no backcombing or wax or anything just letting them be and natural soap and that type of jazz i see people with like 1 month dreads backcombed and they look great and i look at mine im like pooey lol i have mine at 3 weeks just surfing and just leaving my hair be and im just hoping for them to lock soon or whatever how long does it take to start seeing them im not in a hurry or anything just wondering if it will be a month or two some stuff is knotting up a lil i want to get a wool beanie to speed it up i would post a pic but camera is broke well thanks peace
it will probably be more like 3-6 months...and even then, you won't have a full head of locks....probably 10 or so.
without any caring in the sense you are talking about,,, ,,, you are talking about a year or so before most of your hair is dreaded and then still have fly aways n loose ones,,,.. it is a much messier process over back combed , n rolled etc,,, completely different type of dread as well... ,, you should start see in more results with yours in the next couple just dont forget to rip themmonths
if you are just leaving your hair, not doing anything to it i guess its gonna take a long time before you see some results. But it depends from you hair type really. if you have straight, thin hair you will have to wait longer.
ok awesome guys thanks for all the reponses i have curly wavy hair i'm in no hurry i just want to make sure im doing everything right (or nothing at all lol) guess i'll see what its like in a few more months! thanks again
i can tell you about the back of my head i back combed it twice and twice it fell right out, not a single knot so i left it to go natural.... for a month or 2 nothing seemed to be happening, then i found 1 tiny tangle literally just a few hairs caught up together. then WHAM! those feckers turned to dreads soooo quickly! within 2 months the ends were round and everything! they are still a little loose at the roots, but they are so fab!
I'm about 5 or 6 months in natural, i've lost count, and i'm fuzzy on when they started hahah, But like said before, i've got a max of maybe 10 'locks', otherwise it's just matted hair and loose hairs, It's a whole patience game, i just slip on my beanie for the most part.
sweet i can't wait my journey with dreadlocks is teaching me to be more patient in life lol everyday i wake up and shake my hair and look for dreads lol when it hasn't been long at all i feel like how have i lived without them all my life its just exciting to see what your hair does naturally lol i may sound like a cook oh well haha oh yeah btw im getting a new beanie should this one help my hair knot up a lil faster? http://www.dogfunk.com/dogfunk/FSQ0197/c11/s100000007/Foursquare-Thick-Yarn-Crochet-Beanie.html
toothfairy your dreads look like mine! i'm at 9 months and i kinda wish i hadnt bothered with the comb! i dont mind that i helped em along a little (and it was a little cos they fall out!) but it seems like such a waste of time now lol!
