Hi, I'm new to the hip scene and to dreading. Its something I've never even though about and now that I've seen the 106 pages on the inspiration gallery I want them myself. (and find girls with them very attractive as well) This section of the forum seems really nice and the members really chill. Alright so my hair is pretty thick and curly. Right now my hair is the longest its ever been because my parents made me keep it short all my life. I have recently found out because of this that my hair gets pretty curly and poofs out if i don't put some kind of gel or hair product into it. ^^ This picture is me several months ago with my hair blow dried ... it gets really poofy then. http://photos-e.ll.************/photos-ll-snc1/v1382/17/29/505269055/n505269055_1709916_3051.jpg ^^ This was taken around the same time http://photos-a.ll.************/photos-ll-snc1/v2570/130/64/508157947/n508157947_1494584_5488869.jpg ^^5am (now) shot of me with my hair as is... So please let me know if you think my hair will be alright to dread. Also because its so curly if I do dread it should I section it off with some beads so it wont be a huge mess? I really want my dreads to look nice. I don't want them to big or to small. (maybe like the size of my ring finger) Thanx :cheers2:
every hair dreads :cheers2: your hair is kinds like mine about the section things though..before I started my dreads I had an idea of how I wanted them to look like. Now they look nothing like that because hair is gonna do it's own thing when it's left alone tooyou'll learn to love your dreads even if they aren't the perfect size or shpe you wanted in the first place
your hair is perrrrrrrrrrrfect if you wanna go natural, let it section by itself and use beads/wraps to keep them separate if you wanna backcomb, you get the size & amount of dreads that you want, and it kickstarts the process.. same thing applies with beads & wraps scout around the forums and read more =D
Looks like it is ready to dread its on its own in the last pic....haaaa haaaa....sorry the eagle is slacking Seriously though looks like it will dread like a mofo!!!!
hi brother! welcome!!! alot of great people in this forum. your hair will dread very good. my buddy has the same hair type and his are doing amazing i think he's at 5 months or so. all he did was backcomb once and left them
yea man u got good hair to dread with. the reason ur not seeing a lot of progress is the length. it def will dread but longer hair tends to naturally knot up faster.
Thank you to all the post now I am really excited to start the journey After waking up this morning and seeing my hair completely wild I think that I'm going to have to back comb it. Since it isn't long enough to pull itself down it just gets pushed up like a mohawk because of how I sleep. But if I do back comb it (once) and then let it go natural will the back comb work its way out and then my hair is just that many weeks behind?
you have the perfect hair and face for dreads! (phew, ur legal...i can say that) and any method you use, its going to be a little crazy for a while... If it were me starting with you hair, I'd backcomb than wear a tam all the time... but... thats just me.... and I've never gone natural... so take it what it is...
i had mine backcombed, some are quite tight but others are quite loose. the loose ones have pretty much unbackcombed themselves.. as in, the knots have all fallen out apart from about an inch up by my scalp chances are most of the knots will fall out, but a few will stay.. the sections will then knot up again (naturally) by themselves over a period of time, but thats all part of the fun =]
Hey, I think twist&rip might actually work a bit better for short hair e.g. not fall out when you wash it as much as backcombing can. I'm not basing this on verrry much experience. I had two separate short tufty clumps of baby hairs, only about 3 inches long. I twisted&ripped one clump, and backcombed the other, just to hold them together a bit and stop them bugging me coz they were right by my face. Didn't really expect them to stay. The backbombed clump just fell apart but the other has stayed and is forming a little dread. I'm pretty impressed. Anyone else with experience of twisting and ripping short hair? I've a feeling we should be recommending it over backcombing for people with shorter hair not wanting to go all-natural...
yeah thats a point, but since i only have experience with backcombing, then i shall continue telling people =]
I think i'm going to just let it go for a week and then see what it looks like. If its just a crazy mess then I will probably get it sectioned and then backcomb or twist n rip it. But is there something that I can wear right now (and while I sleep) that would help the dreading process and keep my hair semi alright when i wake up. Because right now I have to do something to fix it or it does look like I just woke up and my hair is everywhere.. This is what my hair looked like after I took a shower (no shampoo)
that sounds like a good idea. if after that time, you want to help them along, you may already have sections in your hair that you can just twist and rip into dreadlets. in my experience, twist and rip works a lot better on thin sections than thick ones. i think either that or backcombing would work. given your short length, it is likely that much of the knotting will fall out but its impossible to say how much. the best headwear is a loose wool hat or tam that allows the hair to move around. if you have a big toque or something, that would work. good luck and hope that helped
