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Luc.
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so im thinkin bout growin my hair out and getting locks...anyone have them/had them?

is it true about the whole 'it takes up half of ur hair length' thing?
Apr 11 2009 11:01AM
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Shredneck
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My friend has them and while they look steezy they are kinda nasty, they smell bad. Maybe the smell is isolated to him but I used to want them too, I don't anymore.
Apr 11 2009 11:19AM
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C00N3Y
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your white arent you?
Apr 11 2009 11:20AM
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Luc.
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you're an idiot, aren't you?

and apparently they only stank when u dont wash them...and yes u can wash them...but its only supposed to be like once a week, which is kinda gnarly know that i think about it.
Apr 11 2009 11:24AM
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mitchk
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do it dreads are sick. like do pencil width ones thatd be sick.
Apr 11 2009 11:26AM
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El_Barto.
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i had them for a while and that is only sorta true. i lost some length but not half. they are a pain in the ass though. it hurts when you are making them and takes forever to get them first dreaded. i reccomend knotty boy brand wax and shampoo and also lots of beads. some dreads dont hold very well for a while and the bead is a good way to keep that shit together nice and dirty. just be prepaired for them to look like shit for the first couple of months, good dreads dont happen over night
Apr 11 2009 11:27AM
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Loges
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yea my brother used to have them. when he first got them they looked like crap for a few months.
Apr 11 2009 11:29AM
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Luc.
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thanks for the tips keep em comming, i was thinkin tanners length back when he had em, not to long but not to short at the same time
Apr 11 2009 11:47AM
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Drew.C
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honestly white dudes look pretty gay with dreads. very few people can pull it off
Apr 11 2009 11:49AM
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Loges
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dude not at all. I've seen so many white people with dreads that look sick.
Apr 11 2009 11:52AM
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Shredneck
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My friend has them just long enough so he can get a decent tie in the back and he showers daily with a shower cap on the washes the dreads Sunday mornings before church (hes Mormon how ironic)
Apr 11 2009 11:52AM
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GhostfaceKillah
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my buddy from highschool has been growing wicked cool dreads for at least 5 years now... they're ass length.

He plays guitar in a hardcore metal band, and its fucking sick when he head bangs while playing
Apr 11 2009 11:53AM
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El_Barto.
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agreed, you have to have a sorta hobo look goin to make it work, wear dirty lookin flanel. plugs also help. i cant stress this enough though, they are gonna look like shit for the first couple of months, so dont get discouraged when they dont like sweet right away. i would wash mine every sunday night with the knotty boy shampoo bar and every other time i showered i put a plastic bag over them so they wouldnt get wet.
Apr 11 2009 11:57AM
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Thenowhereman42
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I had dreads, they were sweet.  Chicks dig em, especially if your still in highschool.  They aren't really dirty, because these days you can get dread shampoo that doesn't have fragrances and nonsense in it and is ok for your dreads.  You will lose a lot of your hair length.  If your on the fence about whether your hair is long enough or not, it pobably isn't.  And they look shitty if they're too short. 

Its been a while but I usd to buy all my shit/get information from this site:
http://www.dreadheadhq.com/

I had three girls do it for me and it still took like 6 hours, with breaks.
Apr 11 2009 2:35PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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Apr 11 2009 2:40PM
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Loges
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I think john butler cut his dreads last year
Apr 11 2009 2:45PM
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MistahSmith
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i say go for it, but they take forever to grow out so you gotta stick with the idea
Apr 11 2009 2:46PM
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pho[tog]rapher
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just do me a personal favor and don't make them super huge, like fewer that are thicker? some local snowboarder has like a handful of dreads and they're all super thick in diameter and just, shit i think they look so bad. i'm not anti dread either, i've def considered it, but i think they look sooo much better when there's fewer tighter ones.

good luck!
Apr 11 2009 2:50PM
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Luc.
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yea i would have them like...highlighter width...maybe even a lil smaller...

but i still need almost year to grow my hair out longer...this was just a spur of the moment idea so i just wanted some opinions.

and no, im not in highscool.
Apr 11 2009 3:10PM
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Download-My-Apps
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a few years back I had dread, loved em. But soooooooo much work if you want them clean and to look nice.
Like others said, thin looks better on white people. ANy qustions on how to maintain them and make them just shout.


Heres a pic of mine, not too dirty if you ask me.

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Apr 11 2009 3:19PM
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El_Barto.
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holy shit, my dreads looked almost identical except i had bleached some of the tips. this thread is making me want to get them again
Apr 11 2009 3:21PM
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Luc.
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thats pretty much exactly how i wanted  mine. how long was ur hair before the dreading? (and after) thanks mang!
Apr 11 2009 3:30PM
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Download-My-Apps
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my hair was give or take 5 inches when I first got them (super curly). And they wont look like that right way, when you first get them they stick up like a palm tree. That picture was taken 1.5 years after I got them. Normally they looked way longer than that but I tried to fix them up nice for my grad pic, backcombing bunches them up and makes them look much shorter but less raty.

dont use much dread wax it makes them look nasty.
Apr 11 2009 6:27PM
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Jake...
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haha shit it looks like you gut sum crunchy cheetoz in yo hair. now i want some cheetos. Son of a....
Apr 11 2009 6:55PM
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east_toast
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fuck dreads, what you need is a dread, just one if ya nadadamean
Apr 11 2009 8:52PM
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hartig
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john butler is dope
Apr 11 2009 9:01PM
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nathanielstyza
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i am working on mine right now slowly but surely.
i wash them with bar soap to keep them from getting greasy.
i am trying to do it as close to naturally as possible.
Apr 11 2009 9:05PM
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Mr.Panda
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get some damian marley i can knock you the fuck out with my hair dreads.


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Apr 11 2009 9:25PM
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TotallyTrevor
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i had dreads for like 1 or 2 weeks in 8th grade, but two of my friends (who had no idea what they were doing) made them in like an hour (and its supposed to take like 3 or 4 for how long my hair was)

one day while i had them i was touching one and realized how shitty it was so i took them out, but one on the back of my head stayed for a month before i got a haircut and felt like a real dread

oh and i used knotty boy too, that shits awesome
Apr 11 2009 9:47PM
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.SteezusChrist.
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Apr 11 2009 9:53PM
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Totes_Magotes
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no matter how much it costs, get them PROFESSIONALLY done..  if you don't, you will definately regret it. 
Apr 11 2009 9:56PM
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Download-My-Apps
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trust me steezus, you're about the 1000000000000099990090777 person to tell me I look like sideshow, the name has stuck with me for life.

and blake, I paid some lady who was a 'professional' to do my mine, they look sooooo dirty cause she coated them with wax I had to take them out. My mom did mine again they looked x times better. I've given 3 people dreads they are so easy, why pay someone?
Apr 12 2009 12:31AM
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steezeaholic.
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i personally love dreads.. i wanted some but i didnt know how it would come out and i didnt want to have to cut all my hair after
Apr 12 2009 1:29AM
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cfox
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ew.
Apr 12 2009 1:39AM
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beezey
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I fucking loved them while I had them.Click for larger imageClick for larger image

Then I had to take them out for a job they were only a few days old here. took me like a week to get them out. but Dreads are..........fucking sexy if you make them look good. if you have short hair you look like a fag.

Apr 12 2009 3:28AM
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Thenowhereman42
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Mine were quite a bit longer than that and I thought they were too short.

And to the girl with dreads: fap fap fap
Apr 12 2009 5:19AM
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s@lomonskier
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my cuz had some (hes black) they were pretty thin about the size of a pencil but bigger, anyways he would wash i think every other week with bar soap and have his professionaly washed every month and coated with honey, yes just straight up beehoney. they were sick i saw them wen they were about a month after cleaning and were really clean and just straight up baller.
Apr 12 2009 9:35AM
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Dirty.Harry.
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yay someone else knows what theyre talking about!

theres a lot of shit thats not true about dreads.
but yea i recommend that brand wax and shampoo. it hurts a little to get them done. you do wash dreads btw.
Apr 12 2009 11:49AM
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beezey
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That would be a picture of myself. So thank you :]
Apr 12 2009 11:50AM
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h_bar
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t-hall
Apr 12 2009 12:06PM
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freshpowder41
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I have had dreads for about a year now and they are just about shoulder length which is shity cause i started out with shoulder length hair. It took them about 6 months just to start looking decent. I wash my hair about once or twice a week and they hardly ever smell bad. but i got all my products off of dreadheadhq.com and their stuff works way nice. they also have a question and answer part on the site that is really helpful.
Apr 12 2009 4:58PM
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michelle
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He did :(
Apr 12 2009 5:04PM
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captainEMERICA
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i am really close to pulling the trigger and getting mine dreaded but my hair is not super long its only like 4 in so im gonna wait a bit b4 getting mine but how long should my hair be b4 i get them done?   and i dont want really short dreads.   thanks!
Apr 12 2009 6:53PM
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Thenowhereman42
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Your hair should really be at least shoulder length if not longer.  Unless you want them short
Apr 12 2009 6:55PM
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Happy.
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How do dreads fit under helmets? Has anyone tried skiing with dreads and a helmet?

Apr 12 2009 7:10PM
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cashdebt
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Apr 12 2009 7:21PM
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JaphyRyder
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they take alot of work if u want em to look good, but I say go for it.
Apr 12 2009 7:23PM
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Loges
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your gonna need a pretty a L or XL depending on how big they are.
Apr 12 2009 7:31PM
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*V-Love*
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im not a fan because a girl in my highschool had them and they smelled bad and she was always playing with them... it was gross... but if you like them and take care of them almost anything is worth a try atleast once... good luck, i hope it works out for ya
Apr 12 2009 7:39PM
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skia4life89
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dude dont get them..they smell horrible!
just keep the hair long!
Apr 12 2009 9:01PM
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Download-My-Apps
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I have a fairly small head and I had to wear a large.
Apr 12 2009 10:34PM
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