I started my dreads with no sections just grabbing pieces and it's really made it look like free form dreads so honestly I would rather prefer non sectioned dreads
How did you 'do' your dreads? I'm doing the same just grabbing wher I feel too how the are naturall forming to as not brushed since Jan. I've twisted n ripped about 10 random ones sofar so good with a bit of back combing then rolling through my fingers with palms together 👍 all the best 👍
I stopped brushing my hair 40 days ago. So far, I've gone with neglect/natural/freeform. I spend a little time each day following the sections up to the root. I do spend a little bit of time separating the few pieces that are locking together. I have a few small dreads that love to hang out together during the day, so I'm pulling them apart more and more. I know it may not be for everyone, but I love the time it takes to separate them. It's therapeutic for me. And I love that the sections aren't perfect. Also, I love your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and opinions. I'm learning a lot from all sorts of dreadheads. It's nice to see and read about everyone's experiences with dreads. :)
I just have to laugh because the first few minutes of your video was EXACTLY what I did. "Hmmm, I think I want dreadlocks..I think I'll just do one and leave it for a few months to see how it works out" googled a couple things. TH-camd a few "how to's" and did one in the back of my hair. It wasn't even 30 minutes later that I decided to just go ahead and do them all! By myself in a mirror. A WEEK later I decided I hated the part and the lack of sectioning. Brushed out half of them 0__o and halved them (almost doubling the amount of locks) and changed my part. That was fun:/ good news is they are fine now! Just about another week in. I just thought it was hilarious that you described me to a T!
Thank youuuuuuuuuuu . I'm so excited about my dreadlock journey I'm 150% committed. You've answered so many questions I really appreciate you doing this !
No questions for you as of yet, i just wanted to stop by and say that you are the best person to go to for dread lock information. I have watched countless people on TH-cam, asked people in person on what i should do. Didn't really like their answers, didn't feel right to me, but yours have. Your locks look wonderful and i hope mine get as beautiful as yours one day :) !!
@MaakasSs The ripping of the dreadlocks to separate them will only really risk damage in very thin dreadlocks. Provided the separating is done semi-regularly there should not be any significant solid dreaded connection between the dreadlocks, just some connecting hairs. When you rip these the dreadlocks that you're pulling should be a lot stronger than the connecting hairs and so the hairs will break before you damage any of the dreadlock. In very thin dreadlocks there can be problems in that the connecting hairs can almost be as strong as the thin dreads and so more care is needed.
0:49 Aaaaahah this totally happened to me like 5 minutes ago! xD But I straightened it back out with a giant needle. Your videos are very helpful! Subscribed! :D
So glad I watched this!! I made my first baby dread underneath last night and have been tempted to make more, your intro was spot on for me, now I think ill comb it out before it's too late and section my hair, I still think I want to ease into it and work my way up to a full head of dreads tho don't have the time or patience to do it all at once :)
I just want to say thank you for taking time to make such informative videos about dreads. I'm sure it takes a lot of time. This video came out at the perfect time. About 2 weeks ago I brushed out the 13 unsectioned dreadlings that I had. I regret that now because, I've been lazy and haven't done hardly any dreading! :( I'm literally about to just make them as I go and not even section them. Again, thank you for the video and please continue with them!
I'm not saying this is why I "don't" want squares but according to some sacred mathematicians a right angle "traps" the spirit..I know that sounds so radical but may be one "spiritual" reason some people don't want to start with boxes.. lol
Have you gotten them done yet? I just followed the natural waves in my hair and since my hair style has been the same for some years now the dreads fell in the same place.I did the twist and rip, unsectioned and left to free form,I have 3-4 long rounded roots that hang above one another like he was explaining about how they're prone for Congo dreads awesome,to think I was going to donem over
Before I had my hair backcombed I stop brushing it for months, allowing it to sort of section naturally, then when it came time to backcomb she tried to stick with where my hair sectioned naturally. They are all different sizes so far, which is fine with me. I am only 5 months in though, so it's too early to tell what the outcome will be. - just wanted to share my personal experience.
I did unsectioned with a crochet hook after discovering I had a single loc that managed to lock itself down to the root😂 Which made the decision easy for me since I missed my old locs. Took me 3 days about 3 hrs each day. I had shoulder length hair in a curly afro(mixed hair is WILD😩) personally I love that I have different size dreads all over. The uniform salon-started locs I used to have were boring to me and retwisting 110 dreads by myself for 2 years felt like a chore. Now I have 80 and it's super fast when I'm not as concerned about sections being perfect. A more organic, free look which i absolutely LOVE Edit: when I said I missed my old locs I meant I missed having locs in general lol.
hexagonal section is best . no gaps will be seen no stretchmarks. it dont need to be perfect hexagon make circular sections . and put small dreads on the top medium at the front and lateral sides and big ones at back of your head where your head touches the surface when u are sleeping because if u put small ones there they might get fused or turn out funny. also its nice to put a few small sections nesr ur ears so when they get matured u can braid them it looks very cool and unique to have a few brauded dreads ;)
I've not sectioned my hair and takes separating quite often which is good for me as I'm always playing with my hair ....i like my method because it is like my personality which is unpredictable and it's not about fashion or looking neat for me this is my reason everyone to their own that's why I like this specific style everyone is unique
Haha that was me. I did the best I could to section. But I lacked help and the money to get them done professionally. So I tried to section myself. They are be no means perfect squares! But I actually tried vs free forming so I haven't had any issues yet. I'm a month in now.
I have extremely thick, type 2a/2b hair that I dreadlocked a month ago. Almost all of it fell out leaving me with only 14 dreadlocks but I left my hair alone and focused on doing the neglect method. It is quite funny for me, because the natural dreadlocks that are showing up, are itty bitty pencil sized. So, I am just waiting patiently for enough hair to dread then come together to make thicker ones.
LOL!! Yeah...from 0:35-1:16 pretty much sums up my thought process and how I made my dreads about 10 months ago! After I did so, I underestimated how dreads would become thicker, so my first dreads were huge and I had to split several into two...which was annoying. Some of my parting also left patches of scalp showing which I had to fix.
You described exactly what happened to me with my dreads. I got excites after back combing one and 12 hours later had a fully dreaded head. Now, two years later, they are in fact harder to maintain as opposed to either because the sections are all over the place, the roots are growing out frantically and dreading together and I'm constantly ripping them apart when o feel like I should be enjoying nice mature dreads. I'm in the process now of combing them out so I can start a second less hasty set. I'm hoping this will alleviate some of the issues I'm having now and lead to less maintenance by the two year mark.
I was freeforming for bout 8 months an got tired of waitin since i have mixed hair thats straight/curly but still puffs out like a fro an i just crocheted curls together and it worked pretty good. Not really any with combined roots and if it is its just a few strands that i pull out. Kinda wish I sectioned but my hair was already pretty nappy so it woulda been hard to rip the curls apart
I made 3 dreads on the bottom row then wanted some more so I sectioned another row and ended up with 7 yay! I love them 😍!! Even with only 7 they’ve already given me more volume in my fine hair. They look lovely!!!
My locks are still really young (about 3 or 4 months and woah, they started to lock up waaaaay sooner than i thought lol) but i have this one conjoined lock right at the bottom of my head. I had decided i wanted to do freeform but one of my neighbors told me ill end up with bubble dreads lol so i started ripping dreads that were trying to join together but the one super lock i have kinda escaped my grasp. Over the passed few months i was slowly trying to rip it apart, and i was making some progress, but it started to seem like the smaller tip of the 2 that joined was gonna end up getting ripped out completely so i ended up just leaving it alone lol I was feeling kinda self conscience about it but ive come to love it ! The journey is slow but oh so rewarding! 😁
You literally just described exactly what I did. Lol😂 it isn't sectioned properly and it's not twisted and ripped all the way to the scalp. Will it eventually get tight to the scalp???
I somewhat sectioned mine. I wanted different sizes for a natural look so I would section off like 8-10 on one day and then more another day. I made the ones around the crown of my head thicker for more volume and the rest are anywhere from pencil thin to a rope size. I most definitely have to separate them at least once a day. The new dreads love each other a lot! I think the first week I ended up ripping apart a couple. Great video, btw.
Very good place you have here...I am thinking about getting dreads once my hair grows out..I have been working on my very own hairstyle since about march after starting off with my head completely shaven..I do love the looks of dreads but need to do some more research..also debating on the idea of a native American scalp lock.
An interesting thing to note... I sectioned all my squares to be the same size, however not all the dreads are the same size, because apparently there are part on your head where their are less hair follicles and finer hair such as just above and to the front of the ears.
I started my journey about 5 weeks ago with unsectioned dreads. The scalp webbing can be offputting, no question. Even having a person do a month maintenance, they found LONG sections of hair that appeared out of the blue. No clue how they got missed...but now they have to be added to random dreads. If you aren't patient...and can't stand crazy hair...dreads may not be for you. I am at peace with them doing what they want, for the most part. Your hair becomes like a conjoined twin...with a personality of it's own.
you can section them ,use dreadwax back comb each section. Then form them with your hands or rubbing the length down each dread with an old all wool knit sweater or sock ( rub the wool down each section like you rub a stick to start a campfire). Then just let em go. Once you have the ground work done you just use monthly maintenance. Dry shampoo is nice. But a nice deep clean with a cap full of castille soap ,cup of apple cider vinegar in 2 cups of very warm water. I use a big bowl to pour over my brothers hair cuz his dreads i did them for him when he was 13 now hes 31 and they are now to his butt. So get him to lean over the tub and pour some over and work it into the scalp and kind of knead it into the dreads. We then rinse it and do it again until theres no more mixture( about 3 times). You can make a dread refresher spray with teatree oil,cap full of olive oil and cup of waternin a spray bottle( just to spray on once in awhile to freshen dreads,kill bacteria and add sheen and moisture in).
also, even with sectioning you have no guarantee that they will have the same size. there are few hairs on the side+neck = thinner dreads and the matureing also effects this.
Your videos are so helpful!I have wanted dreadlocks for a long time and I'm leaning so much from your videos!Its really helping me decide things for a future reference of how I want mine to go(etc).Thanks!Also did you section your hair or just left if unsectioned?
My dreads aren't really sectioned. Well, they are kinda but just randomly. Some dreads are thin, some are bigger. Sometimes I had to cut off small hair sections from one dreads and crochet to another oder dividing one into two dreads completly because they pull on the scalp too much. But now after 10 months they are almost all with a round shaped root section. And I love them just how they are.
Viel Saitig Getting them to how you want them is all that really matters - even with a neatly planned out sectioning pattern you never really know how they're going to 'sit' once they've started to form up.
First I wanted them all equal and well sectioned. But now I am super happy that they aren't and love every single one of my 82 :D Btw, I really like your dreads!
Yea I ripped my free form into section bout once a week there around the same thickness but a few wild cards. All sectioned, so if u do free form dreads u can section it once you start getting really nappy knotty hair with baby dreads formin then I ripped the dread away from the rest around it and that made a section and that sized the dread roughly as the hair I seperated it from made new baby dreads that I then did the same thing to once they get to the size or when ever I got around to seperating them lol just cuz it did hurt a bit sometimes in the earlier stages but everything soon got in its own "lane" and tightened up
I didnt section mine. I have VERY thick hair and did a lot of smaller dreads. I just tried to keep them more or less even as I went at it with Twist and Rip. I dont regret it. The backs a little iffy but its more or lest fixed itself. A little clockwise rubbing while I separate keeps the roots from going all cray cray.
I sectioned mine but unfortunately I can't see the back of my head very well and that is the area on me that loved to dread up all on its owe so I ended up with a lot of webbing that I could not fix easily because I can't see it and it became painful at times. I brushed out all my dreads and when I go go on vacation to visit family I'm gonna get my Mother to section it for me so I can start with a better foundation. God I miss my dreads so much. And I strongly recommend as lazydreads does to wait til your dreads are mature before adding extentions. If you don't the weight of them will pull the bottom of your dreads out. Plus if you add extensions before your dreads are mature it's hard to gage what width to make them and you may get them to thick. Just my 2 cents
It's so true! When i realized I first wanted dreads I made a couple just in the back to see what it would be like. But i ended up taking them out and i hired a professional loctician to do my hair. Apparently I have a lot of hair tho cus i only have partial dreads (half my hair) but it still looks cute. When I have money again I will hire her to do the rest. 😊
i have unslected Lock and lots of you told is true ..but one thing you can chose what size they can be,but all thins are true,its harder to take care about them.
haha, this was so me!!! I got all excited, did i little dread behind my ear and loved it, but it gradually came out, sometimes i put it back in, hehe!! * ^_^ *
I sectioned my dreads and kind of just left them alone and they started looping and sticking together and such. its feeling like a lost cause trying to get them to have clear sections again.& I'm pretty sure my sectioning was really crapily done 😂 cos I have a ton of loose hairs..I'm wondering how I can fix that..not sure I have the patients for palm rolling cos for me , it doesn't exactly work so well anyways..I'm wondering if crocheting my loose hairs in my dreads would be optimal. I started with twist and rip btw.
Ahahaha.. the first few minutes of this video are too real.. I am currently brushing out my unsectioned locks.. to section them.. and then re dread. 😩😂
Hey Aron, you can check out my progress here: Dreadlocks - 67 Month Dreadlock Timeline So you can see how much hair I started out with and how they grew. Different hair is going to grow at different rates and I've never measured from one year to the next... plus I often trim mine, so I'm afraid I can't say how much growth they get in a year. But I can say that over the first year most people will experience more shrinking than growing.
So if I have loose hair at the root that isn’t going into the dreadlock should I crochet it into the root? Like pull it in to the dread or just leave it? I have straight hair....
That first part is so accurate it’s scary 😂 I have short hair and I would like dreads, but last time I tried to dread my hair, the dreads stuck up and I looked like a crazy clown any advice?
Great, now I'm insecure about the neglect method I started a few weeks back :( what should I do? Start putting rubber bands on my roots to control it a little? The square sections aren't really my thing.
I didn't necessarily section my dreads but, at the same time, I did. Where do you think I may stand in the foresaid "boat"? I don't want my dreads to congo, but I would love for them to more natural look that you had mentioned in the video. What do you think I could do if any of them do start to congo? I know that you can pull them apart repeatedly, but look at this as an effort to discontinue (not entirely) the possible congoing? (should I use a crochet hook?)
Sectioning is in no way a guarantee that you wouldn't have a lot of separating to do, it can just reduce how much work is initially required. Everyone - sectioned or not is going to have to separate their locks to stop them from merging together. Normally quite a lot is needed over the first year while the locks are still forming and are softer. As they get older they won't need quite so much work, but you will need to do some separating over the entire life of the locks in order to stop them from congoing. Crocheting wouldn't help in this respect.
So I have had neglect/freeform dreads for about 3 months now, and I love them! But I don't like how *specifically* the front part isn't sectioned. How do I go about re-sectioning my dreads?
What is the neglect method? Just not brushing? Because when I do that I eind up with a huge dreaded mass in the back of my head that needs to eb carefully detangled.
Marissa Claudio Neglect/Natural/Freeform -> th-cam.com/video/CHS6wS2OpFk/w-d-xo.html It can require plenty of separating if you want to keep the hair divided out into manageable sized dreads.
Okay, so I only have two dreads, one of each side underneath my hair. They are unsectioned and been so for a week now. Is it okay just to leave them be and section the rest of my head
when you do the twist and rip method does it kinda look like twists for the first few months i did this method and alot of people say there not dreads there twist also i was one of those people who did not. section them lol
Great video! I had dreads, freeform, and regret not sectioning. I ended up with a mess and had no choice to cut my hair off :'( (I tried combing them out to start again but my hair was down to my butt and I was in hospital without the use of one arm) I cannot wait for my hair to grow long enough for dreads again, next time I'll section my hair off. One question to anyone who can answer, how short can hair be to dread without looking silly? I'm assuming something like shoulder length? I have very fine curly hair, I lost 2/3rds of the length with my dreads which were just past my shoulders. I just would like a rough estimate :)
I'm sorry to hear about your first set! The minimum length that I recommend for starting is 6 inches. It's technically possible to start them shorter, but I would not recommend it and since you mentioned the looking silly part, I don't think it's something you'd be interested in anyway! With regards to the minimum non-silly length....well... that really depends on where you'd draw the line. It's also very hard to give an accurate estimate as to how much they'll shrink, but yes, I'd say shoulder length is a good place to start.
Question about how many dreads do you have? Because I am just starting & have freeform at the roots they are getting locked & knoted but I need help because I don't want them to be to thick or to thin
Abraham Lincon All the methods are for starting the process - not making finished dreadlocks. All of them will make strong, thick dreadlocks if you leave them for long enough.
My first dreads were sectioned. And I hated it so bad that I took them out. The main reason was, cause I have very thin hair with a small face. Having unsectioned hair is annoying, cause your dread wont go the way you want it to go. But I must say, I find unsectioned hair very pretty if you have a small face and thin hair. Unsectioned dreads is the best thing to do If you want your face to look bigger. Haha
Um mistake. I started to do the twist and rip method in my hair. I havent sectioned them. I already know how my hair is and grabbed the strands and started to do the method. Im probably being redundant as you probably get this alot but im new and just a little worried i fucked it up entirely. I didnt section my hair so therefore id be put in the unsectioned category. I just need some kind of encouragement or a little more info to help with my confidence for my baby locks.
If you just grab random chunks without making sure the dreadlock roots overlap, then as the dreadlocks grow out there is going to be a lot of root sharing going on and lots of the dreads will try to grow into each other. It's certainly not the end of the world, but you'll have to do a lot of separating to correct it.
Ariana Allen I also did what he said I grabbed a spot did twist and rip liked it so my one turned into 6 the two weeks later half my head then one Netflix marathon later my whole head except my bangs have been done they look ok it's been a month new growth and the shrinking but only one inch of shrinking so maybe I did mine to tight so then I used a conditioning oil to loosen them at least the tight ones I wash once a week with Neutrogena residue free shampoo I've hit the should I take them out and section them and start over then I'm doing the TH-cam binge hoping to find answers I didn't do big dreads my biggest one or about half my head there the size of a Sharpe pen I have 5 that are very thin I'm getting worried and doing the fence hop should I start over should I wait I don't mind doing mine myself that's the least of my worries but if mine are sectioned small and I dont mind keeping them separated I play with them every night before bed checking rolling spots twisting where the roots have grown I guess I'm just worried to much or I'm just at that funky stage the beginning of my dreads I just want the best information I've ordered dollylocks products and my son wants his head done now and his I'm gonna do brick laying sections in different sizes sorry I'm rambling but I watch videos mostly just Lazy Dreads and right now my sons hair is how LDs hair was before he started his dreads I just want them done better for my son....
Ashton Seal I had chest length hair, my resulting dreadlocks were maybe chin length. The amount that the dreadlocks shrink is going to vary from person to person - there is a huge variation. Losses of around 1/3 are "normal", but it's not really possible to go beyond a rough estimate.
I started my dreads with no sections just grabbing pieces and it's really made it look like free form dreads so honestly I would rather prefer non sectioned dreads
How did you 'do' your dreads? I'm doing the same just grabbing wher I feel too how the are naturall forming to as not brushed since Jan. I've twisted n ripped about 10 random ones sofar so good with a bit of back combing then rolling through my fingers with palms together 👍 all the best 👍
i really wish you'd show pictures comparing what you're talking about
I stopped brushing my hair 40 days ago. So far, I've gone with neglect/natural/freeform. I spend a little time each day following the sections up to the root. I do spend a little bit of time separating the few pieces that are locking together. I have a few small dreads that love to hang out together during the day, so I'm pulling them apart more and more. I know it may not be for everyone, but I love the time it takes to separate them. It's therapeutic for me. And I love that the sections aren't perfect. Also, I love your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and opinions. I'm learning a lot from all sorts of dreadheads. It's nice to see and read about everyone's experiences with dreads. :)
How did it go? Are you still happy with them and could you stop them joining together?
How’s it going
I just have to laugh because the first few minutes of your video was EXACTLY what I did. "Hmmm, I think I want dreadlocks..I think I'll just do one and leave it for a few months to see how it works out" googled a couple things. TH-camd a few "how to's" and did one in the back of my hair. It wasn't even 30 minutes later that I decided to just go ahead and do them all! By myself in a mirror. A WEEK later I decided I hated the part and the lack of sectioning. Brushed out half of them 0__o and halved them (almost doubling the amount of locks) and changed my part. That was fun:/ good news is they are fine now! Just about another week in. I just thought it was hilarious that you described me to a T!
me too! hehe!
Same 😭
ME TOO😂😭
i did that too but i started with braids first
Thank youuuuuuuuuuu . I'm so excited about my dreadlock journey I'm 150% committed. You've answered so many questions I really appreciate you doing this !
This video deserves more than 1.3k likes... he broke it down to the T. Very clear, direct and simple.
No questions for you as of yet, i just wanted to stop by and say that you are the best person to go to for dread lock information. I have watched countless people on TH-cam, asked people in person on what i should do. Didn't really like their answers, didn't feel right to me, but yours have. Your locks look wonderful and i hope mine get as beautiful as yours one day :) !!
I'm glad that my videos have been helpful for you! :))
So glad I found your videos and I'm researching like I am. Going to start my first ever dreads in a few weeks and I couldn't be more excited!
@MaakasSs The ripping of the dreadlocks to separate them will only really risk damage in very thin dreadlocks. Provided the separating is done semi-regularly there should not be any significant solid dreaded connection between the dreadlocks, just some connecting hairs. When you rip these the dreadlocks that you're pulling should be a lot stronger than the connecting hairs and so the hairs will break before you damage any of the dreadlock. In very thin dreadlocks there can be problems in that the connecting hairs can almost be as strong as the thin dreads and so more care is needed.
What about half assed sectioned hair?
0:49 Aaaaahah this totally happened to me like 5 minutes ago! xD But I straightened it back out with a giant needle. Your videos are very helpful! Subscribed! :D
You hit it right on the head by saying “ People who already started without sectioning and are now worried” Couldn’t be me 😅🥲
I love your eyebrows!
same
So glad I watched this!! I made my first baby dread underneath last night and have been tempted to make more, your intro was spot on for me, now I think ill comb it out before it's too late and section my hair, I still think I want to ease into it and work my way up to a full head of dreads tho don't have the time or patience to do it all at once :)
I just want to say thank you for taking time to make such informative videos about dreads. I'm sure it takes a lot of time. This video came out at the perfect time. About 2 weeks ago I brushed out the 13 unsectioned dreadlings that I had. I regret that now because, I've been lazy and haven't done hardly any dreading! :( I'm literally about to just make them as I go and not even section them. Again, thank you for the video and please continue with them!
Wonderful ..your tutorials are awesome
Glad you like them!
So helpful, You may have just saved my dreads before its too late!!
I'm not saying this is why I "don't" want squares but according to some sacred mathematicians a right angle "traps" the spirit..I know that sounds so radical but may be one "spiritual" reason some people don't want to start with boxes.. lol
Have you gotten them done yet? I just followed the natural waves in my hair and since my hair style has been the same for some years now the dreads fell in the same place.I did the twist and rip, unsectioned and left to free form,I have 3-4 long rounded roots that hang above one another like he was explaining about how they're prone for Congo dreads awesome,to think I was going to donem over
yo bro have you got any merch?
I love the idea of a lazydreads sticker.
Before I had my hair backcombed I stop brushing it for months, allowing it to sort of section naturally, then when it came time to backcomb she tried to stick with where my hair sectioned naturally. They are all different sizes so far, which is fine with me. I am only 5 months in though, so it's too early to tell what the outcome will be. - just wanted to share my personal experience.
I did unsectioned with a crochet hook after discovering I had a single loc that managed to lock itself down to the root😂 Which made the decision easy for me since I missed my old locs. Took me 3 days about 3 hrs each day. I had shoulder length hair in a curly afro(mixed hair is WILD😩) personally I love that I have different size dreads all over. The uniform salon-started locs I used to have were boring to me and retwisting 110 dreads by myself for 2 years felt like a chore. Now I have 80 and it's super fast when I'm not as concerned about sections being perfect. A more organic, free look which i absolutely LOVE
Edit: when I said I missed my old locs I meant I missed having locs in general lol.
hexagonal section is best . no gaps will be seen no stretchmarks. it dont need to be perfect hexagon make circular sections . and put small dreads on the top medium at the front and lateral sides and big ones at back of your head where your head touches the surface when u are sleeping because if u put small ones there they might get fused or turn out funny. also its nice to put a few small sections nesr ur ears so when they get matured u can braid them it looks very cool and unique to have a few brauded dreads ;)
My dreadlocks are not really sectionned, i just took random hair and i backcombed it and then crochet
I've not sectioned my hair and takes separating quite often which is good for me as I'm always playing with my hair ....i like my method because it is like my personality which is unpredictable and it's not about fashion or looking neat for me this is my reason everyone to their own that's why I like this specific style everyone is unique
i dont even know why i thought of this haha but i think your viewers should be called dreaders haha
Haha that was me. I did the best I could to section. But I lacked help and the money to get them done professionally. So I tried to section myself. They are be no means perfect squares! But I actually tried vs free forming so I haven't had any issues yet. I'm a month in now.
I have extremely thick, type 2a/2b hair that I dreadlocked a month ago. Almost all of it fell out leaving me with only 14 dreadlocks but I left my hair alone and focused on doing the neglect method. It is quite funny for me, because the natural dreadlocks that are showing up, are itty bitty pencil sized. So, I am just waiting patiently for enough hair to dread then come together to make thicker ones.
LOL!! Yeah...from 0:35-1:16 pretty much sums up my thought process and how I made my dreads about 10 months ago! After I did so, I underestimated how dreads would become thicker, so my first dreads were huge and I had to split several into two...which was annoying. Some of my parting also left patches of scalp showing which I had to fix.
Best part of this vid has to be the term "hickledy pickledy" XD been binge watching your videos by the way, much love and thanks!
I thought the same. Favorite part.
Higgledy piggledy
You described exactly what happened to me with my dreads. I got excites after back combing one and 12 hours later had a fully dreaded head. Now, two years later, they are in fact harder to maintain as opposed to either because the sections are all over the place, the roots are growing out frantically and dreading together and I'm constantly ripping them apart when o feel like I should be enjoying nice mature dreads. I'm in the process now of combing them out so I can start a second less hasty set. I'm hoping this will alleviate some of the issues I'm having now and lead to less maintenance by the two year mark.
I was freeforming for bout 8 months an got tired of waitin since i have mixed hair thats straight/curly but still puffs out like a fro an i just crocheted curls together and it worked pretty good. Not really any with combined roots and if it is its just a few strands that i pull out. Kinda wish I sectioned but my hair was already pretty nappy so it woulda been hard to rip the curls apart
I made 3 dreads on the bottom row then wanted some more so I sectioned another row and ended up with 7 yay! I love them 😍!! Even with only 7 they’ve already given me more volume in my fine hair. They look lovely!!!
My locks are still really young (about 3 or 4 months and woah, they started to lock up waaaaay sooner than i thought lol) but i have this one conjoined lock right at the bottom of my head. I had decided i wanted to do freeform but one of my neighbors told me ill end up with bubble dreads lol so i started ripping dreads that were trying to join together but the one super lock i have kinda escaped my grasp. Over the passed few months i was slowly trying to rip it apart, and i was making some progress, but it started to seem like the smaller tip of the 2 that joined was gonna end up getting ripped out completely so i ended up just leaving it alone lol
I was feeling kinda self conscience about it but ive come to love it ! The journey is slow but oh so rewarding! 😁
You literally just described exactly what I did. Lol😂 it isn't sectioned properly and it's not twisted and ripped all the way to the scalp. Will it eventually get tight to the scalp???
I love your dreads. So much. Just thought I'd tell you that. :)
Oh i love Your dreads, i just started my own channel and my dreads just hit 3 months !
I somewhat sectioned mine. I wanted different sizes for a natural look so I would section off like 8-10 on one day and then more another day. I made the ones around the crown of my head thicker for more volume and the rest are anywhere from pencil thin to a rope size. I most definitely have to separate them at least once a day. The new dreads love each other a lot! I think the first week I ended up ripping apart a couple. Great video, btw.
Very good place you have here...I am thinking about getting dreads once my hair grows out..I have been working on my very own hairstyle since about march after starting off with my head completely shaven..I do love the looks of dreads but need to do some more research..also debating on the idea of a native American scalp lock.
An interesting thing to note... I sectioned all my squares to be the same size, however not all the dreads are the same size, because apparently there are part on your head where their are less hair follicles and finer hair such as just above and to the front of the ears.
I started my journey about 5 weeks ago with unsectioned dreads. The scalp webbing can be offputting, no question. Even having a person do a month maintenance, they found LONG sections of hair that appeared out of the blue. No clue how they got missed...but now they have to be added to random dreads. If you aren't patient...and can't stand crazy hair...dreads may not be for you. I am at peace with them doing what they want, for the most part. Your hair becomes like a conjoined twin...with a personality of it's own.
Can I section once I already locked my dreads without sectioning?
You're wearing a Phil X t-shirt. Yes man, yes!
AlexSupertr4mp1 Yes indeed! :)
you can section them ,use dreadwax back comb each section. Then form them with your hands or rubbing the length down each dread with an old all wool knit sweater or sock ( rub the wool down each section like you rub a stick to start a campfire). Then just let em go. Once you have the ground work done you just use monthly maintenance. Dry shampoo is nice. But a nice deep clean with a cap full of castille soap ,cup of apple cider vinegar in 2 cups of very warm water. I use a big bowl to pour over my brothers hair cuz his dreads i did them for him when he was 13 now hes 31 and they are now to his butt. So get him to lean over the tub and pour some over and work it into the scalp and kind of knead it into the dreads. We then rinse it and do it again until theres no more mixture( about 3 times). You can make a dread refresher spray with teatree oil,cap full of olive oil and cup of waternin a spray bottle( just to spray on once in awhile to freshen dreads,kill bacteria and add sheen and moisture in).
also, even with sectioning you have no guarantee that they will have the same size. there are few hairs on the side+neck = thinner dreads and the matureing also effects this.
Your videos are so helpful!I have wanted dreadlocks for a long time and I'm leaning so much from your videos!Its really helping me decide things for a future reference of how I want mine to go(etc).Thanks!Also did you section your hair or just left if unsectioned?
My dreads aren't really sectioned. Well, they are kinda but just randomly. Some dreads are thin, some are bigger. Sometimes I had to cut off small hair sections from one dreads and crochet to another oder dividing one into two dreads completly because they pull on the scalp too much. But now after 10 months they are almost all with a round shaped root section. And I love them just how they are.
Viel Saitig Getting them to how you want them is all that really matters - even with a neatly planned out sectioning pattern you never really know how they're going to 'sit' once they've started to form up.
First I wanted them all equal and well sectioned. But now I am super happy that they aren't and love every single one of my 82 :D Btw, I really like your dreads!
Found this video late! Combing out my 1-month-olds to restart with sectioning. Much cleaner looking and maintainable
Yea I ripped my free form into section bout once a week there around the same thickness but a few wild cards. All sectioned, so if u do free form dreads u can section it once you start getting really nappy knotty hair with baby dreads formin then I ripped the dread away from the rest around it and that made a section and that sized the dread roughly as the hair I seperated it from made new baby dreads that I then did the same thing to once they get to the size or when ever I got around to seperating them lol just cuz it did hurt a bit sometimes in the earlier stages but everything soon got in its own "lane" and tightened up
Can you dye your hair while its in dreads? or will it ruin the dreads
Double headed dragons kongos gotta love it😭💯
I just did unsectioned and kinda neglecting it lol I wonder how it will be
Love your dreads!! I'm thinking of getting dreads too for a long while. What method did you use?
kassanova Backcombed, then neglected.
I didnt section mine. I have VERY thick hair and did a lot of smaller dreads. I just tried to keep them more or less even as I went at it with Twist and Rip. I dont regret it. The backs a little iffy but its more or lest fixed itself. A little clockwise rubbing while I separate keeps the roots from going all cray cray.
I sectioned mine but unfortunately I can't see the back of my head very well and that is the area on me that loved to dread up all on its owe so I ended up with a lot of webbing that I could not fix easily because I can't see it and it became painful at times. I brushed out all my dreads and when I go go on vacation to visit family I'm gonna get my Mother to section it for me so I can start with a better foundation. God I miss my dreads so much. And I strongly recommend as lazydreads does to wait til your dreads are mature before adding extentions. If you don't the weight of them will pull the bottom of your dreads out. Plus if you add extensions before your dreads are mature it's hard to gage what width to make them and you may get them to thick. Just my 2 cents
It's so true! When i realized I first wanted dreads I made a couple just in the back to see what it would be like. But i ended up taking them out and i hired a professional loctician to do my hair. Apparently I have a lot of hair tho cus i only have partial dreads (half my hair) but it still looks cute. When I have money again I will hire her to do the rest. 😊
I did not section my dreadlocks and I am worried about them moving together. I just did them today. I don't want to look ugly :(
If you did them today, I personally would recommend starting again while they're still so very young.
I got rid of them . im going to go get them professtionally done for 100$
+Cat Marie Fair enough then! Good luck on your dreadlock journey!
nice
i have unslected Lock and lots of you told is true ..but one thing you can chose what size they can be,but all thins are true,its harder to take care about them.
i am halfway through my head and havent sectioned one bit... my hair has naturalish dreads because it is tangly. so i just went with it....
haha, this was so me!!! I got all excited, did i little dread behind my ear and loved it, but it gradually came out, sometimes i put it back in, hehe!! * ^_^ *
I sectioned my dreads and kind of just left them alone and they started looping and sticking together and such. its feeling like a lost cause trying to get them to have clear sections again.& I'm pretty sure my sectioning was really crapily done 😂 cos I have a ton of loose hairs..I'm wondering how I can fix that..not sure I have the patients for palm rolling cos for me , it doesn't exactly work so well anyways..I'm wondering if crocheting my loose hairs in my dreads would be optimal. I started with twist and rip btw.
The ends of my dreads are curling up like a hook, is that because my hair was curly?
The Sundie Experience If you have curly hair then the loose parts of the dreadlock will still be curly.
Do you ever put beads in your breads?
Omg ! What he said the twist and rip XD and how its addictive im kinda doing that idk if i want too :o
What about cutting them and reattaching in sections
In short, you may aswell section them because it will look better but Upto you
what method did you use?
Ahahaha.. the first few minutes of this video are too real.. I am currently brushing out my unsectioned locks.. to section them.. and then re dread. 😩😂
You're awesome!!!! That is all. :)
if u dont tear them apart could u combine them?
Hi I started dreadlock and I have 5 i tried to select them but there not perfect ly square shape will that mess up my dreadlock alot
how short were your dreads when you started them? and how much do they grow per year?
Hey Aron, you can check out my progress here:
Dreadlocks - 67 Month Dreadlock Timeline
So you can see how much hair I started out with and how they grew.
Different hair is going to grow at different rates and I've never measured from one year to the next... plus I often trim mine, so I'm afraid I can't say how much growth they get in a year. But I can say that over the first year most people will experience more shrinking than growing.
How does one start to prepare to do neglect method dreads??
There's not really much preparation you can do, just grow the hair, stop brushing and stop conditioning.
You could possibly deep clean the hair if you really wanted to, but it's debatable how much of an effect it would have.
Alright thank you so much :)
will the sectioning eventually disappear?
make a video for short dreads with good hair
+Dizion Reed I'm afraid I'm not quite sure what that means.
+Lazy Dreads means dreads that aren't down to shoulders yet short/thin dreads i guess you could say
So if I have loose hair at the root that isn’t going into the dreadlock should I crochet it into the root? Like pull it in to the dread or just leave it? I have straight hair....
That first part is so accurate it’s scary 😂 I have short hair and I would like dreads, but last time I tried to dread my hair, the dreads stuck up and I looked like a crazy clown any advice?
Little Mack Art maybe u can try with adunghi extension
I want them to look good and each by them selfs
Great, now I'm insecure about the neglect method I started a few weeks back :( what should I do? Start putting rubber bands on my roots to control it a little? The square sections aren't really my thing.
cerecitahn You don't / can't section freeform dreadlocks, they have to be separated apart as they form.
so i have to wait until they start forming to separate them?
I didn't necessarily section my dreads but, at the same time, I did. Where do you think I may stand in the foresaid "boat"?
I don't want my dreads to congo, but I would love for them to more natural look that you had mentioned in the video. What do you think I could do if any of them do start to congo? I know that you can pull them apart repeatedly, but look at this as an effort to discontinue (not entirely) the possible congoing? (should I use a crochet hook?)
Sectioning is in no way a guarantee that you wouldn't have a lot of separating to do, it can just reduce how much work is initially required. Everyone - sectioned or not is going to have to separate their locks to stop them from merging together. Normally quite a lot is needed over the first year while the locks are still forming and are softer. As they get older they won't need quite so much work, but you will need to do some separating over the entire life of the locks in order to stop them from congoing. Crocheting wouldn't help in this respect.
Hickled-de-pickled I love that lol
Exactly why I’m here 😂😂 oh well I’ll love my dreads regardless!!
So I have had neglect/freeform dreads for about 3 months now, and I love them! But I don't like how *specifically* the front part isn't sectioned. How do I go about re-sectioning my dreads?
Did you section your dreads or not
loveme ted Yes
What is the neglect method? Just not brushing? Because when I do that I eind up with a huge dreaded mass in the back of my head that needs to eb carefully detangled.
Marissa Claudio Neglect/Natural/Freeform -> th-cam.com/video/CHS6wS2OpFk/w-d-xo.html
It can require plenty of separating if you want to keep the hair divided out into manageable sized dreads.
Okay, so I only have two dreads, one of each side underneath my hair. They are unsectioned and been so for a week now. Is it okay just to leave them be and section the rest of my head
when you do the twist and rip method does it kinda look like twists for the first few months i did this method and alot of people say there not dreads there twist also i was one of those people who did not. section them lol
Great video! I had dreads, freeform, and regret not sectioning. I ended up with a mess and had no choice to cut my hair off :'( (I tried combing them out to start again but my hair was down to my butt and I was in hospital without the use of one arm) I cannot wait for my hair to grow long enough for dreads again, next time I'll section my hair off. One question to anyone who can answer, how short can hair be to dread without looking silly? I'm assuming something like shoulder length? I have very fine curly hair, I lost 2/3rds of the length with my dreads which were just past my shoulders. I just would like a rough estimate :)
I'm sorry to hear about your first set!
The minimum length that I recommend for starting is 6 inches. It's technically possible to start them shorter, but I would not recommend it and since you mentioned the looking silly part, I don't think it's something you'd be interested in anyway! With regards to the minimum non-silly length....well... that really depends on where you'd draw the line. It's also very hard to give an accurate estimate as to how much they'll shrink, but yes, I'd say shoulder length is a good place to start.
wow !
did you make your dreads or neglect????
Hybrid PvP Which Method I Used + More (My Dreadlocks FAQs)
ok thanks
Question about how many dreads do you have? Because I am just starting & have freeform at the roots they are getting locked & knoted but I need help because I don't want them to be to thick or to thin
Also is it normal for hair to fall out?from a knoted section
What method makes strong, thick dreadlocks?
Abraham Lincon All the methods are for starting the process - not making finished dreadlocks. All of them will make strong, thick dreadlocks if you leave them for long enough.
My first dreads were sectioned. And I hated it so bad that I took them out. The main reason was, cause I have very thin hair with a small face. Having unsectioned hair is annoying, cause your dread wont go the way you want it to go. But I must say, I find unsectioned hair very pretty if you have a small face and thin hair. Unsectioned dreads is the best thing to do If you want your face to look bigger. Haha
Um mistake. I started to do the twist and rip method in my hair. I havent sectioned them. I already know how my hair is and grabbed the strands and started to do the method. Im probably being redundant as you probably get this alot but im new and just a little worried i fucked it up entirely. I didnt section my hair so therefore id be put in the unsectioned category. I just need some kind of encouragement or a little more info to help with my confidence for my baby locks.
If you just grab random chunks without making sure the dreadlock roots overlap, then as the dreadlocks grow out there is going to be a lot of root sharing going on and lots of the dreads will try to grow into each other. It's certainly not the end of the world, but you'll have to do a lot of separating to correct it.
so im fine then right? Just have to separate them. And they are kinda loose but they will tighten over time right?
I didn't section mine and did exactly what you said bwahahahahaha so true I like the messiness 😂😊
Ariana Allen I also did what he said I grabbed a spot did twist and rip liked it so my one turned into 6 the two weeks later half my head then one Netflix marathon later my whole head except my bangs have been done they look ok it's been a month new growth and the shrinking but only one inch of shrinking so maybe I did mine to tight so then I used a conditioning oil to loosen them at least the tight ones I wash once a week with Neutrogena residue free shampoo I've hit the should I take them out and section them and start over then I'm doing the TH-cam binge hoping to find answers I didn't do big dreads my biggest one or about half my head there the size of a Sharpe pen I have 5 that are very thin I'm getting worried and doing the fence hop should I start over should I wait I don't mind doing mine myself that's the least of my worries but if mine are sectioned small and I dont mind keeping them separated I play with them every night before bed checking rolling spots twisting where the roots have grown I guess I'm just worried to much or I'm just at that funky stage the beginning of my dreads I just want the best information I've ordered dollylocks products and my son wants his head done now and his I'm gonna do brick laying sections in different sizes sorry I'm rambling but I watch videos mostly just Lazy Dreads and right now my sons hair is how LDs hair was before he started his dreads I just want them done better for my son....
same hope it gos ok
how long was your hair when you started your dreads my hair is mid back so how long do you think my dreads will be?
Ashton Seal I had chest length hair, my resulting dreadlocks were maybe chin length. The amount that the dreadlocks shrink is going to vary from person to person - there is a huge variation. Losses of around 1/3 are "normal", but it's not really possible to go beyond a rough estimate.
what kind of hat should i wear when i start my dreadlocks ?
Any hat that will still fit?
This is exactly what I did
North East FL.
Anyone wanna help me with my dreads?