Welcome to the community Morgan. No need to feel awkward here, just be yourself....Your journey has just begun, read the dreaducation section at the top of the site for great tips to get you off to a good start. When using sea salt sprays or rinse, make sure to rinse it all out by the two hour mark or it will dry out your hair. It does make a great accelerator to help dreads lock up...enjoy the site and your journey....peace
It's a very common fear that baby dreads will unravel or un-knot. They often do, but it's because it's needed. See, if you backcomb your hair so it's super-tight, they probably won't come undone for a long time. But because they're so packed together, the hair can't move AT ALL, which stops the hair from dreading at all. So you see, we often see here members who re-do their backcombing whenever their sections unravel or come loose, but all that does is delay their progress. They can un-knot or unravel, but once they do that, if left alone, they will absolutely, with 100% certainty, dread up again so honestly, try not to worry. We've all been there!
As for the flat parts, that happens because you squish the dreads as you lay on them. But obviously every time you sleep, you sleep, roll over, etc. onto a different area each night, so over time, it'll actually round itself out. Palm-rolling to round dreads is useless I'm afraid all you're doing is shaping your hair into a round shape for a while, but eventually it goes back to its normal shape. But they do change shape a lot and round out just from sleeping, so no worries
Feel free to update us with your progress as time goes on, we love dread updates!
Welcome to the community artsy fartsy cheek chubby one heck of a chick, and welcome to the beginning of your wonderful journey.
Starter methods like backcombing and twist and rip are the roadmaps to your future mature dreads. They may fall out, they will become loose. Why? They need to do that in order to mature. That is part of the process, so if and when that does happen, please let it, it is normal and good for your future dreads. From here on in, whatever happens to them, just let them do their think, and your reward will be the dreads you always wanted.
Many changes will happen, and that's the fun part of seeing it all happen. All you need to do now is separate any sections trying to join onto each other and wash 2-3 times a week. The more you wash in the beginning, the faster they mature!
As Tara said, palm rolling it not good to do, it actually damages the hair and weakens the roots. Your new dreads will form the shape all on their own in time.
Enjoy the ride my friend and what the next year brings you.....peace
Welcome not to heighten your fear, but if you've got a fear of them falling out, you definitely don't want to be palm rolling! If you do it now and again, it doesn absolutely nothing good at all and if you do it too much, it can weaken and thin the dreads. We have a member here who palm-rolled his dreads for a couple of weeks, and now he has thin areas on his dreads from the damage it caused. Dreads are very, very strong as long as they're healthy, so there is absolutely no need to worry about them falling out. If you're worried about them falling apart or coming undone, that can happen, but just because hair needs to loosen a bit before it can dread. So the dread loosens so it can start knotting and truly dreading. No need to worry about that, because it's completely normal! Here's the video I mentioned:
It's a very common fear that baby dreads will unravel or un-knot. They often do, but it's because it's needed. See, if you backcomb your hair so it's super-tight, they probably won't come undone for a long time. But because they're so packed together, the hair can't move AT ALL, which stops the hair from dreading at all. So you see, we often see here members who re-do their backcombing whenever their sections unravel or come loose, but all that does is delay their progress. They can un-knot or unravel, but once they do that, if left alone, they will absolutely, with 100% certainty, dread up again so honestly, try not to worry. We've all been there!
As for the flat parts, that happens because you squish the dreads as you lay on them. But obviously every time you sleep, you sleep, roll over, etc. onto a different area each night, so over time, it'll actually round itself out. Palm-rolling to round dreads is useless I'm afraid all you're doing is shaping your hair into a round shape for a while, but eventually it goes back to its normal shape. But they do change shape a lot and round out just from sleeping, so no worries
Feel free to update us with your progress as time goes on, we love dread updates!
Welcome to the community artsy fartsy cheek chubby one heck of a chick, and welcome to the beginning of your wonderful journey.
Starter methods like backcombing and twist and rip are the roadmaps to your future mature dreads. They may fall out, they will become loose. Why? They need to do that in order to mature. That is part of the process, so if and when that does happen, please let it, it is normal and good for your future dreads. From here on in, whatever happens to them, just let them do their think, and your reward will be the dreads you always wanted.
Many changes will happen, and that's the fun part of seeing it all happen. All you need to do now is separate any sections trying to join onto each other and wash 2-3 times a week. The more you wash in the beginning, the faster they mature!
As Tara said, palm rolling it not good to do, it actually damages the hair and weakens the roots. Your new dreads will form the shape all on their own in time.
Enjoy the ride my friend and what the next year brings you.....peace
Welcome not to heighten your fear, but if you've got a fear of them falling out, you definitely don't want to be palm rolling! If you do it now and again, it doesn absolutely nothing good at all and if you do it too much, it can weaken and thin the dreads. We have a member here who palm-rolled his dreads for a couple of weeks, and now he has thin areas on his dreads from the damage it caused. Dreads are very, very strong as long as they're healthy, so there is absolutely no need to worry about them falling out. If you're worried about them falling apart or coming undone, that can happen, but just because hair needs to loosen a bit before it can dread. So the dread loosens so it can start knotting and truly dreading. No need to worry about that, because it's completely normal! Here's the video I mentioned:
![The day I dread [no pun intended]](https://www.dreadlockssite.com/gallery/image/gallery_image/65131/medium/crop=portrait/_v=42db41374039167 "The day I dread [no pun intended]")
Welcome to the community Morgan. No need to feel awkward here, just be yourself....Your journey has just begun, read the dreaducation section at the top of the site for great tips to get you off to a good start. When using sea salt sprays or rinse, make sure to rinse it all out by the two hour mark or it will dry out your hair. It does make a great accelerator to help dreads lock up...enjoy the site and your journey....peace
It's a very common fear that baby dreads will unravel or un-knot. They often do, but it's because it's needed. See, if you backcomb your hair so it's super-tight, they probably won't come undone for a long time. But because they're so packed together, the hair can't move AT ALL, which stops the hair from dreading at all. So you see, we often see here members who re-do their backcombing whenever their sections unravel or come loose, but all that does is delay their progress. They can un-knot or unravel, but once they do that, if left alone, they will absolutely, with 100% certainty, dread up again
so honestly, try not to worry. We've all been there!
As for the flat parts, that happens because you squish the dreads as you lay on them. But obviously every time you sleep, you sleep, roll over, etc. onto a different area each night, so over time, it'll actually round itself out. Palm-rolling to round dreads is useless I'm afraid
all you're doing is shaping your hair into a round shape for a while, but eventually it goes back to its normal shape. But they do change shape a lot and round out just from sleeping, so no worries 
Feel free to update us with your progress as time goes on, we love dread updates!
Welcome to the community artsy fartsy cheek chubby one heck of a chick, and welcome to the beginning of your wonderful journey.
Starter methods like backcombing and twist and rip are the roadmaps to your future mature dreads. They may fall out, they will become loose. Why? They need to do that in order to mature. That is part of the process, so if and when that does happen, please let it, it is normal and good for your future dreads. From here on in, whatever happens to them, just let them do their think, and your reward will be the dreads you always wanted.
Many changes will happen, and that's the fun part of seeing it all happen. All you need to do now is separate any sections trying to join onto each other and wash 2-3 times a week. The more you wash in the beginning, the faster they mature!
Although I did the T&R, my posted tips will be good for you also: (Dead URL) http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/just-starting-out-what-to-expect/a>
As Tara said, palm rolling it not good to do, it actually damages the hair and weakens the roots. Your new dreads will form the shape all on their own in time.
Enjoy the ride my friend and what the next year brings you.....peace
Welcome
not to heighten your fear, but if you've got a fear of them falling out, you definitely don't want to be palm rolling! If you do it now and again, it doesn absolutely nothing good at all 
and if you do it too much, it can weaken and thin the dreads. We have a member here who palm-rolled his dreads for a couple of weeks, and now he has thin areas on his dreads from the damage it caused. Dreads are very, very strong as long as they're healthy, so there is absolutely no need to worry about them falling out. If you're worried about them falling apart or coming undone, that can happen, but just because hair needs to loosen a bit before it can dread. So the dread loosens so it can start knotting and truly dreading. No need to worry about that, because it's completely normal! Here's the video I mentioned:
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/video/why-not-to-palm-roll
Anyway, if you have any questions, feel free to ask
everyone here is friendly and happy to help.
It's a very common fear that baby dreads will unravel or un-knot. They often do, but it's because it's needed. See, if you backcomb your hair so it's super-tight, they probably won't come undone for a long time. But because they're so packed together, the hair can't move AT ALL, which stops the hair from dreading at all. So you see, we often see here members who re-do their backcombing whenever their sections unravel or come loose, but all that does is delay their progress. They can un-knot or unravel, but once they do that, if left alone, they will absolutely, with 100% certainty, dread up again
so honestly, try not to worry. We've all been there!
As for the flat parts, that happens because you squish the dreads as you lay on them. But obviously every time you sleep, you sleep, roll over, etc. onto a different area each night, so over time, it'll actually round itself out. Palm-rolling to round dreads is useless I'm afraid
all you're doing is shaping your hair into a round shape for a while, but eventually it goes back to its normal shape. But they do change shape a lot and round out just from sleeping, so no worries 
Feel free to update us with your progress as time goes on, we love dread updates!
Welcome to the community artsy fartsy cheek chubby one heck of a chick, and welcome to the beginning of your wonderful journey.
Starter methods like backcombing and twist and rip are the roadmaps to your future mature dreads. They may fall out, they will become loose. Why? They need to do that in order to mature. That is part of the process, so if and when that does happen, please let it, it is normal and good for your future dreads. From here on in, whatever happens to them, just let them do their think, and your reward will be the dreads you always wanted.
Many changes will happen, and that's the fun part of seeing it all happen. All you need to do now is separate any sections trying to join onto each other and wash 2-3 times a week. The more you wash in the beginning, the faster they mature!
Although I did the T&R, my posted tips will be good for you also: (Dead URL) http://www.dreadlockssite.com/forum/topics/just-starting-out-what-to-expect/a>
As Tara said, palm rolling it not good to do, it actually damages the hair and weakens the roots. Your new dreads will form the shape all on their own in time.
Enjoy the ride my friend and what the next year brings you.....peace
Welcome
not to heighten your fear, but if you've got a fear of them falling out, you definitely don't want to be palm rolling! If you do it now and again, it doesn absolutely nothing good at all 
and if you do it too much, it can weaken and thin the dreads. We have a member here who palm-rolled his dreads for a couple of weeks, and now he has thin areas on his dreads from the damage it caused. Dreads are very, very strong as long as they're healthy, so there is absolutely no need to worry about them falling out. If you're worried about them falling apart or coming undone, that can happen, but just because hair needs to loosen a bit before it can dread. So the dread loosens so it can start knotting and truly dreading. No need to worry about that, because it's completely normal! Here's the video I mentioned:
http://www.dreadlockssite.com/video/why-not-to-palm-roll
Anyway, if you have any questions, feel free to ask
everyone here is friendly and happy to help.