i was a skin head

hi im new here and need help with starting to grow dreads
for the past 5 years I was a skin head now im starting to grow my hear ready for dreads.
now my hair is wirey
how short cane your hair bee to start groing dreads
i was told 3" and i need to know the best way to start growing them
thanks

 

the term "skinhead" has a negative connotation. i somehow don't think this is what you meant. do you mean you had your head shaved?

first, you need to check out the thread called "read this"

 

skinhead =/= neonazi
they aren't bad, it's just a movement (like hippies or emos, etc)
my cousin is a skinhead and when he lets his hair grow a little bit it grows thick and tight
maybe you should wait until it gets longer (perhaps 5" or 6") so it can form knots

 

i never said its exact meaning, just that it has a negative connotation and that i think he meant he had his head shaved.

 

shaved head yep thats what i meen sorry
iv wanted dreads in the past but never liked my hair
but now im gooer do it so what is the shortest
hair lenth for dreads thanks

 

you said you already have the answer, and i referred you the the "sticky" entitled "read this".

 

I'd say 4"

Hope this helps

 

is that hair lenth or dread lenth

 

oh jesus christ, go check the "read this" thread. do us that courtesy before we answer the same questions over and over again.

 

If you've been shaving your head for 5 years, you have to grow your hair for 5 years before you can have dredz mang. Them's the rules.

 

4" is the hair length, I would say, absolute minimum, and you'll probably need to use rubber bands to keep the roots together, speaking from experience

 

m,jdfghlidughlieurg i quit. fucking rubber bands and refusal to look at the sticky.

 

Rubber bands and dreads have nothing to do with each other, if you want to grow locks you need to let your hair go (to a greater or lesser extent), then you'll actually see progress.

 

DON'T EVER USE RUBBER BANDS. Like if I'm honest I love Jimbo but HE IS WRONG. AARGH.

From experience, they are at BEST completely unnecessary and at worst an absolute bugger to remove (and primary reason for me cutting last time).

 

lols, this thread needs to die and the op need to start a new one after he reads the sticky! :smash:

 

I should make a thread "Using rubber bands in conjunction with common sense for great locks"

 

using rubber bands goes against common sense and physics. if you bind a rope, it will not knot up. if you bind your hair witha rubber band, it will not knot up.

not knot!

 

Here I go again

18 Months of dreadlocking, using rubber bands to help

 

yeah we've seen it and we're not convinced. not trying to be rude, but i don't know anyone with years worth of locks that will agree with your stance on rubber bands.