You all have such beautiful dreads!

I envy all of you for having such nice dreads! I was going through the pics and WOW! Everyone's dreads look gorgeous!

I want dreads but I'm afraid because I really like my hair the way it is...but I think it'd really bring out who I am if I had dreads.

How did you decide you wanted dreads?

 

it was a long long time ago i decided
but it wasnt until i cut my 1st set off & felt so empty that i knew i didnt only want them but needed them
if you feel it would bring out who you arem then let yourself out
thats all i can say

 

umm, i was hesitant at first but half the reason was i was fed up with hearing "your hair is a mess!! go brush it!" so i convinced my mom to let me have dreads and i figured i could comb them out if i didn't like them. i got them and have never regretted it. it just feels so good to have your hair in it's natural state. i dunno how to describe it. i've been happier, though...

 

massachusetts represent!

i had always wanted dreads but was doing a lot of acting at the time. it's hard to get parts when you have such a specific hairstyle. but then i switched over to the crew side and decided to try them. might as well, while i'm young!

 

it was an impulse really.. after not cuting my hair for a long time it was geting really long, and i was planning to cut it. then i tought: why cut it? i can have dreads now. and so i did. after that i fell in love with dreadlocks, my own and others

 

A drop of acid and a breakthrough in confidence problems; I wanted to be free.

 

going through a strange part in my life, I needed a change for the better.

 

i thought your first set was after your wreck and you didnt have a choice in it.. or at least thats what you typed here.

as far as me, i hadnt cut my hair in 20 years, my routine was to braid it once a week and leave it up till i washed it. last year it just started dreading on its own,when the voulunteers became so many it was stupid to try and get them out i just said fuck it.

its been 10 months now,completley natural,an boy they look like shit lol,,,..

 

I was hesitant to get dreads for quite a while because I believed loads of myths although i have wanted them since I was about 12. I went to sunrise festival though and saw everyones amazing dreads and decided that I needed to get them done. did some research realized I was wrong about alot of things and had them put in.

 

A two year rut/depression was coming to lagerhead and I needed to do something. And when I need to change something it usually starts with the thing I have the most control over - my hair. Researched and detoxed my hair for about a month then took the plunge. It was the start of a total upheaval in my life, for the positive.

 

Thanks everyone. All of these responses was exactly what I was looking for. I think I'm going to do my research and try them out!

 

went through some spiritual crisis... did away with blind faith and eating meat... also did away with the brush as a symbol of rebirth

 

I wanted them for so long. I did them when my hair was really short, and got frustrated and combed them out. After that, whenever I saw someone with them I just thought, man I wish I had kept them. And in August, I was in Burlington VT and I saw so many people with them, I just had to do it again. My hair was about 10" this time. I'm so glad I did. I love them soooo much.