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Post by acidburn on Mar 19, 2016 13:00:15 GMT
So i was told dreadlocks become the size of the section, im pretty sure most of my dreads in the back are 1" square but my crown is 3" long! now its not thick only about 0.5mm will that still make a super fat dread? here is a pic im pretty sure its 2 congoing u can see there is a space inbetween to because of where it lays on the crown of my head..  |
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Post by acidburn on Mar 19, 2016 13:07:48 GMT
here is a better pic.  |
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Post by alethionaut on Mar 19, 2016 13:38:15 GMT
Yes it's gonna be a fatty. It looks like it would be really easy to split into two now if you wanted to though
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Mar 19, 2016 13:39:26 GMT
Assuming you're referring to the advice you were given on the forum in the past, it would have been that dreads will grow to the MAXIMUM size of the section, not that they will grow TO the size of them. For the most part, they'll be smaller.
Dreads do thicken with time, as they tighten, but their size in the first year they should be taken as a general indicator of how big they will be. If you're not happy with it's size, then your best bet would be to poke it through the root of a neighbour so that they congo together.
I would also recommend some gentle root rubbing on that one.
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Post by acidburn on Mar 19, 2016 13:51:49 GMT
im happy with the size it is i just dont want it to be as wide as the root (3") :S cause the actual dread it self is about 1inch and its about 7 months old. do u think it will thicken up alot more? or just a little bit.
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Post by acidburn on Mar 20, 2016 0:28:22 GMT
Nvm had someone else measure it's 1.5"
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Apr 1, 2016 22:21:53 GMT
I've split a few dreads by ripping them apart from the root upwards... It takes time (sometimes it takes several days of just slowly pulling it apart until it gives) but it can be done.
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Apr 1, 2016 22:23:15 GMT
(Although, just to add to that, I never recommend people split dreads for any reason other than them being big enough to be a problem... Mine were because the root was splitting and I was constantly fiddling with it, but I realised that they dread back up over a long enough time if you leave them be)
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Post by acidburn on Apr 1, 2016 22:30:33 GMT
id be so nervous ripping i think id personally rather comb out, i mean all those knots are obviously crossing all over just imagine the damage!
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Post by Dreadlocktruth on Apr 1, 2016 22:33:02 GMT
Combing out causes a fair bit of damage, too, if we're talking a set that's been in for years. And when you put the dread back in, it'll be shorter because the loose hair that was trapped within it before is now out.
I had to comb a dread out to redo it, once, and it was like 3 inches shorter lol.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 23:32:40 GMT
I've split a few dreads by ripping them apart from the root upwards... It takes time (sometimes it takes several days of just slowly pulling it apart until it gives) but it can be done. Just to be clear, "upwards" you mean towards the tip? (from root to tip?) and several days, yes this makes sense now. yep yep! hmm Yeah, I'd be scared too, but sounds like you take a risk both ways huh? Well, I guess I'm stuck now lol Nah, I mean I wasn't really disappointed to begin with, except that "fattie" I had, that I split ------------------------> Ohhhh!!! AND that's why those are shorter! (and maybe this goes along with the other comment I just made about "combing out" shrinkage) |
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Post by kondzio on Apr 2, 2016 13:36:20 GMT
Combing out causes a fair bit of damage, too, if we're talking a set that's been in for years. And when you put the dread back in, it'll be shorter because the loose hair that was trapped within it before is now out. I had to comb a dread out to redo it, once, and it was like 3 inches shorter lol. No surprise, after combing out You damaged it and You tightened them up by making dread  |
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Post by acidburn on Apr 2, 2016 13:43:19 GMT
Combing out causes a fair bit of damage, too, if we're talking a set that's been in for years. And when you put the dread back in, it'll be shorter because the loose hair that was trapped within it before is now out. I had to comb a dread out to redo it, once, and it was like 3 inches shorter lol. No surprise, after combing out You damaged it and You tightened them up by making dread Well if u don't force the dread u only damaged it by combing.  But in the end patience is a virtue. |
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Post by acidburn on Apr 4, 2016 20:14:56 GMT
mmm hmm! yeah, as far as my situation, I did the natural way then. (so just the combing damage) So THIS is actually when I used twist ties to temporarily separate (because those two from one were right next to each other, and would've been hard to keep separate...as I'm sure all of you natural dreadheads out there will know with the full sets.) acidburn, you're question did get answered now right? hehe and we are just chatting away over here now?! yes  at first I was insecure about the size cause it flares out at the base but it's fine. |
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But in the end patience is a virtue.
at first I was insecure about the size cause it flares out at the base but it's fine.
