Dreadlocks-Should be covered at night?

What it is everybody,

I hear some people say sleeping with your locks covered are great for keeping frizzes away, but i also hear sleeping without them is great for helping them tighten. Keep in mind i have african hair, and normally wear a doo-rag at night. I notice that when i keep them covered when i wake up in the morning they are practically plastered to my skull. They are still short being only 3 weeks old, so any opinions on which method is best? Perhaps sleeping on a satin pillow helps tighten them but also keeps the lint out?

 

I cut a sleeve off one of my long sleeve t's. It's really tight on my head and when I wake up I've got a dread helmet also. A couple good shakes of the head and it's all back to normal. I've found it has been working wonders on my roots and keeps frizzys down a lot.

I started doing this a few weeks ago and my dreads have never looked better. I used to wear a wool beanie but I feel that was actually making frizzys worse.

 

I see, so in your experience keeping them covered has actually helped the process, not hindered it? Keep in mind though mine are likely much shorter then yours in their life cycle.

 

If I sleep without a cap on my dreads are greasier and more frizzy when I wake up. My locks are only 10 months old but I get people that ask if I cut them assuming they are much older.

 

I tie mine up just to keep them out of my face

 

i alternate
wool hat one night nothing the next and sometimes i wear a scarf

 

why bother, sleep is where the progress is at...i just throw mine over the pillow in the start to get them outta my face, later on i dont mind

 

when they were new I slept with a wool hat on cause it stopped loose hairs from falling out (something I have very little about at this point ) and cause it helped the hair dread up from rubbing on the wool all night.

 

i kept mine in a tam the first couple months cuz they were loose and mega frizzy....now at 7 months i just sleep with em down and free....theyre still super frizzy but i just dont care anymore! its gettin too hot to wear tams!