hiya im new to the forum. iv had my dreads for a year now. and they just are not at the standerd they should be atal. i have joined ((crocheted)) many of my dreads together as they were terribly thin and that may be what stopped them from knotting up so much. but i just dont understand why they arnt big fat and beautiful. i know time and patience is what is needed. but i know peoples whos dreads are 4months old and are knottyier than some of mine sorry about the pic. i need to take a proper one soon. this pic was a month ago. and they seem to of got worse since this pic. here they dont look to bad. ooo and could dying my hair have anything to do with it?? http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myspacehj4.jpg
wow you are gorgeous. what are you using to wash your hair with? (dr. bronners is the best, good for you) try not to crochet any more. Did you use wax???
god dam we get to do a lot of perving off girls on this forum. Dreads look fine, mine are growing in much fatter than the existing stuff, like triple the diameter, maybe you've just been unlucky with shrinkage vs growth and your due some fat dreads. My reckoning is anything that doesn't end up down the plug hole must be attached to your head so your not going to be loosing any hair.
wel first off to continue the perving you are gorgeous. lol but your dreads look fine thats the wonder of everyones dreads they have a life of their own and mature however they feel. my friends dreads at one year started to unknot in some of them for w.e. reason then a few months down the road they came right back and started thickenin up. like everyone else will tell you its jus time and patience. keep up good vibes about them and they will soak it all up!
damn gorgoudse but lose the makeup and we;ll talk..lol seey back on track \never crochett thats vad never compare your drewads to any othgers euther dreads grow unique to the person some thick some thin some crazy muiune iu gas dome microdresads some thick and crazy congos each 1 uniique when they were 2 feet past the fgroung 200+ sdreads was too many so i ket alot combine never forecred they combined as thgey wanted to naturaly and many are 5 times as thicjk now do not ever compare your dreads to anyone elses..yuopirsare perfect for you (expecialy if u stop forvcing them ands allow them to do what they desidre which is how they wabt to look on you) crochetting is bad dont do it .. stop worrying your damn amazing in your dreads love them love them and they will trewat you right dont abuse them poking holes or flkueing em with wax they are doing just fine like i saufd if u lost the makeip id be all into ya :0 keep ulo the good work ot no stop the bad work anfd keep letting them do what they do looking beautifukl on you is what they want to do with no help from you
I like your dreads. But get them thicker? I would stop crocheting (I think that have helped my hair a bit) or try comb it all out (ouch, it hurts to read, I know) and do it all over again - backcombing, but not crocheting.
ohh noo not that combing them out...dammage backcombing....dammage forget the literalky weeks ogf pain the dammage to the hairs severe the way to thicker dreads is congoing but ewhats it mattrer thiun or thick they are your dreads they lookright on you they dont look that thin to me 90 percent of mine are aloyt thnner onty 3 or 4 are thicker thick or thin doesnt make anyt difference they dread hopw they want to dread let them
I think they look fine, what method did you use to start? oh and i second everyone on here, you are very pretty , and from the uk
yea truye shes from your contry ..i'll let ya flirt with yher u got a better chance anyway damn i really feel like we should all appologize fior this thread shes made 1 post and every reply was horndogs hittin on her..lol we're sorry we just love dreads alot ":
i feel kind of embarrased now. but thankyou i started with backcombing. i never used wax. i dont wash my hair as often as i should. but iv just bought myself some bronners. and hopefully with a little luck il learn to love my dreads again i just want big fat beasts for dreads hehe
sorry for my part in the embarrassment lol, your still hot ha ha, wish i lived in essex! the no wax is a good thing, as is the purchase of bronners, you tried doing the deep cleanse mix? in time you'll get your big fatties im sure
i really hope so!!!!!! no i havent really tried anything!! what does that consist of? yes im very glad i never used wax!! i cant believe they are a year old now essex is unfortunatly a very boring place to live
hmm... well, you are incredibly beautiful and I really like your dreads actually, I think they look good. If you want big fat monsters, try just shoving a few into a big bead. They'll join at the roots and eventually join all the way down. It takes time. Crocheting causes quite a lot of damage to the hair as far as I know, it breaks the hairs and just kind of screws things up. You can also tie a string around a few dreads at the roots, or tying some togehter with hemp or string... not necessarily making a wrap, but you can do a criss-cross sort of lace around them, or a bit of dready bondage, and they'll join up. Don't despair Dreads take time... 1 year is still quite young. But they look great so far
mine are a year old at the end of this month! the mix is one washing up bowl full of warm water, then add 12 tablespoons of baking soda, 2 of lemon juice, 2 of seasalt, and some drops of various essential oils, i use about 6 drops of tea tree, 2 of citronella, and a couple of patchouli, then mix it all in, and dunk your head in it, wrap your head in a towel for about 30 mins, then rinse it all out people on here swear by it, you only need to do it every now and then in between weeks of normal washing, i think its accredited to kndmama originally . peterborough isnt all that exciting either, want to swap cities?
Some of mine are really thin too... but I look around here at pics of peoplel that have had them for years and I know they thicken over time so I just forget about it I think your dreads look sweet
i had 200 mature dreads with 40 more babies being born between them i hsd 2 so thin i swear they were only 4 or 5 hairs 240 dreads were too many to keep track of when theyre past my toes and alway s gertting me tanglesd up so back in june i stopped seperating mine many places 4 or 5 combined into 1 other places 2 ppr 3 the only seperating ive done was to keep a few of the already thick ones from joining together crochetting was a mistale, but its ok they will thicken up as they grow the crochetted ends wiol stay like they are and unfortunatyely you'll allways have that crochetted look toi them unless they really gert rioughed up puffed out and redreasd but as nerw growrgh comes in ..do not do anything to the roots like root rubbing dreadballing anything..allow a few to combine..seperate the ones u dont want to combine..thats it.. u can let em get as thicj as u want but keep this in mind thicker dreads are harder to clean.. u cant get at the scalp easily if thebase of 1 dreads 5 inches around... getting the inside of em cleandss also hardfer as ids getting them to dry without molding u maybe more prone to itchy dry scalp under thicker dreads and overall they look thick because each has done what it wants to do..i have many many some super thin only a very few are semi thick but overall they all look fairly thick because of the blending of sizes od say 80 or 90 percent atre thinner then a pencil onl 4 are thicker then my thumb..maybe 5..dunno but as they grow longer filling in doing what they do and yes some combinning they look and some are thicker.. let em grow like they wannagrow and the more u love em trhe more they love u back
they look wonderful! try to sleep with a wool hat and see if that can make them loop up more to give them more girth, but i'm warning you the length with shrink alot if it works
