To the "non-naturals"

Do any of you sometimes want to comb out one or more of your dreads to just let it/them dread up the "natural" way?

 

yesssssssssssss haha I love the process!

 

I wouldn't mind, but I couldn't do it now after the amount of shit me & my dreadies have been through!

 

geheh, right, yes if i ever cut i'd probably start over natural

 

Well I guess at least all new growth is technically all-natural...in a way...kinda
One day when my dreads are really long it will only be the few inches at the end which had a bad beginning

 

No, cant say that I do. I am happy with where I am at. If I had to start over would I go natural..I still don't think so. Patience is not my friend and I couldn't walk around looking like I just rolled outta bed for years. So being that I am not very spiritual maybe that has something to do with it.

 

I've re combed a couple and atm am letting them dread by them selves with the help of beads But I only de-dreaded them to a) see what was inside b) they were 1 or 2 big dreads that I wanted to seprate into 3 or 4 little ones, and to seprate them I had to comb them out xD Two of the smallest new ones are beginning to congo on their own so I've stuck one of my fave beads on there to help it out a little

If I did start over (hopefully a long long long way away) I'd like to try it natural But as Alex said, I could never de-dread the lot cus its taken so much to get where I am now!!

 

Did you find anything inside them? How are they progressing now on their own?

 

They had some icky sticky stuff in the bottom rooty bit, and fluff, probably from when my silly waxer friend caked my dreads in wax They are all nice now though

I've had to twist n rip the little ones a few times cus they come undone every so often, but I can tell they are progressing I didn't use beads for along while because they hurt my scalp but now I've cleverly placed them back in my dreads so my scalp won't notice xD

I'll stick some pics up soon, every other dread on my head except from the noobs are really really awesome xD I feel like a true dreadhead now xD mmm nearly 9 months

 

No way... I love my babies...

I've only ever so slightly considered combing out the ends because I like the floofy ends of natural dreads... but then, I worked hard to get my ends blunted as well so.... I just leave them be....

 

nah, i like the way i did mine, i wouldnt want to go the 100% natural root, dreads are dreads as far as im concerned, as long as they arent candles then its all good. I dont like the way natural is heavily pushed to the point of offending people such as myself.

 

Yeh I quite like crazy ends too. I've kept most of mine fairly loose and wispy, and once they have grown a lot more, like maybe when they're about half way down my back, I think I'll comb out several inches of each. In fact I'll probably comb out almost all my original dreads...so we'll solve the wax mystery too!

http://flickr.com/photos/lightsandshadow/153299377/ = my kind of ends

 

If I had to do it over again. I would still backcomb.

 

non naturals unite!!! lol

 

I love my wispy ends too...kind of bits of my old hair saying "just what the hell do you think you are doing Callie."

 

Phil I totally agree w/ what you said. Some natural folk try and make you feel bad for even having dreads since they weren't done their way. I love how my dreads are and if I would go exactly the same route I went. I would not be able to 'not play w/ my hair' to make it knot that would be completely un-natural for me. I wanted my dreads a certain way too, to be quite thin and they are. I liked having some control over them. They are still doing their own thing though so they are natural to menon-naturals unite!!

 

Non natural unite *hi5* XD I'd probably try the natural way but then get bored and impatient and would just rip n twist Backcombing was a long process at first, half came out, but with the rip and twisting with my littlens I can see they are progressing well.

I just don't think I'd have the patience to wait a year or two for my hair to dread on its own Also I hate the feeling of un-combed hair xD And I know someone will say 'but drads aRe uncombed hair' but I mean straight/curly normal hair, dreads are different to uncombed hair. I like to feel clean (ocd ftw) I like order, and to have matts bigger than others and hair all over the place I wouldn't feel comfortable at all.

I think there are two very strong sides here, the DHHQ/KB people who want the slick blunt dreads and the naturals ie SE and co, who condemn the others for being 'misimformed' or something silly... Then theres the rest of us who kinda swim inbetween, getting knocked back and forth with each argument or condemnation each make.

Its as simple as this: DHHQ/KB want fast results, yes they love dreads, and NO it isn't a temporary style for these people. I wanted my dreads quick because I have no patience, I deserve dreads as much as anyone and just because I couldn't wait doesn't mean I shouldn't have them at all...K?! XD I'm getting all ranty now xD
The 'naturals' its more of a spiritual thing ohh I dunno, and are prepared to wait, or something... But no dreads are different or superior, ***we all unite in dreadness, natural or not natural**** And I'm seconding phil, saying it does offend me when the naturals force upon us the morals of natural dreads

I'm sorry if I've turned this into an argument xD I know someone will come along now and shout at me or something xD But thats the way I see it

Btw some of my ends I blunted myself, some have blunted by themselves and some are whispy xD I can't decide which ones I like best!! xD

Huggers

 

WoW that was a long post xD

 

I'm in the process of chopping/combing my 14month half backcombed half naturally formed dreads right now. We'll see how long I last with brushable hair before I just stop brushing and let it do it's thing again
also, I could care less how other people form/maintain their dreads, seeing as it does not affect me at all. I am happy if they are happy.

 

wouldnt go any other way but natural but nit trying to be elist here just my way
and i think those sites love love love to scare you making u think you'll look like shit for 2 years
at least in my case thats not what happened
in a weelk or 2 i had baby dreads,,yes dreads not tight but getting there and in a month had people on the street saying nice dreads (rastas included)
the progress was quite fast
ofcourse most dio average in months not weeks
but still the estimates of looking like shit for a year or 2 are just scare tactics to sell products
mine was shorter then is recomended for starting naturals too and the progreess was very quick..the ones i put beads in took a week at most the ones i just let free and plasyed with mightve taken a few weeks