No more dreading.

Mexicans are the only ones who can get away with that

I have to look like a good little christian drone.

Before every court date I have to trim my hair back, to avoid looking like ringo star-it'll grow back fast enough when the time comes

Seems like I'm finally getting somewhere close to STARTING to resolve my legal problems, at least. They've told my lawyer that they want to condense 6 charges into 1, and give me probation.... though I see this as a sign of weakness, and may press for something else depending on factors such as what it will look like on my record, and how hard it will be to expunge, and what my lawyer advises. As soon as I've got a hard fast situation that can't change for the worse, I'll be neglecting again.

Really I loved the process, and the excitement of finding a new lock practically weekly. I look forward to it again. And this time, with fatter locks with a lot less ripping, because when I first started I was afraid of diameter.

The thread about stretched ears, with the post about the guy with bones in his, made me think, maybe I'll stretch my ears while I neglect this time, with the goal of being able to wear some sort of rustic barbarian looking bones through my ears just as I get to the point of having proper neglect locks....

 

This Is Good News, A Few Weeks Ago Somewere On The Forums I Asked You How

Things Were Going, You Didn't Reply, And I Thought Maybe I Had Overstepped

The Mark By Asking You, Now You Have Answered My Question....

Crossing My Fingers For You For The Next Chapter In This Unfortunate Saga....



Cheers Glen.

 

Ahh no, I must not have seen that before, my bad. I'm totally open to talk about just about anything in my life that can't be used to prosecute me

And thank you, the more crossed fingers the better, or so the superstitious part of me would tell the logical part

 

Instead Of Crossed Fingers, Perhaps I Should Have Said.....Sending

Positive Thoughts And Good Vibes Your Way..



Cheers Glen.

 

Good to hear it going well dude.

And do it! I've got a few pig tusks and croc teeth which I like to wear in my ears sometimes haha

 

How very australian of you

Now that you mention it, I have some boar tusks lying around somewhere too. Also, while I never wore them for longer than seeing that they worked, I got bored and made quite a few soapstone dread beads of various designs, sizes, and styles, I might also make ear stretchin' paraphernalia:2thumbsup:

 

You get my point! Yes, that's exactly why. And it ain't just my locked hair, it's my normal hair that starts looking disgusting after about a week of washing with only aloe vera. Apparently my dandruff problems are gone by now, but i'm sure the residues weren't helping.

There's always going to be lint mixed with oils and white stuff inside locks? :/ damn. I did find that the first time I cut. I haven't cut since.. The 4 locks are still there, and two more that started forming that I couldn't comb. When I find how to stay residue free, I will start locking again

 

Yeah, the insides of locks will have lint, dandruf, pine needles (....I had a lot of those) and the occasional penny :leaving:

There's really no way to stop that, it's like a hair filter.... it catches things. The dandruf that ends up in them can be kept clean, and will eventually disentegrate I guess, but I mostly had tons of gray/blue lint, and some stuff from the wool blanket I was using over my pillow.... And I don't think there's much you can do about this, other than begin life as a bubble boy.

*edit* inspired by this thought, I actually just dissected a few of my locks (which I've been meaning to burn for some time.... but a burn ban and ring of wildfires in my area make this seem like a rather poor time to do that, and I've been lazy) and now that they're not on my head all the time so I'm not used to it, they smell heavily of wool blanket.... if you know that wool smell. There's a LOT of wool in them. If this would bother you you might try to find very fine cohesive pillow covers, or NOT use wool.

 

i'm familiar with what residue is, what it does or doesn't do etc.
my point is, use normal shampoo, whatever the hell you please, to treat any scalp conditions before you think about your hair. and yes, residue probably will begin to deposit in your dreads, so maybe
just maybe
do a deep clean.
if that shit can put a dent in permanent hair dye (which is odd that anyone afraid of residue would use it and not normal shampoo...) then i don't see why it couldn't strip less chemically charged stuff out as well.
my point is that your skin is a living thing that needs attention. use what works with it first, and foremost, and if that includes residue, and it freaks you out, cleanse them every couple of weeks. if worst comes to worst, talk to a dermatologist.
if you really want to be a puritan and cut out the chemicals, experiment with other recipes or just use water, lots of people on here in the past have done that, and that's all humans had up until the past couple hundred years, so try it out.

 

What bothers me is all the gunk in my head, which I guess is the sebum (or grease) plus the residues from the hard water, plus maybe dandruff (which I guess is dead cells+ the last 3 things). My hair will take about 8 hours to dry up completely, sometimes. That really bothers me, because it sometimes also smells bad because of the moisture.

I really like using hats (which I will not use if my hair is not dry, because it will stink). If I don't rinse with water every day I don't wash (One day I wash, the next I don't; with aloe+jojoba oil), my scalp will be very greasy and it will itch, oh and also have a funky smell (grease, i guess?).

When I cut my dreads, they didn't only contain cotton wool and lint, but also this white greasy dandruff-like gunk, which I guess is the same I have right now (non-dandruff form; more like covering my hair and scalp). I do have my dandruff controlled right now. The Aloe+jojoba oil mix seems to work nicely. That, or Bronners, other shampoos, and baking soda were giving me a hard time (which I guess I have removed with ACV).

About 5 days ago I used Tea Tree Tingle Shampoo and seemed to not leave any residues behind. I hope I'm right at this. I am really happy because there is no dandruff, though.

 

Sounds like you need shock therapy:

You're being greasy.... why all the aloe and jojoba?

If you're washing locks daily, use water, or bronners, IMO.

I'd say use bronners, and lather HEAVILY and deeply and long, rinse quite a while, and try this for two or three days, then go into a considerably less often washing routine (like bronners every third day, nothing, rinse, bronners, etc) or even just bronners weekly, without touching or picking at your head.

You're puttin' oily stuff on it, it's going to further hurt the whole oily thing. Bronners doesn't have any grease "cutting" agents, but will still pretty much suck the grease right out. When you first start using it it can even make things too dry, better avoid the peppermint the first time around, it will irritate already dry scalps...

But that's just all my opinion. Sounds like your head behaves in a similar fashion to mine. But it can be fought either with altogether LESS washing, AND/or bronners.

Bronners, strait water, and occasional dandruf shampoo would be my prescription.

Did you cut already?

*edit* Hard water is a GOOD thing, soft water doesn't fucking remove soap, it's very aggravating. It doesn't remove anything ELSE, either. Taking a shower in soft water is about as effective as taking a shower in used motor oil.

You said bronners gave you trouble: give it a while. At first bronners feels very strange, your hair is very high friction. That's just how it feels, you'll get used to it and it will sort of stop anyway after about a week of bronners. It leaves a little bit of residue, but not after one use, what you're feelign is greatly increased friction from a lack of grease, which is GOOD. Just give it time. And it will remove the scalp-scum you're complaining of.

 

Well Roor, I'm not sure I agree with you on the bronners, especially seeing as he has hard water, (might work for his hair+scalp though who knows). I always found bronners to leave residue on my hair and the water is hard as nails here. Other than that op, I really can't make you out, whether you really have a problem, or you're just a bit too ocd to have dreads. You don't half go on about it.

My hair is pretty much dry within 6 hours (possibly not to the core, but that's hard to know anyway) and is down to my ass. True your hair is probably thicker than mine, but if that's how long your hair is in the picture it's considerably shorter than mine.

You need to put a little work in to help them dry quicker, really squeeze them with your hands, then with a towel over and over again. Quicker drying means less chance of moisture causing problems (stating the obvious)...

Another thing, are you sure you're rinsing properly? If you don't do it thorougly, sure your hair / scalp will feel like it's got residue in it, because it does.

I think Roor is probably right though, touch your hair less and wash slightly less frequently. I wash, on average every 3 days. And yes if I leave it longer my scalp does start to stink, builds up sebum etc, sometimes I don't care and give it another day, (yea I realise some people might find that gross), or I wash it.

From all the different shampoos I've tried over the years I still think bicarb is the best option, coupled with ACV soaks (mature dreads) every now and then. Of course in your case you might want to do it more often though.

 

Believe me that wasn't friction... Tried it for a month, and my hair was a slimeball. It was gunky! I read that hard water contains some chemicals that build up on pipes, and also hair, so I assume this is my problem (The faucets, shower, etc, are covered with a white crust)

I'm adding jojoba oil because I read that it's like sebum, so your scalp assumes it has enough sebum and stops producing it, and also cleans clogged pores. The aloe, I've also read it helps with grease problems, plus heals skin. My scalp was irritated. It isn't anymore. Also the dandruff is gone since then.

I have tried washing less before. Tried once every week for a month, but it itched like a mutha fka. Also Water only, and baking soda with no good results. Other shampoos seemed to dry me off too much. I have always tried with everything for at least a month before I stop using it.

 

Funny, I've always gone into these long discussions here. I'm in a bind.

I love dreads man. I used to have OCD for them, but I don't think I do anymore. I wouldn't let anyone touch my hair, and was always looking after my hair and touching to see if I had more dreads. But that was before I cut. Now my hair is almost as long as it was back then. My head wasn't fully dreaded; about half of it was.

 

Just wanted to add pic of one of the tail ends of mine that I pulled off and dissected, as you can see it's totally clean inside, even after 8 years of dreading. Granted it is a thinner one and I can't be sure they're all that clean, but I'm pretty sure they are. Powerz of vinegar and using shampoo very rarely-Well that's what I think anyway. When the time comes, I'll dissect more and find out if I'm right or not.

*Edit: There's a larger pic in my album if you want a closer look

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I just don't think you should be adding more oil to your head.

Of course it gets nasty and smells when it's greasy all the time, it never has a chance NOT to be greasy, however much your head is actually producing.

Lay off putting stuff in it. Things I would suggest are water, bronners, vinegar, bicarb. I tried using all of those exclusively (just water for say, a week or 2, then a much needed bronners wash, followed by vinegar or bicarb in an effort to help with residue is a pattern I liked a lot)

I can understand adding oil to try to trick your scalp, but I think the direct detrimental effects of throwing oil everywhere outweigh the good. Hair soaks up oil, even after a few washes I can't imagine it would be de-greased from you putting all that in it.

Try letting your head take care of itself more.

Also, consider that shock therapy. Try going a week or two WITHOUT getting your head wet, do bicarb or vinegar, repeat. then after a few of those periods, ease back into moderate washing.

I'm sorry bronners doesn't work for you guys, I love the shit. It leaves residue, but the residue also washes out easily if you go a little while without it, ideally using bicarb during that time.

A note on residue: make sure you have NO soap left in your hair, only it's residual constituents, if you use vinegar. I found out the hard way that the acid fixes it.... gives soap scum a whole new meaning.

 

I don't dislike bronners, you could say I dislike shampoo. I just don't think using shampoo on a regular basis for locks is a good idea, never mind what shampoo it is. I think they're a good company and I did actually buy some recently (peppermint this time, liquid) to try it again.

I do use it occasionally, particularly if I'm on the move somewhere, just because it's easier to use than having to mix up some bicarb etc. Basically I use it on odd ocasions to condition my locks, but I always make sure I don't use it too often, to avoid residue build up.

 

solution to hard water issues: perhaps collect some rainwater

solution to wet hair: blowdry for chrissakes!

the reason you're still going through the whole greasy, itchy, greasy, itchy stage is because you won't chill the fuck out and stop washing for a while. give it at least two weeks without rinsing or soap. yes, it will be uncomfortable and greasy looking, but if you keep up that routine things will most likely balance out.

Also, if you put aloe in your hair it needs to be rinsed out or it will turn rotten. So, just don't use it. Perhaps a very very very small amount of coconut oil will do the trick.

Also, when people say "in my humble opinion" they usually aren't very humble.