Dreads split at roots

[cammym]

Hi again! So I have a couple of dreads that are split at the roots, one of them was two dreads that I combined, and the hair growing out isn't dreading together. The other is a dread that I'm pretty sure was always a single dread, and is also growing split. I really don't want them to split, is there anything I can do to make them dread back together? The pic doesn't really show how split it is but it gives an idea

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root rub/palmroll?? I'm actually kinda working with a similar issue myself. haha

this is kinda more what I'm trying to do-


"Finger Rubbing can be done in any part of the dread but it's usually done in the body or at the roots of the dread. When you finger rub, you're rubbing the hair in a circular motion, clockwise if possible, to create knots."

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I would say leave it be. Let it do what it wants and it'll sort itself. It'll be different in a year. At least those are the things I tell myself when I have concerns about similar things.

I don't know how effective root rubbing and palmrolling are, I've heard different things. I think too much root rubbing could be damaging.

Do beads help on things like this? Or lightly wrapping it?

[Dreadlocktruth]

I had several dreads split at the root like that, years ago. I was so OCD about fiddling with them that I ended up splitting the dreads, which is the worst thing you can do because - as I've since found out - if you leave them alone then they will fix themselves over the following 6 months or so. I've not had a single split dread root that hasn't reformed over time when left alone so that's always my advice, now. Though just to say, even if it does reform, you'll probably have a gap where the split occurred due to the size. It won't be obvious, but you'll be able to poke your finger through if you're a fidgeter, like me. ;p

In terms of helping it along, the only thing I'd recommend is to use a wrap or something like that if you feel the need to. I've even used a needle and thread before, just to close up the hole and to be removed later, but that might be difficult to do subtly with your lighter hair colour.

So yeah, either leave it alone completely (I don't believe that fiddling with it helps) or stick something on it to "hold" it together but time should be the solution.

[cammym]

Jul 25, 2016 17:16:02 GMT Dreadlocktruth said:

I had several dreads split at the root like that, years ago. I was so OCD about fiddling with them that I ended up splitting the dreads, which is the worst thing you can do because - as I've since found out - if you leave them alone then they will fix themselves over the following 6 months or so. I've not had a single split dread root that hasn't reformed over time when left alone so that's always my advice, now. Though just to say, even if it does reform, you'll probably have a gap where the split occurred due to the size. It won't be obvious, but you'll be able to poke your finger through if you're a fidgeter, like me. ;p

In terms of helping it along, the only thing I'd recommend is to use a wrap or something like that if you feel the need to. I've even used a needle and thread before, just to close up the hole and to be removed later, but that might be difficult to do subtly with your lighter hair colour.

So yeah, either leave it alone completely (I don't believe that fiddling with it helps) or stick something on it to "hold" it together but time should be the solution.

Yes, I'm a fidgeter too! I'm ways messing with them and finding little things that I'm concerned about haha. I don't mind the splits as they are, I just don't want the dread to continue to split more. Right now I have a snug, but not tight bead on it. I also have some dreadies at the top that I feel like are too thin at the roots, and I'm assuming the answer to that would also be to just leave them alone, stop messing with them and they'll maybe thicken themselves out. Ugh it's so hard not to mess with them!

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yeah hey, sorry for any misinformation. I did a bit of the finger rubbing the first day, but didn't even need too much after that. (and also, mine was sortof a congo/threaded in sections that didn't quite get pulled through all the way straight, so there was this like loop...but now they are more joined, with more of a bump. ^^)