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Post by rkymtnjoy on May 19, 2016 0:47:30 GMT
 About to trim the flat, bulky and heavy ends of my dreads off. I think they are the result of my backcombed knots slipping when my dreads were started. I will loose some length, but I think it will be worth it... Any wisdom? |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 2:11:52 GMT
Dooooon't cut em! Ok, im not an expert, buthere is why I say it. Youcan just comb them out, or well pick them out thencomb them, I just saw this video yeaterday. Meowajana or something. She has a nice videofor this. If you cant find it, let me know and I will dig it up ASAP. But you dont HAVE To use scizzors! Ok, that is my 2cents. Just had to rush here just to letyou know this. Cuz yeah, I too have those same fat ends...  |
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Post by rkymtnjoy on May 19, 2016 2:18:17 GMT
Tried the comb, pure torture, still think it's time to lighten the load...
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Post by BrokenJetSki on May 19, 2016 2:43:24 GMT
I lobbed my clubs off too because they add so much unnecessary weight. You'll be fine cutting them off, they aren't crucial to the structural integrity of the dread if you have dreaded hair above the club. It's splitting dreads with scissors you want to worry about.
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 2:50:57 GMT
Gonna get the video anyway. This is painless, unless by torture you just mean tiresome. And if you WANT the weight off, like jetski (delaney) said, it IS perfectly fine too. I did that first myself, but I didnt want to lose the length...
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 3:00:22 GMT
Gee! Finally found it! Ok, so maybe you dont need it, but now it will be here for future needs. It is in the last like third of this video.
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Post by rkymtnjoy on May 19, 2016 3:01:46 GMT
Thanks for the insight BrokenJetSki. My dreads are over a year old, so I hope they will be fine. Tell me, did your tips unravel after you cut them? Did you brush a little out, or leave them alone after cutting? |
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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 3:18:05 GMT
I know you addressed that to her but mine did NOT unravel at all! I still had to pick at mine to get them to breath...kinda wondering if this was normal or if mine were super tight/....idk what else
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Post by BrokenJetSki on May 19, 2016 4:38:23 GMT
Thanks for the insight BrokenJetSki . My dreads are over a year old, so I hope they will be fine. Tell me, did your tips unravel after you cut them? Did you brush a little out, or leave them alone after cutting? No,they stayed normal. You get a little hair that falls out, but that's just the hair that was connected to what you just cut. Mine ended up with normal tips, no unraveling at all! Mine are like a week shy of a year. Once I had solid knots above the clubs, off they went. I have a before and after of when I lobbed them off on my timeline. |
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Post by BrokenJetSki on May 19, 2016 4:41:21 GMT
Oh also, clubs are a result of the hair being sucked UP into the dread. When your hair locks, it knots from the root down, but when you start dreads, all the hair on the ends gets sucked up resulting in a huge loop of condensed hair. This stops as they age and grow because everything grows downward.
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Post by rkymtnjoy on May 20, 2016 0:53:32 GMT
Well, I did it! I think I'm happy with the result. Soooo much lighter, perfect for summer. And those nasty club ends are gone. Will probably have too even out a few spots, and I may brush out the ends an inch so they don't look so chopped. Before:  After:  The Carnage:  |
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Post by morri on May 20, 2016 8:38:28 GMT
I'm going to trim the ends of mine. I don't know when, not sure about doing it before or after the wedding. It may make doing an updo a pain.
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Post by jxbx on May 20, 2016 17:17:15 GMT
 Trims are a good thing! |
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Post by rkymtnjoy on May 21, 2016 1:33:59 GMT
jxbx did you do anything to your tips post trim, or did you just let them chill?
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Post by jxbx on May 21, 2016 4:30:57 GMT
@rkmtnjoy usually I don't do anything. I've trimmed this set twice now as well as trimmed past sets. After each trim, I did nothing and my ends would loosen and eventually curl. This time around, the ends seemingly refuse to loosen without intervention. I have separated a few and I'm now waiting to see how they go before going for more or running the comb through the ends.
This is my oldest set so I believe the age of the dreads influences the tightness and the inability to loosen and curl.
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