Temporary

I am really interested in gettin dreads but my mom does not like the idea of it at all! i ahve wanted to for a long time now but i cant convience her. She thinks i will have to shave my head afterwards. Is there anyway you can get temporary dreads or not have to shave your head? I'm not really sure...Help please! thank you!

 

temporary dreads? thats kinda oxymoronic aint it?

you dont have to shave,however youll have to cut your hair really really short,, you may have a inch, inch and a half in some places left..

ive heard storys of people combing them out,,mine are a year old,,aint no way i could stand for someone to even attempt to comb them out.and i dont think they could if they tried..

so no shaving of the head,,but what was that movie demi moore was in,?/ oh wait she did shave her head,,...,

think butch cut....

 

you could always get some synths put in...

 

that is just SOOO wrong on so many levels...

 

not really. just cause it's not your path doesn't mean it's wrong. if she wants to convince her mom, synths could be a good first step towards that.

 

they aint dreads if they aint real.. i dont see how anyone with dreads could feel that fake dreads on someone is ok..

that is so plastic.

its something straight outta Babylon. its bad enough kids are going to salons to get there dreads,now yall are sayin gettin fake dreads sewed in is ok?

goddess help us all,Babylon has even gotten a hold of the dread heads.


something seriously skewed with that line of thinking IMO...

 

I have my dreads, but then i also have some synthetic colorful dreads that i tie in occasionally. That way i don't have to dye/bleach my dreads. it is a nice way for me to still be colorful but still have my more natural dreads

 

you're right. no, they aren't natural dreads. they're synthetic dreads. i don't like them, personally, they aren't for me. but it's so judgmental and narrow-minded to say it's not okay for someone to do something to their own hair. it's not your choice. why should it matter to you? you have your dreads, you love them, you did them your own way, let other people have that same freedom, even if you disagree with it.

i just don't agree that everyone has to do everything the same way. there is more than one path out there. people go down different roads. it's not about making people join you on your path, it's about showing them the beauty of the road you chose and seeing the beauty in their choices.

 

I do not see why it would be oxymoronic for someone that is just trying it out and maybe not be able to keep them because of parents. do you know how long maybe you could keep them before you couldnt comb them out? or does anyone know?

 

And it's a sad world when a dreadhead becomes judgemental.
Hypocritical IMO.

Accept people. Don't badmouth their choices just cause they don't reflect your own. That's pathetic - you call yourself a hippie?


And Freedom - It is possible to comb them out even when they're years old. You just gotta use a load of conditioner, and have a lot of patience and pain tolerance

 

well then its obvious you all look at dreads as a fashion statement.. and thats just sad.

"i just wanna try out dreads", "i just wanna try an be a hippie",

in my opinion that is just sacrilegious, as dreads ( just my opinion) very much have to do with your spiritual journey through life as they hold both the good and bad energys we face daily so that we may gain wisdom from them..

i just cant see looking at them as something to try on.

 

thank you very much

 

I do not try to be anythin i am not anythin but myself, and in my opinion i think that people should be able to try different stuff without reason and without being called a poser

 

The point is that she is trying to persuade her mum to let her have them, not see what they look. like! She's valuing her Mum over her hair, and I respect that.

You could always lightly back comb your hair into sort of dreads, oooorrrr you could find a picture of you and photoshop some dreads on!

 

Thank you for your advice

 

hey i just gave my opinion.. if you take offense ,theres nothing i can do about it..

your right,, it aint my hair,that doesnt change the way i feel about dreads. and just because i feel it is wrong to wear fake dreads,or to put them in to "just try them out" is no reason to be so critical of me..

have a nice day.

 

i am sorry for being so rude and critical but if you did not like the idea of it then why reply to this? it was not about if people thought that tryin them out is wrong or not it was about founding out a why to try them out without having to keep them

 

if you'd care to look back,
i originally replied to the taking them out part.
to be honest i never would have thought anyone would recommend fake dreads.
so seeing how now this thread is what is i see no further reason for me to reply in it, as ive stated my opinion and was soundly criticized for it.

id say we are done here..

once again,have a nice day.

 

No. It's not a fashion statement. I agree, it is very much a spiritual, mental and personal journey.
But just as people get dreads for different reasons. People get synths for different reasons. You can't clump everyone into one pile just cause they choose another path.

Yes, some are purely for the look and no more - which is indeed sad.
But in Freedom's case, it seems to me she wants dreads for another purpose, and she is just trying to negotiate with her unwilling mother.

 

i'm not trying to be critical of you, i'm just trying to point out that people all do things differently. i agree with you that dreads aren't a fashion statement. but honestly, i don't see what the big deal is if people get dreads because they like how they look. maybe for some people, dreads are a rejection of caring how you look, but for other people, it might be about something more celebratory. fake dreads don't seem any more wrong to me than dying your hair or doing anything else to change your physical appearance that isn't 100% natural. would i go for real dreads over fakes always? sure. but that doesn't mean for some people, synths are what they're looking for.

i'm not judging you! i'm just expressing how i feel about the situation. it's totally cool to disagree, debate helps people to figure out how the feel about issues! no hard feelings.