I've had dreads a twice for a total of 3 years. I miss them, yet they're sooo much fucking work for the first 6 months.
The first time i got them done a baber shop, she charge like 150. She did a terrible job. Just loaded on the wax, and it took like 3 hours.
The second time my mom did them, it took like an hour and a half. Looked way better, and less dirty cause she didnt load on the wax.
Your hair needs atleast 5 inches long. It helps if your hair is curly and frizzy (like an affro) Ive given dreads to people with smooth hair and it didnt turn out to well. For the first time I got a perm done, but after I had dreads my hair became pritty untame naturally.
The thing about dreads is if you're willing to spend time on the they look awesome, but if you're lazy they look dirty. For the first 2 months you need to spend almost 20 mins daily on them.
The most common mistake people make is loading on the wax, at first you do need some. But dreads are about having lots of knots not being a greaser.
I've given 4 people dreads. They all looked sick, but most of them didnt work out becasuse they didnt put the time into them.
I recomend buying a metal flee comb those work faster and dont break easily.
When you get your dreads expect pain.Back combing hurts but your heads gets used to it.
Lastly dreads do give you some long term damage to your hair. I didnt want to shave me head, so I combed mine out, it took like 5 hours. And everyone was telling me I was going bald and shit like that. My hair is now recovering like a year later.
Anyways here a really goood wesite for product
www.knottyboy.com
and heres a pic of my dreads
well good luck with it all
