My girlfriend started dreads a few months ago and the back of her head is one big mat. She was wondering what to do. Will the roots finally seperate on their own? I told her they will...
Is there any separation at all? I don't know...I didn't go natural, but if the back of her head is one huge mess, I don't think that it's just going to automatically devide into separate dreads. I think you might end up having one large dread. But really, I'm not sure. Maybe someone else could shed some light on the subject...
It's possible that if they are only a few months old they could fall out some, but if it's a HUGE mess...she may have to rip them if she wants them smaller.
keep ripping them appart, as they form they will begin to settle in their sections and stop matting together so much. i only ever rip once a month if that these days and its such a shame cos itrs such a satisfying feeling
Isn't this why you should put some sort of rubber-bands around sections of your hair before attemting on dreads? Or does that interfere with the natural way of getting dreads?
Rubber bands, are generally OK to start your dreads with...I, personally, didn't use them, but if you keep them in, they will disenigrate into your dread, potentially leaving a nasty sticky mess. Sometimes dreads have a mind of their own...even if you put rubberbands in, they'll grow into other dreads...sometimes it really doesn't matter what you do...your dreads are going to do what they want.
^^ yeah, that. the rubberbands I started DD's dreads with did not disintegrate, but it was impossible to clean the hair that was inside them, making a nasty mess when I did finally remove them (I was also using a very very small amount of wax), and it took some major scrubbing to get the gunk out of her hair. I use beads now, not on all her dreads, and I take them out when I wash her hair.
Yeah. |'ve started a few dreds on me 'ead, using the bands, but no wax. | guess it'll take time. >Sighs< | knew this one guy that wanted dreads, so he just back-combed his hair, put rubber-bands in, and left them in for about 5 months. | helped him take the bands out. He had pretty sweet dreads, and it seemed that the rubber-bands didn't really affect his hair all that much. *Shrugs*
I used these rubber bands that don't break your hair. they are really good because they can easily slid off/on. they keep my dreads parted. I found that these are working out quite well. I play with my dreads 2x a day to make sure that the dreads don't connect to eachother.
