Problem with my tips!

Hi guys, i'm new here and joined 'cos the forums look really helpful.

I've got a problem with my new dreads. My hair is down to my elbows (so i have long dreads). They took ages to backcomb and about half way down the hair WOULD NOT backcomb any more (because hair is too thin). So I have tips that are about 7 inch long. It doesn't look good.

I was wondering if anyone knew a way to make the tips shorter because my dreadlocks look unfinished. I don't want to cut them or round them off, it just looks like half of my hair is dreaded and the other half is just normal unknotty hair.

Thanks

 

There's a few things you can do but unfortunately it's gonna be tough.

Shit I ran out of creative responses.

If it were me, I'd just leave it. It will knot up eventually. I bet it doesn't look bad at all. BUT if you really wanna, use a crochet hook or somethin. Booty sweat and a splash of eggdrop soup should really get it to hold also.

And welcome.

 

suck it up and deal with it or cut the tips

 

I had that same problem, and still kinda do, but i have new dreads and used a crochet hook and it did pretty well, so basically all im doing is agreeing with Ahmad. but also teasing the ends up helps too, ya just gotta stick with it

 

yeeeeeaaahh
:cheers2:

 

maybe try twisting and ripping the ends. a lot of my ends never locked up. you kinda just got to get over it.

i'm sure glad i still have this booty sweat i picked-up in dnang. i luh the pussy hell yeah i luh the pussy hell yeah drinking ya booty sweat and bustin a nut.

 

Hahahahaha :smilielol5:

I really wish I woulda went with alpa chino instead of Ahmad Rashad now.

 

i could quote that movie all day. i can't wait till they come out with the les grosman movie! eeee!


collar up soma dem greens hey ya

 

What!?

I need a tardy slip cause I had no idea.

http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/09/les-grossman-movie-officially-happening/

welly welly well.

Sorry to de-rail the thread OP.

 

I think if you leave it, it will dread up and then zig zag and finially just kink/loop back on isteself, and eventually become a blunted tip. At least, that's what my hair would do in that situation.

Or you could just hack em off. but don't do it too close to the dreaded body... give it a few inches at least.

 

Do you have any pics? Tips are a bitch but dont cut them cause they'll just reappear. I used to hate my tips but now I prefer my looks ones to my blunted ones (3 or 4)

But if you wanna sort them out backcomb them as much as you can then get a crochet hook and pull the tip (maybe 2cm) back into itself. So start at the top of the tip going down. Hook the end of the tip and pull through. Then palm roll them with one hand going at an angle almost up the dread.

This wont always work as they'll sometimes come out but if you persist you'll nail it.

GL

 

thanks everyone

 

No worries. How old are your dreads?

 

try being black