arent those on the wrong ends? like split ends? hard to tell, but apears to be to me, backcomb dammage could be wrong though and nope i dont have any of those at all. probly because my dreads are mature any shedding that is tangled in the dread is inside the dread, not handing out all over i inspected the full length of mine except real close to my scalp (no miror and cant pluck out eyes) and there wasnt a single sign of anything like that when i shower i do get lil bit of short hairs that come out, but in general my hairs exteemely thick extremely strong and very resistent to comming out (had an uncle who was a weightlifter, he liked to show off, grab a handfull of my hair and do curls with me dangling from my hair) wait...i thought of checking beard dreads as that hair sheds easier..i found maybe 3 but wasnt enough light to tell if they were folicules or split ends, then when i got more lights on i couldnt fine anything at all 1 or 2 hairs (much courser easier to see) that didnt look split, but didnt look perfect either, like they were nearly dammaged to the point of splitting but not quite ill try for macro shiots soon, just hard to take pics now
Yep scatteredleaves, That's exactly what I was talking about. You're awfully good at providing visual aides Soaring Eagle, You seriously believe that's caused by backcombing damage? I'm sorry man but it appears people with backcombed hair make you seriously insecure. You seem to be trying your hardest to put people down (in a clever passive aggressive way) who chose a route other than neglect by telling them they have damaged their hair. Even on the sections of my locks where it all grew out naturally there are follicles sticking out.
damage from backcombing? ok well first of all, why would the ends be white. second, my locks are two years old, that section of dreads is near the root as you can sort of see, so that part of my hair was not backcombed. third, those locks are at the back and underneath of my hair and are almost totally formed by neglect, i have not touched them since loosely backcombing and letting it fall out. its a biological fact that hair that falls out on its own has skin tags attached... all you have to do is watch csi to know that
Well technically its not a skin tag its actually composed of keratin which is why it doesn't go away.
and theyre not at the wrong ends because hair twists and loops and moves.. theyre at the right end, in the 'wrong' place =] nout to worry about (good pic too, scattered)
to me thats what they look like, the mangled ends..not split ends entirely but close..splitting and the fact that i cant find 1 single thing like it on my entire head makes me think it is thart im not saying it is, its just what it lookes like to me. also like i said the pics too hard to tell which way the roots are. but assumming the roots are to the left like it looks, and virtualy all the white ends point to the right, the white ends are in the wrong direction to be roots that fell out. these have been common in backcombed hair (split ends) as well as folicules that have been pulled out while backcombing, its agressive and pulls the hairs right out of the scalp and, if you look at just how many there are (especialy compared to my none) its clear that things wre not treatted very gently. or perhaps the scalps weak sdo they came out easily?
lol wow thats so stupid. again, read my words. that part of my dread has grown out from my scalp. that hair has never felt a comb. the part that was backcombed is farther down the dread. how can i make this even simpler so you can understand... ok the green part is the part that i backcombed way back when. the blue part is the new growth that has grown out and dreaded of its own accord. the green part (though you cant see it very well, i can tell you) has no white ends. the blue part has white ends because that hair fell out naturally with the follicle attached, like hair should, and then joined the dread. does that make it easier to understand? they point to the right, left and all over the place b/c its a bloody dread and has a mind of its own. i dont see how you think you can tell me whats happening on my own head. i know my dreads pretty well thanks. and since when do broken hairs have little white bulbs on the end? that is something i have never seen.
yeah.. split hairs are exactly that, split. if you find one singular lose hair and pull it outta the scalp, itll have a lil white blob on the end, which is what the pictures show..
d'y know, I'm starting to think this forum needs a "Backcombing Myths Debunked" sticky thread. There seems to be as much spurious information concerning backcombing in here as there does dodgy information about the neglect method 'out there'
yesss scatteredleaves you described it so well, I think my son understands^-^ I have the exact same thing, just where the hair is growing out. It is the hair that falls out. I feel like I should give you a prize
here is a pic I snapped... you can see the white tips. You can't really see the white ends of the dreads due to the light/flash but you can see on the outside of the dreads.
Those look like dust and some follicles. I don't know if this is allowed, but here it is for SE, proof that hair falls out with follicles: http://www.follicle.com/hair-structure-life-cycle.html The picture from scatteredleaves shows the actual follicle perfectly. Click on google before blasting fallacies over the interwebs.
Yeah enmarley, that looks really damaged. You better just cut and give up... Ha just playin. Those are indeed follicles and I have to say, your hair looks like its knotting up great! Looks awfully tight
Yup just a mixture of follicles and split ends there. My hair was covered with those way before dreading. Well, the split ends anyway lol Don't think your dreadies' integrity is under threat.
im still tellin u i hasve none..none at all been looking for a good close macro shot but cant find any so ill try to take some tomoro im not sain my hsair dont fall out (nowhere near as much as hers shoewws fior sure) im just sayin theres not 1 visible sing of loose folicules and outta all the dreads i inspected found only a very very few split ends any folicules that maybe exist are burrieddeep inside but even so i doubt theres 1/10th that many especialy since i cant fond 1 at all not even in my beard which is looser more coarse and the hairs 10 times as thick theyde be moch more visible in my beard if there were any there are however a few more split hairs in my eard..not many, but definately a higher ration then the rest of my head imsages wont lie..ya wont be able to spot any at all i'll try to get em tomoro
