Well, as i told you, i had my dreads flipped trough the roots once, the day they were done. So i decided to just leave them alone, and root rub once in a while. Now my question is this: My root is just a clump of normal hair, 2x thicker than my dread. Is this normal?Will they look like the dread eventually? And also, Some of my roots, seem to have a hole in them, like they split in half(thats also harm done by the flipping)is that bad? Will it go away? Thanks.
they will sort themselves out at the root. however if you do want to try and tighten it up around there this is your choices imo. 1. root rub 2. palm roll at the root 3. crochet hook the loose hairs into the dread. this will draw it in and tighten it all up. 4. best one!! shove a bead on it and let it do its thing also i have flipped a few to see what it did. it does leave a hole but it sorts itself out.
had no idea whast u mean by root flipping but your dreads lookj pretty much normal i got holes under some dreads i think.. but your dreads are just doin what dreads do whatever the hell they wanna do..lol if theyre doin it..its normal
root flipping is a creation found on dreadheads site. you make a hole in the root and shove the tip through it and pull it. it tightens it, but also seperates it alot. its not worth doing. i do it to my front one from time to time as it helps change its location so no longer hangs in front of my eye!! http://www.dreadheadhq.com/make_dreadlocks_maintain_crocheting.php
I've had my dreads since August, i was advised the best method to tighten them at the roots was threading them through the base of the dread. I didn't find this to be a good method for me, maybe it is for some people but it just made my dreads sit at funny angles on my head and as mentioned above it just seperated them at the roots. I just hold the base of the dread between two fingers and rub them against my scalp in a clockwise motion from time to time. I can now see the hair that's dreaded itself (so to speak) and all it needs is a bit of rolling from time to time to avoid the dreads becoming flat. They're not tight to my head or the neatest but it helps. Some of the best advice i ever got was to leave your hair for a length of time and see what it proceeds to do by itself. I did and it's stopped me worrying so much and i feel my dreads look fine. I'm new by the way so i'm not a seasoned poster please be merciful of any mishaps i might have hehe. x
thanks for the tips. One more thing, will my dreads come out ok if i dont root rub? Because i dont wanna risk damaging them like i read others did.
My first dreadies were born by backcombing when I was 16, and I found that the ones that I root rubbed were the only ones who's roots were divided like that. Most of the ones that I did root rub eventually split into two dreads. I wouldn't root rub my dreads. To each his own. Good luck. Metta
