Hey there,
I just joined this post, but my advise is...you should only retighten
your dreads with a crochet hook, or whatever method you use only
about every three or four weeks. The fuzzyiness is a stage that all
locks go through, (some more than others) so just let them do their
thing.
Over time they will settle down and become more uniform
and less fuzzy. Locks go through stages, and you have to let the
stages take place at their own pace. I think that alot of us make
the mistake of being too anxious about our locks, and we touch, gel,
beeswax, tighten, whatever to them too much. Try to relax and enjoy
the journey, and your locks will too. I tighten my locks using the
latch hook method. My hair is growing like crazy, (about 1/2 inch or
more every month) but I only retighten them once a month or so. Not
a day goes by that I dont get complimented (several sometimes from
different people) about my locks. Come next April it will be three
years for me wearing locks. If you retighen them too much, you will
put too much stain on the hair follicles and litteraly pull them out
by the roots. Just keep them clean and moisturized, and the rest
will follwow.
--- In dreads@yahoogroups.com, deb lamb <billyanddebi1999@y...>
wrote:
> hi sorry its me again my girlfreind tightens my dreads with a
crochette needle once a week is this normal it seems alot when it
takes about 3 hours she keeps complaining at my head getting fuzzy so
quick i put on cocunut moisturiser stuff but it only lasts about a
day and when it drys it is worse than it was? thankyou again
> billy
>
>
> Kthulah <kthulah@k...> wrote:
> I would use a hair wax that's not too extremely greasy. Platinum
> Effect's Jojoba Wax is good for this. I think they have another
brand
> at Sally's as well called dreads gel or something, but I can't
vouch for
> their quality because I haven't used it. I've heard good things
about
> it though. Most of the rest of what's on the market is crap for
dreads.
>
> The hair wax usually lasts a week with one application so long as
you
> wear a wrap to bed, and washes out alot more easily than gel. Be
> advised that being normally a professional product, it will keep it
> tight, so easy on the twisting near the roots. However it sets in
is
> pretty much how it'll stay. It sets soft though.
>
> If you don't want to use a wax for spiritual reasons, then you
might try
> tightening them with a latch hook tool or crochetting some wool cord
> around the roots to help it matt naturally.
>
> Blessings :)
>
> deb lamb wrote:
> > sorry its my hair. it is medium curly.do you know what i can do.
you
> > would be a life saver thankyou!!! billy
>
>
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