Weird Dread Question

Hello! Thanks for clicking my question . So awhile back as some of you may know I had some baby dreads going, they were pretty fun. I used to enjoy wearing this one knit sweater and putting the hood up and resting my head against the window on the bus when i'd go on my adventures. Very cozy- like a travel pillow! I didn't have them for long, so I didn't really get to experience that whole gorgeous locked dreaded thing so many of you are pulling off so well. Anyways! Completly off topic. I like to kiss ass.

So upon learning about the oil spill I thought I'd help. So I heard how they were making these cool little filters out of hair by putting the hair in nylons and they were looking for donations. I didn't have dreads at that point, but I was reading this one site about donation rules, how to ship the hair, etc. They said that dreads on the box should be marked Dreads, because they have a special way of dealing with the hair because they've noticed ALOT of the dreads they're receiving for the oil spill filters have mold in them.

Mold, so here's the weird question. Do most dreads have mold? I heard you can get mold in your dreads if you dont dry it properly. Also dreads absorb alot of moisture to begin with. So do all dreads get mold? I've heard lots of moldy horror stories in my time. I think that might be one of the reasons I got rid of mine- that and I change my hair all the time I just like change. Last week it was pink.

Anyways i'm thinking of giving dreads another shot. It takes alot of patience and commitment, and generally those are two characteristics I want to work on. I told my friends I miss them....then my one gorgeous dreaded friend in BC said...why not just start them again? Brilliant. Maybe? I'm just curious about the mold thing.

 

No

 

mold isn't bad anyway. Scrape it out and mix it in with some sour cream and onion dip.

tastes amazing on some crackers

 

would taste extra yum on a sea salt and cracked pepper bagel chip.

 

No.

Lots of people who don't have the ability to properly do nothing used that program to back out of dreads "for a good cause" and chopped off their moldy failures of locks.

 

I would say that locks on the heads off the uneducated tend to have mold.

 

Makes sense.

 

if you dry them properly between washes it shouldn't be a problem. i also agree with this^

 

hair to help the oil spill? really? lulz, what next?

 

Maybe it's like locks of love but for birds?

I think the people that donate their dreads to help the oil spill are always going to be those elitist earthy types that believe mould spores are a lifeform that has as much right to live as an orangutan, and where better else to protect mould spores than on your own person?

The rest of us actually look after our hair.

 

what's "lulz" about it? if you put hair into something like a pair of tights, it will soak up oil.

 

haha I would love to meet a person like this!

 

i have really thin dreads... i've had them for two or so years and they take about 6-8 hours to air dry. i cant imagine how long fatties take to dry.

even though i'm hearing a lot of "Not my hair! she is so clean!" i'm guessing that more than we might think, there is mold growing in odd places. im not saying its so disgusting... nor am i saying its unhealthy. im just saying, to all of you that think your shit don't stink, chances are that you've got at least a little mold just like the rest of us with dreads. if you cant handle that fact, then you're probably lying to yourself.

with that. i assume i'm gonna get some mold trouble eventually or occasionally. so i do a deep clean every once in a while for good measure.

ps-i'm prob gonna meet some opposition for posting this. suck it. youve got dreads, if you cant handle being dirty then cut em off.

 

My hair doesnt ever smell so I really dont think I have mold. And I dont think everyone with dreads does either. It's all in how you take care of them. I must say though that the dready in a sock idea is a pretty clever one to help with the oil spill. OP would you mind posting a link for it...I might donate a lock or two for the cause.

 

thanks for sharing

 

omg, ur so clever!
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vague 'facts' are vague

 

If there's live mold, it will spread if it's in your hair, and if you JUST dry it out, it won't kill the mold. So if you have mold and don't kill it somehow, it WILL keep spreading. So unless you have very moldy, blue string covered hair, you probably don't have mold....

 

Either your 'shit' stinks or it doesn't... if we're talking about poop, then yes, very smelly, but my locks, no they do not smell. I know that I have various residue locked in there though, I've seen it, and I could see people mistaking it, but it's mostly just bronner's residue, sand, maybe some lint, probably some of my little woman's hair, hopefully not any cat hair . So mmg, here's the question: does your shit stink?

 

Hair is actually amazing with oil spills. Soaks the oil up like a sponge, not to mention its cheaper to use and healthier for the ocean than to use chemicals.