Progress pics: 6 Months into my Journey

Alright, it's time for an update (my first one actually ).

It's been 6 months, I started in mid May, and I'm not sure what to say, yet. The front half of my scalp hasn't locked very much. It's gotten quite curly (I have wavy hair normally) and a little tangly, but not much more than that. The back half is significantly more locked, but it's all very flat and squeamish-looking. I've read that flat fugly dreads are part of the process, but their look aren't encouraging me much (is there anything you can do to counter the flatness?). I've been talking myself into being patient, but sometimes I have moodswings in that area of the brain and my motivation fluctuates. But I will continue on my journey - I just need a little encouragement, some tips or any sort of acknowledgement really :cheers2:

Enough with the text, here are the photos:
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Oh and, just a note; I'm not using any products or anything. Other than nettle shampoo of course.

 

there looking great ...just get a tam or something.

 

Gorgeous We've got the same hair colour mate, I hope mine are looking that good at 6 months! Keep going, just love the experience. Good luck to you!

 

Man, those are some speedy replies. Thanks for the comments

 

Haha looks like my bro's hair...if it were dreaded of course.
He's getting there. with neglect.

But your dreads are lookin pretty sick.

 

That's "sick" in the good way, right? Just making sure ;D

 

Beautiful. I love when dreads are curly/wavy like that! One way to help flatness is palm rolling.

 

Yeah man.
I'm only 8 days via neglect.

Gonna be fun watching it progress.

 

They look great!!!!!

 

It about 4 months for me to notice anything. Prior to that it was all a tangly mess. Then, they started to separate and look more defined

And thanks Poly and Mandy

 

looking great, nice and wavy

 

man, you have the awesomest hair ever.

 

i dunno whu upid palm roll opr not love them like they are flartmess wacviness lumpiness makes them YOUR dreads nooner elses ..they make them unique to you
love em like they are
yea get a tam my guess is u run toiyr fingers thry the front without knowing it
but the parts that are dreading good are comming along great
besides a tam i wouldnt change a thing theyre on the right track

 

you got some nice fatties there! looks like your on the right track...continue down it.

 

You are right about the uniqueness, but if there's something I don't like it's flat dreads. I don't associate flat dreads with dreads at all

Oh and I'm not sure about the tam, I'm pretty sure they won't let me wear it at work. I guess I could wear it at home though, better than nothing I guess.

Edit:
Okay so I have now ordered one tam and one headband. How exactly does a tam improve dreads? Is it juju magic?

 

get a tam that is 100% wool, it speeds up and promotes the knotting process

 

they look great. and you're hair is like an exact replica of what my dreads look like: color and all!

 

Show me your spooky dreads!

 

Was thinking of soaking my hair in salt water just to see if it'd improve my situation, any takers or nay sayers?

 

Go for it, but make sure you rinse out the salt after a while, I think a couple of hours would do. They look wonderful!