Hi Prachi. Pollution is bad for dreadlocks with wax in them, the wax holds all the odors and dust and crap floating in the air. If you keep your dreads product free, and keep them washed like you always did for undreaded hair (but use a dreadlock shampoo for avoid buildup), then you should not have a problem with pollution. It would be the same, dreaded or straight.....Peace.
Welcome to the community Prachi Vijay. Growing natural dreads can take 1-2 years to mature. You can let them separate and dread by the free form method, or you can use the twist & rip method as the second best choice. When you stop combing your hair, it will start to separate into sections. Did this happen when your stopped combing? Well, these sections will start on the journey of dreading,knotting, looping shrinking and turning into mature dreads eventually. What you wash with can make a difference for dreads to form, if what you use is conditioning, then any knots that want to form will slip right back out. All hair will dread on its own, it just takes time and patience. Enjoy your future journey, you can do it....Peace
05/14/13 11:27:37PM @prachi-vijay:
Thanks for the welcome guys much appreciated, once i figure the site out a bit im going to post a timeline of my dreads. Hope you look at it
Welcome to the group.
Hope you find what you are lookin for here.
I know you don't use wax, so you should not have a problem with pollution
Hi Prachi. Pollution is bad for dreadlocks with wax in them, the wax holds all the odors and dust and crap floating in the air. If you keep your dreads product free, and keep them washed like you always did for undreaded hair (but use a dreadlock shampoo for avoid buildup), then you should not have a problem with pollution. It would be the same, dreaded or straight.....Peace.
Welcome. Just 1? If you just start with 1, you'll more than likely end up wanting your whole head locked.
And like Eagle said, getting them "done" is really bad for your hair, and locks. It tends to even prevent them from ever maturing.
How were you thinking about starting?
Welcome to the community Prachi Vijay. Growing natural dreads can take 1-2 years to mature. You can let them separate and dread by the free form method, or you can use the twist & rip method as the second best choice. When you stop combing your hair, it will start to separate into sections. Did this happen when your stopped combing? Well, these sections will start on the journey of dreading,knotting, looping shrinking and turning into mature dreads eventually. What you wash with can make a difference for dreads to form, if what you use is conditioning, then any knots that want to form will slip right back out. All hair will dread on its own, it just takes time and patience. Enjoy your future journey, you can do it....Peace
start by reading the dreaducation page
welcomer but dont get them done! letthem happen..or do them yourself
going to a so called pro is the worse mistake u can make
Welcome
Thanks for the welcome guys much appreciated, once i figure the site out a bit im going to post a timeline of my dreads. Hope you look at it