Don't know if there is a thread on this, and a Google search would not bring any info, so just wondering if there was anyone here who dreaded using this method and got any pictures with their progress? Thanks for reading.
braids probably wont turn into dreads, just wavy hair when you take them out. my theory is that braids are going to work kind of like wax would, just without the residue. they will hold down the hair really tightly in place making it hard for it to slip around and knot up. of course this is pure speculation as i have no real clue. point is i wouldnt ever try to get braids to turn into dreadlocks and i would recomend anybody considering it to try something that will actually work
ive heard that if you leave them in braids long enough they will dread.. but I just don't know if it would actually work. never seen any photo proof of it. plus it seems like it would take 10x longer to see progress. I have heard though of sectioning and braiding your hair and leaving it for a bit to get it all kinky and naughty (like my women ) so that when they backcomb it holds better.. not sure if this holds any truth, but i guess it kind of makes sense?
the parts that you braid will stay braided because they aren't allowed to move. there may be a bit of matting. but, i think the new growth might knot up. if you have caucasian type hair, i wouldn't go for this method. i have seen it work on afro type hair though. it probably takes the longest of any method.
You will probably never find pictures of this method it seems near impossible. A few months ago I am not sure, maybe 4? I decided to braid a section of loose hairs. I tied the end off with a mini wrap and have left it be. It has dreaded on top but obviously the braid is still braided but a few strands of hair like stuck to the braid. Here are the photos. I think if you have "white" hair and it grows quickly you can go this route but you won't see "dreads" until the braid grows out quite a bit.
I agree with everyone. I've plaited a couple of the ends of some failing dreads, and they've been there for a few months. I did them really tightly, wrapped the ends with cotton, and a few months on they have gotten really loose. So, unless you have patience of steeel, I doubt it would work. Vig is right, the hair in the plait is constrained in the three sections of the plait. They can't move. However, I have seen a picture of a guy with a beaver tail ish thing, which looked like it came from a french plait down the back of his head... I'll try and find a pic. Here is a past thread about braid-dreading. Probably not a successful thread, but if you sift through the posts you might find some advice in there I know there is some in there somewhere! http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=338566
Braiding is what they sometimes do with afro hair. that will probably work, but not with smooth whitemans hair though I saw someone once who had those braids with fake hair in it. she must have had them for months because her roots were like dreaded for 5 cm orso. So it can work, but I doubt if it's very clean..
I've had several friends that used this method and it turned out really nice- it just took a lot of time and patience. Sometimes if I have a large amount of loose hair I braid it up and rub the bottoms a bit and leave it and it dreads up in a few months- although it does it on it's own anyway- but if I want it out of my face or something.
Thanks for response. Was wondering why it is so rarely used. Maybe 2 strand rope braids might work better than three strand?
hm. personally I think your best bet would be to do three strands, but only for a few weaves and then split it into three new strands for a few weaves all the way down each section. And be ready for it to take a long long time to dread up! like more then other methods. but it's kind of neat when it finally happens. my loose bits dread up fast cause they are just small tuffs of loose hair, but like doing your whole head this way is lengthy.
I've seen a set that started with braid buds. It looked a bit goofy. You could see a decided point where the hair was braided vs natural growth.
Instead of braiding the three sections together, braid each one separately and tightly, then braid those plaits together ^^
That's what I did. Backcombed, then ripped into two, and twisted the two together. Rubber bands at the tips & roots for about 1 & 1/2 week. Then after that, I 'untwisted' the hair, and backcombed again (Because I didn't like the technique I started with, which is why I don't recommend) and forgot about it.
