Natural dread breakage

Hello guys I have a friend who has (natural/neglect) dreads for quite a few years but they are tottally uneven with large chunks on the bottom and skinny at the root... and he has had two break off!!! is this normal or natural and would this be avoided by using different methods?? like backcombing etc? btw his dreads are beautiful and i am afraid for him.

 

Never happened to me

 

im sure it doesnt happen to everyone... but just curious if anyone has any input.. how long you been rockin your dreads pat? do you have any that seem thin at the root??

 

actually pat yours dread have formed alot more even then my friends... maybe you have been doing more upkeep and what not ...palmrolling or something

 

i havent heard about anyone experiencing that...the only breakage i've heard from nattie dreads is SE finding chunks of his dreads around his house...but that's cause he rolls over them in his wheelchair...

 

Mine are around 4 years. Natural/Neglected

LOL at palmrolling and any form of maintenance. If you are doing "upkeeping" you aren't growing natural dreads. Simple as that

My hair is 100% untouched except for some ripping I had to do to prevent pain and scalp trauma

 

we wouldnt want u to be traumatized pat lol

 

lol I couldn't think of a more appropriate word

 

lol
trauma and pat dont mix unless ur the one cuasing it to someone else ;P

 

i think breakage is common especially for people with naturally dry scalp/hair like african type hair. it also depends on how thin your locks are. thick= less breakage i would assume.

 

The method makes no difference, older dreads tend to shed bits here and there. This is why it's important to take good care and be gentle with them if you want them to grow long... dreads are strong, but not invincible. Further, I'd guess your friend started with longer hair, considering the clumps at the bottom. Probably older, shrunk up ends. *For the best they fall off in my opinion. Probably old, nasty hair.

 

yes. I have pulled trucks with one of my mighty locks

 

just such variety in the way everyones natural dreads grow his very in thickness alot... they dont look very uniform..and im sure they couldnt pull trucks like pats mighty locks ( and yes they did break in thinner spots..)

 

pull a jumbo jet and i'll be impressed

 

I'm not trying to impress you

 

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You should be trying to impress me

 

I had dreads for like a whole week once, which using the logic that got George w Bush into office makes me an expert. any way what I did was I would palm roll anytime I had two hands free, and to tell you the truth I liked the way they came out.

 

What's his age? Maybe he's going bald

 

oh but i am pat! didnt you get those photo's i sent you