Is this normal?

[acidburn]

Now matter what my wife's roots get super matted I'm unable to get a good picture so I found a example on Google it can be separated by pulling apart but her whole scalp is 1 matted mess u can't get your fingers under it to separate from the roots.

[Dreadlocktruth]

When I seperate, I usually go down towards the root rather than up from it. I grab two dreads in simply pull them apart (which is easier and less painful when they're wet)

[acidburn]

So as long as there separated to the root from each other it's fine? The massive matting web doesn't matter?

[Dreadlocktruth]

It's hard to tell from the picture but I would say most will be having some extent of "webbing" with hairs around the root. Probably half of my dreads are trying to eat each other, but it's fine because I just pull them apart as far down as I can as they grow out. It doesn't lead to any problems if you stay on top of it (and example of a problem would be letting it go for so long that several dreads join together into one huge dread that you can't separate, but that would take a long time).

[acidburn]

Okay. All her dreads are separated from "eating each other" it's just the roots that eat each other u can't even see her scalp or sections any more.

[Dreadlocktruth]

Well, we've had plenty of people on here who freak out about the fact their scalp is visible so she's a lucky gal

I don't think it's anything to be worried about.

[acidburn]

Thanks funny thing is she's not the worried one it was me lmao. Good to know.

[Ziggy]

How often are you separating them? I had to do it every other day or so in the early months.

[acidburn]

Everyday and there a little over a year now. Basically if we stopped seperating she could have a uni dread easily.

[saralcat]

I remember going through a period where I would be separating them daily, so perfectly normal from my point of view.