hey...newbie
i'm really glad i found this community!
i decided to dread in nov, and stopped brushing my hair. after new years i got to work, braiding, then backcombing. i used a little wax to hold them in place (now from reading stuff on here, i know its better not to). i started underneath my hair, and i had about 13 going. i was working on them all the time, rubbing, twisting, knotting, pulling, and i thought they were going pretty well, although slowly.
well then i got lazy and didnt work on them for a while. slowly, they became less, and then as i would feel on them, knots would come off, like hairballs. so this is 7 months after i started, and now i have nothing, they just all came out! is my hair against dreads?? i have very thick hair (lots and lots of hair, and the strands are thick). did i not work hard enough? was it because i left them alone too long? now i have to start all over. is it better to do a little at a time, or whole head going at once?
sorry for all the questions, i had almost given up on it, but seeing you guys' pictures and stuff, my heart fills with hope for dreads!
i decided to dread in nov, and stopped brushing my hair. after new years i got to work, braiding, then backcombing. i used a little wax to hold them in place (now from reading stuff on here, i know its better not to). i started underneath my hair, and i had about 13 going. i was working on them all the time, rubbing, twisting, knotting, pulling, and i thought they were going pretty well, although slowly.
well then i got lazy and didnt work on them for a while. slowly, they became less, and then as i would feel on them, knots would come off, like hairballs. so this is 7 months after i started, and now i have nothing, they just all came out! is my hair against dreads?? i have very thick hair (lots and lots of hair, and the strands are thick). did i not work hard enough? was it because i left them alone too long? now i have to start all over. is it better to do a little at a time, or whole head going at once?
sorry for all the questions, i had almost given up on it, but seeing you guys' pictures and stuff, my heart fills with hope for dreads!