So I started my dreads about a week and a half ago, and I mostly did a lot of backcombing, palm-rolling, and a little bit of wax. They were looking alright but I was getting annoyed because hair kept falling out of the dreads and I didn't have anybody to help me work on the back of my head. My hair is really straight so I think it just has a hard time locking... although I know I'm being really impatient. So I went ahead and made an appointment with this Jamaican lady so I could get some professional help. She just kept telling me that my hair wasn't dreading and she put A TON of the knotty boy dread wax in each of them and twisted them, and told me to keep putting more of the wax in every day and they will dread. But now I'm reading all of this stuff on how I shouldn't be using ANY wax... and so I'm really confused. Somebody please steer me in the right direction... does wax ever work? Are there certain things that I should be doing with my hair because it's straight? Thank youuu. :]
first mistake is you thought you'd have dreads in a week. Um... nope. second mistake is you got wamboozled. My hair is stick straight and dreaded 100% NATURALLY.
Wax is very bad for dreadlocks. Many people have come to this forum seeking help with their dreads after they or someone else put wax in them. Your best bet is to read the wax removal thread and get it all out right away. Wax prevents your hair from knotting up, only time will give you the locks you desire.
unfortunately, you'd be best off combing out your hair and starting over again, after you get all the wax out. i'd comb it out, use a deep cleanse (see the sticky icky wax removal thread) a couple times, and use residue free shampoo for a week before starting again, either natural, or backcombed once and left. it takes time to dread. mine are over a year old, and just now starting to really mature. dreads take lots of time and patience, because they don't dread overnight. when you backcomb, you have what looks *kinda* like dreads, but they loosen up and get frizzy and fuzzy and the hairs fall out, and then they start to dread again. but all of this takes months. i understand the impatience... i had a lot of it when i started. but take a deep breath, realize you're on a lifechanging journey, and appreciate all the little changes that come along the way. it's not a race to get the tightest locks in the shortest amount of time.
Also try this: http://www.hipforums.com/newforums/showthread.php?t=303589&f=209 Good luck! I went to a salon too, but they didn't use wax. Hang in there!
yea id agree your just a week in and made a big mustsake your best bet is start over fresh comb em out remove all traces of wax . then start over fresh good and clean u can go natural it will yake time to look like dreads..definately more then a week..or u can backcomb they may look like dreads sooner but still wull loosen up maybe even fall out entireluy then begin to lovck naturaly how much did u pay for this so called professsional help? your hair knows how to dread..your hair itself isd the only professional there is at dreading your hair...give it time to do what it wants to do
