Do I need to be picky about who helps me dread?

I think I've pretty much decided to dread my hair. I've done all the research and read-up on all the how-to. I plan to buy instructional dvd's from knottyboy for the people who will be helping me do it to watch.

Thing is, though, I haven't found anyone to help me yet. I haven't asked. I don't know that many people. I was wondering, how hard is it to screw up dreads? The most important thing is sectioning off the hair at the scalp and making sure they are all even and the right sizes and stuff, right? If I can find someone that can do a good job of this, that is the most important thing right? Anyone else can really just help me dread the sections? Or do I need to be picky about the skills of who I ask to help me, when it comes to actually dreading?

I do want them all to look nice and even and as clean as possible. Small dreads, too.

Also, I was considering going to an african american salon and asking them to braid my hair all over, maybe have them do the sectioning and braid the sections since they do a lot of that, they would know what they are doing and do a good job of it. then over the next few days after that just undoing one braid at a time and dreading that lock. That way I can dread my own hair and take my time. Would this work?

Thanks in advance!

 

Well you don't really have to purchase the DVD. They offer it free on their website to watch, and also on YouTube. Just search Knottyboy and it should come up.

I had my friend do mine... who did her ex's hair, and another one of her friends hair. But I also had her watch the video just so she'd have an idea how to do it faster and better.
I wouldn't really be concerned. Have whoever wants to help you watch the video and do a couple on your head, then if they're satisfactory to you you should be set to go.

Just remember to tell your friend NOT to load your hair with wax! A tiny bit will do, especially if you're going with small dreads.
And start a bit bigger than how you'd like them to turn out, because they'll shrink over the next 6 months.

 

WoW is the shit.

 

dont use any wax at all!!!! pleasee
if you do you will regret it, maybe not right away but eventualy


abd perfectly even sectioning is not important at all, in fact youyd be better off sectioning more randomly unless you like gaps between dreads

you cant rea;lly screw up unles you load em up with wacx and crap section as feels natural save your money a salon will charge an arm and a leg to braid exspeciasly if its long instread just take sreands and start backcimbing and work your way around
they will look much better if they srent all the samer size or too prerfectly sectioned


the only important things u gotta do is keep it clean n free of residues
be patient

seperate (up 1 from another) as needed and enjoy the ride

 

I don't plan to use wax or anything at all. my hair tries to dread itself immediately and quickly on it's own so I probably won't need much help lol.

I do have to plan the sections though, due to the external equipment for my bilateral cochlear implants. I have to leave the areas on my head that the magnets stick to as free of hair as possible so the magnets can get close to the ones in my skull and stick. So that means I have to actually plan the dread sections so that I can get the hair to dread in a way that the area the magnet belongs falls in between dreads, where the least amount of hair is. So that is why sectioning for me particularly is so important, and also why in this case it might be worth shelling out a few bucks to have a pro help me section it JUST right for the magnets to still find a place to stick on my skull. I'm just trying to figure out what to do after the sectioning lol.

 

Sectioning didn't leave any gaps in my hair where I didn't want.
After you're done sectioning, you can use the tiny elastic black bands to hold it in place (if you need, not neccessary) just back comb til it's nice and tight. After you've backcombed as much as possible just twist and palm roll.

 

I was worried about the same thing when I first started mine. I didn't have anyone to help me backcomb so I did it myself. After doing a few of them you start to get the hang of it and it goes smoother. Just take your time and it will get done, took more than two months to backcomb mine but I went a long time between backcombing.

I don't know if this happened to anyone else, but there were MANY times when I thought I had ruined it due to poor sectioning or some other thing I didn't like. But over time, no matter how bad you think they look- they do get better.

 

um I youtubed this video u guys are talkin about ... a red head guy right?
OMG she used a 1/2 a jar of wax, then she blew it dry into the center of the dread! .. I know wax is a touchy subject but that didnt even look right ... imagine what that poor fellers gonna look like when he wakes up the next day? I wouldent be suprised if his dreads ate him entirely, pillow n all.

 

the knottyboy vids really suck, when you use that method the first time you wash nothings left..

 

i have no idea what theseimplants are or where but perhaps sectioning 3 around them so theyre like at the apex would be good and if u gotta trimmin around em might be necasary..really dunno


looked it up, are they near the hairline kinda?

 

An old pic, but it shows where all the stuff on the outside of my head goes. There has to be as little hair as possible between the round disc (has a magnet that makes it stick to my head) and my head. In this pic, even that hair was a little to thick, it didn't stick very well. Then there's the wire going from that to the rest of the gear that will have to go under dreads.

 

^^ Oh wow. I have cochlear too

I just got dread 2 days ago(backcombing). I just sectioned my hair and grab the part of hair and move around to make sure the magnet doesn't fall out, then backcomb it. I don't have any problem so far....except the hair is getting stuck onto my magnet.

So just don't leave it on your head like week or something, you will be fine....I think.

 

Sorry for double post but here's the pictures




(I just woke up)

 

I take mine off every night to recharge the batteries...

I have since had to comb mine out

BUT in case anyone else with cochlear implants is wondering, my experience with dreads and the magnet was awesome. I made sure the "intersection" between sections fell where the magnets are and my implants were easier than ever to put on in the morning. So it worked out. Hopefully it works out that way again when I do them again, if I ever do...

I'm glad it worked out for you too, volcanbaru!

 

lord almighty... this made me laugh.