Going to a Salon or DIY at home?

oh gosh the intrigue is going to eat away at me! hahaha

i would love it if people would check out and comment on my other thread where i am documenting the life of my Dreads "It has begun! And Ausie girls journey to dreads!" its meant to say An not and.... typo and im not sure how to change the name of a thread :-/

please please check it out

 

yeah - backcombed once to section and start them off, have left them to their own devices for the last 3 and a half years

im starting to congo clumps together to get fat dreads.. uber thinnies are pissing me off D:

 

NICE that gives me much hope!! i think mine are going to be pretty thin, which is what im wanting to go for see how i like it

 

It's hard to say the optimal number of dreads from an individual... I myself have 70ish locks. Over the course of maturity, your locks will shorten and fatten, then lengthen and thin out as they mature. Everyone has a different number of hairs on their head and different thickness of hair. If I had 30 dreads they would be about the size of a north american quarter or a Canadian loonie(one dollar). Right now mine range from 1/2 the size of a pencil to just a little bigger then a quarter... I like the variety, only down side of thick locks is the length of time they take to dry after washing. On avg. it takes about 8 hours to air dry my hair. Im sorry but i dont know for sure if a braid would be thicker then a dread, but thinking about it once mature I think it would be about the same size...

 

950 $ is really a lot of money!!!! BUT think about the real meaning(s) of the dreadlock in wich culture you prefer (some want dreads because of Rasta motivations, some others have dreads for spiritual purpouse like the hinduist jatta, maybe there is some more culture..) and tell me if it is a good thing to pay to have dreads...
Hari Om