I love to swim. But with my 2 week old dreads, I read that I shouldnt get my hair wet for a while. A guy with great dreads told me no showers for a month, and no swimming for 3 months. But after this long time, how often can I shower and swim. Also, I know about the non residue stuff, is chlorine and salt from water bad for dreads? Also, for the past five years or so, I've been growing my hair out, then donating it to locks of love. When the time comes when I have to cut them, can I still donate them? Also, the saddest one, I'll probably go bald. All the men in my family are, so my times coming. Will I lose entire dreads when the time comes? Or will they not fall out and when and if I finally do cut them will I be shocked to find myself bald? Thanks a ton. PS, where can I buy a tam for cheap?
chlorine tightens your dreads and washing them every 2-3 days helps them lock up faster.hope this helps
wash them now the guy u talkked to i bet had gross waxy dreads right/ plesse tell me he didnt talk u into using wax too and please trell me u dont have rubber bands in still u want to wash m weekly at least use bronners or something sea salt helps them tighten alot so swimming in the ocean is best chlirine i doubt helps em much nut either sea salt or chliriune should be washed or at least rinced out within a couple hours the uy u alkedto is an idiot clean hair dreads bettr then dirty they knot up most right after u wash if u used wax remove it
groove on 'em while you got 'em brother salt water is good for dreads, there are a few threads here about it
oh andmy dads hd a bald spot in the back ofhis head since he was 16 both grandfathers were bald me mine just gets longer and thicker i lose the ends off a few from beingstepped on buut never a whole dread (well lost 2 wqhole beard dreads from being sat on) if u do go bal\d though so what u will still have dreads where u still have hair as for donating them i think u can but not sure but u probly wont ever wanna cut em
honestly man, it doesn't matter when you wash em. i go swimming almost every single day and it makes no difference. you can do all the same things with dreads that you can do with normal hair. just live your life.
Yea all good advises, agree with liquid, doesnt change much dreads or not. I get mine wet once every 2 days at least.
chlorine isn't good for any hair, but that's why you rinse off afterwards. Saltwater is great for tightening dreads. I personally wouldn't change my lifestyle because of dreads so if I did swim a lot I'd continue to do so. no. the dreads will fall out. But just so you know, I've seen bald guys continue rocking the hair they have left in dreads... personal preference. you're welcome
What a relief I can swim. Thanks everyone I washed em, and now they feel light and fluffy. And dont smell bad. Thanks! To soaring eagle- I used no wax, I backcombed. I dont think the guy was an idiot, because I didnt do the backcombing all at once. It took a couple days, and I had a bunch of loose clumps of hair, and he probably thought I was doing it naturally. Cause he said that dreads need to establish themselvs before you wash them. Thanks for your concern.
ewwwww..... now that's something to turn people off dreads, lol! but i think it looks gross mainly cause it looks like he's got his hair that way cause he thinks it looks cool, not cuase he actually likes it that way. makes a difference, IMO.
