Natural dread breakage

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On some of mine that did form naturally a year ago or so, they have lost a lot of the hair that naturally shed without picking up new ones nearby. They have a large circumference towards the tip but are only connected by a few hairs at the root. I'm expecting them to fall off in a few months.

 

Yup this is exactley what im reffering too... ok good to know he is not the only one this type of thing happens to.. ill pass on the word to my bud and let him know that this is common.. thanks for the input

 

Yes, I think it is.

 

A whole week?

no way!

 

lol chaos

 

hey pat, how come your dreads didnt congo that much? do you think its your hair type? I would totally go for 100% natural if I could grow em like yours, I just dont want any big congos... im ok with big dreads, but not big congos lol tips? great dreads man. My hair is way curlier, would that make em go congo-nutz?

 

dreads go through cycles. you can see it happen over the course of weeks, months, and years. i had my first set of dreads for almost 6 years and i definitely saw different phases, especially over the long-term. i'm sure soaring eagle would say the same thing (although maybe not.... i dont know.... i 'spose he can speak for himself).

at times, the roots can seem thin, but they'll also eventually seem thick. if you are experiencing breakage, my advise is to not fuck around with it. don't touch it and don't try to make it "better."

I had this one dread that was über thin right in the middle, but it never broke off. all of my friends would say they were gonna pull it off when i wasnt looking, they'd refer to it as a "sick" dread, etc. even though it was thin, it was still strong enough to hold on cause i never tried to "fix" it.

so if they're getting thin, just wait it out. the roots will probably get thick again. let the thin roots be and they'll take care of themselves


and Inpsydout, to answer your question about congos, YES you can have natural dreads that dont form congos. you just gotta rip them apart if they try to grow together. completely neglected dreads will congo. it's really not that invasive to feel around and rip apart and "shared" hairs between dreads. it's easiest once they just started to combine, and a lot harder once it's a solid connection. i kinda let mind do their own thing and wound up with big congos that would combine with other congos to form a giant mass of hair. i have really curly hair, too, and i'll tell ya that because of this your dreads will try to combine fairly quickly so just stay on top of them (ripping them apart)

 

thanks Im only bout a month in, dont have any knots yet. I will keep em apart when they start forming though. I dont need to separate my hair before that, right?

 

That makes me an expert, right?

 

Normally no

In HF there is a good possibility