So today, October 20th, 2014, marks the third month I've been in the dread game. Up to this point, the journey has been going pretty well. My dreads in the front have stayed tight since the last time I got a retwist, but the dreads on the back of my head have been acting up and coming out. I think it's because I've been sleeping weird or scratching them in my sleep. I'm not sure. On the bright side, they've grown noticeably longer since I first got my hair twisted in late August.
I have learned A LOT of things about my hair during the past few months, and I'm still learning as I go along. Examples of what I learned are how often to wash my hair in the beginning stages, how to retwist correctly, what products to use, etc. In my opinion, the period of time leading up to before one starts dreadlocks is the most stressful, reason being is that during this time one is looking up all this info on how to take care of dreads, different ways to do them, deciding whether or not to do them yourself or go to a loctitian, and so on. Someone is taking in all this and trying to figure out what to do, which can take a while and be kind of annoying. A couple days before my mom did my hair, I thought I was set because I decided on what I need to buy, only to find more info and change my shopping list. As I progressed after that, I started figuring things out on my own and making changes.
At this point, I'm pretty happy with where I'm at. People are giving me compliments, saying my hair looks longer and that they like it. On the first day of school, some people were surprised that I changed my hair and asking me why I did it, because they were so used to seeing me with a flat top (one of my friends literally said, "noooo, why'd you cut your hair?!" they looked so sad LOL). Lately I've been thinking about what to do with my dreads once they get long. I kinda want to dye some of the tips blond or light brown, but some of my friends think it will look bad. I'll probably do it anyways though. I'm open to trying new things.
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