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Aninator
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Dreadlock Question
#5916371 - 07/30/06 08:41 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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hey, well i started dreading my hair about 2 weeks ago and I have a question about maintenance.
Some of the roots of my dreads are really really loose. is there anything other than palm rolling and twisting i should be doing to secure the roots? will they naturally just tighten up as time passes?
anyone have any tips/advice?
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916378 - 07/30/06 08:42 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Keep on palm rolling and twisting and it will com with time.
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Aninator
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Stonerguy]
#5916389 - 07/30/06 08:45 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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i thoguht so.. just wanted to make sure there wasn't MORE i should be doing.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916425 - 07/30/06 08:55 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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hmmm your way about getting dreadlocks is strange. Most dreads dont expect dreads to just come of dreaddome in two weeks.
My locks didnt become locks over night. It took almost a full year.
But i had a philosophy and a meaning behind them. I didn't make them, i didn't try to form them. I just let it grow and let it flow.
You dont want tight roots. You will never have tight roots. Your hair grows from the base ya know... Tight locks pull hair. After two years or so your locks will be solid like the mountain of zion.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916528 - 07/30/06 09:12 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Pics?
I claim complete ignorance on the process of getting dreads...
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916531 - 07/30/06 09:12 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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sleep with your face down
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Aninator
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Oh no i perfectly realize they are going to take time. That's part of the excitment for me, watching them grow and mature. i just really don't know what to expect with them in the early process as i have only really been in contact with mature beautiful tight dreadlocks.
As for pictures... i'll be sure to post some as soon as i can.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916573 - 07/30/06 09:20 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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This place has all you need! You didnt use wax did you? Cuz if you did it's not too late to take that crap off.
http://com3.runboard.com/bknottydreadlockforum
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916580 - 07/30/06 09:21 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Do what ever you want to.
The more they get wet the stinkier they get. Saltwater/ocean water helps to tighten them. Learn about foods/vitamins that help strengthen your hair.
DONT ITCH! DONT TOUCH!
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: buckwheat]
#5916606 - 07/30/06 09:27 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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No, i certainly have not put any wax or tightening spray or any of that shit in my hair. i just kinda sat down one day and knotted some up and knotted more and more and more until my whole head was done.
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Quote:
Corporal Kielbasa said: After two years or so your locks will be solid like the mountain of zion.
 
Ani, just keep doing what you're doing and they will form perfectly.
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If you don't mind me asking what is your philosophy and reasons for them? I'm just curious.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5916857 - 07/30/06 10:37 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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They'll always be loose for the first .5-1 inch out, it just takes that long to knot up. I'm amazed any part of them is NOT really loose after just a couple weeks. I assume you backcombed to start off? And contrary to AliceDee, I'm pretty sure that sleeping right on your dreads helps.
Good luck!
Hey JacquesCousteau, if you're reading this, how are yours working out?
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hmmm see most of them are loose for the first .5-1 inch out but some are like loose 2 inches out... i guess it doesn't make a difference. they ARE baby dreads... I dunno i guess i'm just afraid they are gonna fall apart. like i said i just wanna make sure i'm not doing anything wrong.
and yea i backcombed like the first inch or so and then it was a lot of twisting and pulling and ripping if you know what i mean. I also went to the beach a little bit and have been playing with them QUITE a bit. Don't really have much to do at home so i play with them a lot.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5917062 - 07/30/06 11:33 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Yea, playing with them is key. That's where I screwed up. I had dreads for 3 months (got them last August 24th) but took them out when the roots were just giving me too much trouble. I'm still kinda frustrated about that too, I really wanted dreads. The roots started to come together at a pace that was just too great for me and it was just not possible to get them to do otherwise. I took them out instead of having my whole scalp becoming one big dread.
That and my scalp has always been trouble. I have to wash my hair/scalp every day or it gets way too oily and it starts to flake/crust by the evening of the second day. I guess I just wasn't cut out to have dreads, I hope they work out for you though, good luck man.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: Aninator]
#5917246 - 07/31/06 12:19 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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get jamaican weaving beatles, they'll do all the work
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i buzz my head, it keeps the fleas away and the temperature cool ;p
(in all honesty id love long hair, dreads or otherwise, if my hair wasnt all straight and i had the squirliest cowlicks in the world)
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: kake]
#5917308 - 07/31/06 12:31 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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my hair is straighter'n a arrow
but no cowlicks
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I have 2 cowlicks and a double crown. Short hair is my enemy.
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Re: Dreadlock Question [Re: blissedout]
#5917323 - 07/31/06 12:35 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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what's a double crown?
-------------------- Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow? No, says the man in Washington; it belongs to the poor. No, says the man in the Vatican; it belongs to God. No, says the man in Moscow; it belongs to everyone. I rejected those answers. Instead, I chose something different. I chose the impossible. I chose... Rapture. - Andrew Ryan
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