My hair is locking up

understandable.

 

so a small update on my dreads thus far.
I got extensions. My friend is doing some hair degree thingy, idk, and she asked me if she could try putting some in. Then she liked it and asked to do my whole head. They look actually pretty awesome. Everywhere I go people are like "sweet dreads man" and old people give me dirty looks, so I'm assuming they look good.
I'm debating whether to cut out the extensions or not because something about them not being 100% my real hair bothers me. on the other hand, they're pretty spiffy looking.. so yeah.

another thing. I made a hugeeee mistake with my dreads that I discovered today. My mom was making comments on how my hair looked really messed up in the back and I was like "well duh, they're dreads." but she kept insisting on it. So I found a handheld mirror and took a gander, and wow wow wow, there are congos everywhereeeheehe. I figure this must be a combination of the whole neglecting my hair for a month without ripping, then backbrushing without ripping, and putting in extensions without ripping, and then me crazily scratching my itchy back of head (which is likely attributed to the lack of oxygen and cleaning they were getting). Took me 3 hours to rip about 1/4 - 1/2 or my dreads. And ew, it was gross, and smelled, and yeah.
NEWBIES: don't be stupid like me.

On a happy note, my hair is clean, and about half the volume it was before just from calming down those badass congos. shittt.
I hope everyone is having a splendid day
Sorry for the typos.

oh and I'll put up pictures sometime soon

 

my favorite. I named it jairo