be well. I havent washed my head in the 4 months I've been doing this so i know I don't have any unwanted residues from conventional shampoos. But I was planning on starting to to do the BS and water wash very soon. I live in a downtown area so all I have is hard-water... is the BS wash still gonna be effective with hard water? and I dunno what AV stands for, sorry haha. Thanks again you guys for the hospitality
Hello all!
New to the site, new to dreads as well. I'm from the southside of the united states. Been dreading my hair for the past 4 months and never did before this. I'm 25. Just wanted to say hello to everyone and add that I think this is an amazing site with some awesome information. And while I'm here doing this I have a question as well:
LIke I said I've been dreading for the past 4 months. I had a friend back-comb and knot my hair at it's roots. We DIDN'T use any wax, I think he used a little lock pepper though. At any rate, my friend has decided to stop helping me in this process so I'm wondering if I should cut everything out and start from scratch or could I just pick up here with the neglect method and let my hair do what it does?
Thanks in advance for anyone who puts their 2 cents in here =D
