Anyone else experienced "crispy" dreadlocks?

Faelwynn, I agree - and more & more I am leaving my dreads alone to do their own thing. A few of those "crispies", though, (at least for me) can actually be so irritating to my scalp or skin (face) that it hurts. Ya know...like the REALLY dry ones can cause a reaction as tho I have rubbed sandpaper against my skin.

Anyway, that's why I suggested using just a tiny bit of conditioner or beeswax (TINY bit!) to soften the dreads that are extra-extra dry.

 

with the conditioner you can water it down and its goes a lot further if you use a small amount

 

Water it down - good point. I do that and it works well when my locks get too scratchy.

 

not that anyones gonna read it but an update 4 weeks later they are barely crispy at all they've softened up alot so I am confident that they will be just fine

 

I looked at your pictures earlier, i think they look amazing for the age they are.. :cheers2:

 

hi nijisarr (& everyone)
thanks for your question, i was wondering the same thing... i have had dreadlocks (backcombed and crocheted) for a few weeks. initially they were probably 'overworked', but have relaxed a lot since the first couple of days. they were all also very crispy.
since then, the ones on top are still scratchy and crisp, but the ones underneath nearer my neck are a lot softer. i thought it might have something to do with the texture of each strand of hair (before the dreads, the hair on top of my head was a little drier, perhaps slightly damaged, always needed a good condition). the individual strands on the top of my head are a little coarser than the ones near my neck. the dreads on top are fuzzy, but i'm thinking that they'll never be soft because the individual hairs are coarse! what do y'all think?
soooo... nijisarr, i'm wondering where the increasing softness comes from. is it from your dreads loosening, the individual hairs around the dread getting fuzzy, instead of being tightly crocheted?
sorry, this is my first post, and i think i've gone overboard!

ps what do you do if you get sand in your dreads? i'm guessing that it'll eventually come out...

 

oh, i just realised how old this thread is :-( first post fail lol!

 

lol, love it when old threads get bumped.. some what amusing. As for the sand, dont worry about it.. im at the beach all the time and I never get any build up of sand, it gets washed out and falls out on its own.