Alright, so Unfourtuanatly I had not found this site before deciding to dread, and I tried the twist and lock method (With, uhhhhghghgh... wax) Anyways, I had a guy section them, then twist and add wax. It wasn't working at all, my hair was a greasy waxy mess, but instead of washing it out first, I took all the sections and backcombed them over the course of a month or so. And since then (5 months ago) I havn't added anything to them. Anyway, The way the sectioning works is in vertical and horizontal rows like a coordinate plane (not a bricklay pattern). So one row goes straight down the middle of my head like a mowhawk would. And the dread furthest down (on my hairline) in this row, just hangs down in front of my face like a devil lock (think of the band the misfits). Anyways I really hate how it hangs down in my face. However, its also my best formed dread, punishment probably for using wax. Anyways, is there anything I could do to get rid of it other than painfully combing out 5 months (which would take probably 5 months do to) of tightly knotted locks and starting over, (and I'm not cutting them so don't suggest that). I've heard some people on here say they combound them. Could I do it with my evil lock to another lock not in my face? How would I do it? Nakedtreehugger, I remember you saying you combound them, how did you do it? Did you palmroll them together for years at a time? Thanks for any help.
you could stick a bead on or get the two or three dreads wrapped with embroidery thread to combine them. I actually just got a needle and thread and combined a couple that way, just don't poke your eye out. I have done a few hair wraps, and they worked great, too.
Combing it out doesn't seem like a bad idea. Wax could still be hidden in the inside of the dreads, right? Wouldn't it be nice to start all over knowing your hair is going to be 100% wax free and sectioned the way you want it.
do a deep cleanse to make your hair wax free first. locks like to combine on there own, but there are ways to make your devil lock combine with another lock. i would take one of the adjacent locks and either twist and rip them together, use a hair wrap to bind them together or take a bead and stick it on the two locks. in time they should start to lock together, but it is possible you may end up with a forked lock for a while. bolentej's idea of taking a bit of thread and sewing them together sounds like it would work too if you dont mind leaving a bit of thread in your hair. im sure there is some organic thread you can get that wont smell or will degrade over time. but yeah, you're not being punished for using wax, its one of the most advertised methods and the people who sell it push it as the best thing to happen to locks ever. they even lie to their customers and monitor user feedback to make sure they can make a buck. just make sure you do a deep cleanse to keep you wax free.
I've heard that if you combind dreads, they will only join at the root and leave a fork forever. Is this true? I don't want that if it is. Thanks for the replies. Also, I fear that since the lock I'm trying to manage is much bigger and better formed than the adjancet ones, it would just take over and then I'll have a huge devil lock hanging down on my nose. Would this happen?
The entire dread will eventually combine but take years possibly. I have a dread that I let congo about 8 months ago. The roots started dreading and I never ripped them. I still have a "fork" dread but the fork part gets smaller all the time. One day will be completely knotted together. Either way it looks cool.
it depends on the individual locks on whether or not you get a fork. it probably won't stay forked forever unless you separate the forks. i had two that formed into a complete lock in about a month, but i have a fork that has been forkish for almost a month now but i can still tell they're on their way to combining. forks aren't so bad though, they are pretty cool if you ask me. when i combine locks, the usually hang off the middle point of the combined bases of the locks so if lock 1 and lock 2 combine but are two different sizes, this is how they hang lock1-----lock2 |~~M~~|~~~~M~~~~| new lock |~~~~~~~M~~~~~~~| so in short, even if your devil lock is huge, it should be off centre from the middle of your face even if the adjacent lock is small.
it doesent matter if one dread's longer than the other, just tie em with something and let em dread. If u keep em tied for long enough then they will dread and you wont have a fork. Do you have crocheted ends? In that case, you can uncrochet the end of the longer dread and crochet back in by putting a longer part of hair so that the dreads are even. I hope that maked sense
