2 year neglect dreadlocks

[missyannie]

I used to have a time line from the beginning on the old site. Unfortunately my phone got ran over so I lost all starting pictures. Really shitty.
Anyway, I stopped brushing my hair two years and five months ago! I love my hair. It took about nine months to start seeing dreads happening. When I finally stopped caring what my hair was doing, I started being really happy with them. Now they are undeniably dreads! Of course there is still loose hair as in most neglect dreads.
I trimmed them a few months ago which I have come to regret. I cut a few to short and it won't stay pulled back for work which is a pain. So dread pigtails is my go to. Lol. But I know they will grow out.

For some reason though, my friend keeps pointing out that he can see my scalp through my dreads and it looks like I'm balding. He's teasing me but it made me really self conscious. I took a picture of my head from the top and just the way it sectioned itself at the top, it does look weird. Ugh. But I will NOT start obsessing about hair now!! Lol.

[missyannie]

Found pictures!!

This is about one month.  Can barely tell I haven't brushed my hair.  Hair is wet here.


Three months, but my hair is dry.  I have pretty thick hair.


Aaaand here is 2 years and 5 months!  Crazy that I went from that to dreads!  The one that's noticeably longer then the others is one l left untrimmed just to see the difference. all other dreads I have trimmed.  I now wish I had left all my dreads untrimmed so they would still be long enough to pull back.  Oh well, live and learn.


Here they are all pulled to one side.  I think they look cool like that but there short so won't stay like that

[grassman]

 They look great! I like the color too. That sucks about your phone!

[GratefulShred]

Some seriously awesome girth on those Congrats on the patience, they look good ^-^

[missyannie]

Jan 22, 2017 16:11:24 GMT grassman said:

 They look great! I like the color too. That sucks about your phone!

Thanks a lot!  Haha, yeah, it fell out of my pocket without me noticing and then my friend went to work. 

[missyannie]

Jan 22, 2017 17:25:45 GMT GratefulShred said:

Some seriously awesome girth on those Congrats on the patience, they look good ^-^

Some of them are just HUUUGE.  And some are tiny.  I have a monster one in the back lol.  Thank you, I still can't believe how my hair turned out sometimes, worth every struggle.

[jxbx]

These look great! Cute short chunky dreads!!
I found a good day in the sun tans the spaces in between dreads and makes those spots stand out less

[MamaKittyLove]

They are beautiful! I remember your time line from the old site!

[missyannie]

Jan 23, 2017 11:25:16 GMT @sketchymagpie said:

They look awesome! I remember you from the old site. And don't worry, I think it's pretty normal to be able to see the scalp unless you're blessed with really thick roots, like some are.

I remember you to!! 😄 thank you, I love my hair

[missyannie]

Jan 23, 2017 15:06:43 GMT jxbx said:

These look great! Cute short chunky dreads!!
I found a good day in the sun tans the spaces in between dreads and makes those spots stand out less

Thanks for the tip. I love how they turned out!

[missyannie]

Jan 23, 2017 17:12:36 GMT MamaKittyLove said:

They are beautiful! I remember your time line from the old site!

Yeah I remember I started neglect shortly after you and you had crazy progress on yours. 😊

[james]

Looking lovely. Yay for two years. They really developed well. Lots of respect for your journey and the years to come.