Dreadlocks

**Mooch** · 10-08-2007 05:47 PM

Hey does anyone have dreads?
I been wanting them since like 6th grade but my parents said no haha.
So i was wondering if any of you guys have them and when you got them.
Oh also how did you do them?
ok cool
thanks guys

**EBasil** · 10-08-2007 05:54 PM

Ya get that spray, dowse your head with it and then just stop bathing for a couple of years. Works every time.

**Colton** · 10-08-2007 05:55 PM

Malakai Kingston was born with dreads.

**heavyweightchamp** · 10-08-2007 07:06 PM

I got dreads about 2 months ago. I loooooove em. If you want some info check out http://www.dreadheadhq.comthat's where I got all my info and products. I just had one of my friends do it for me.

**Mooch** · 10-08-2007 07:19 PM

sick dude thanks
heres a dreadlock forum
right now im just cruising around here
to see any tips and advice on how to do it

http://hipforums.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=209

did it take a while to put them in?
also like did you back comb or use wax what methods did you do
well thanks dude im definitely checking that site out

**heavyweightchamp** · 10-08-2007 07:21 PM

It actually took a solid 2 days to get them in, but I had a good 10 inches of hair to start with. She back combed them, and I've been really bad about the wax. I somehow lost it but it really need to get some more and start putting it in. They're getting awfully fuzzy, and I need the outside hairs to lock up better.

**Mooch** · 10-08-2007 07:26 PM

yeah my hair is like 9 inches right now
on that forum i posted everyone is against wax this is what someone posted

It hinders the dreading process. The dreads need to be able to move, the hairs have to naturally move about to lock to eatch other, knott up. Wax gumps them all together preventing this and just sticking the hair down giving the impression of dreads. In the long run the wax builds up and will go mouldy.

i heard like they get smelly or something because it like goops up but i dunno
wax seems nice because it makes them a little faster

**heavyweightchamp** · 10-08-2007 08:07 PM

Yea, I haven't used wax in about a month or so, and everything seems to be going fine. I guess time is the only thing that will make them lock up better. I can't wait though. Did you see the sig of one of those guys on there with the monster beard and dreads? So freakin cool.

**yogr** · 10-08-2007 08:58 PM

i once saw this guy at whole foods who had dreadlocks that were touching the floor, and he had them tied up, so they were really long

**heavyweightchamp** · 10-08-2007 09:14 PM

I can't wait to just let mine grow. That's the coolest thing about them to me. They're never the same for very long, since they're always growing. I just love it. I'm so stoked for them to grow.

**MalakaiKingston** · 10-08-2007 09:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mooch

Hey does anyone have dreads?
I been wanting them since like 6th grade but my parents said no haha.
So i was wondering if any of you guys have them and when you got them.
Oh also how did you do them?
ok cool
thanks guys

I didn't get dreds, I grew them, 8 years ago I stopped washing my hair (read no soap) now I have dreds. I scrub my scalp with super hot water and that is it. No wax no twisting and no visit to the hippie salon...

Seriously, my hair doesn't smell bad at all...

I have a number of friends that have gotten dreds by wax/twisitng and although it may be fast it usually doesn't work out in the end and more often than not within a year they got sick of them and chopped their hair, seriously if you put the time in and don't rush it natural dreds look the best imho.

Dreds take patience...

Here is a shot of my dreds and I swag'n some future riders...

**Mooch** · 10-08-2007 09:16 PM

man that sounds crazy dude dreads touching the floor lol
i would be worried about like getting in my car and then dreads stuck outside the door lol and next to the tire and like speeding off and like dying by the fire

Originally Posted by heavyweightchamp

Yea, I haven't used wax in about a month or so, and everything seems to be going fine. I guess time is the only thing that will make them lock up better. I can't wait though. Did you see the sig of one of those guys on there with the monster beard and dreads? So freakin cool.

yeah dude i saw that sig it was gnarly his dreads were nice
but yeah don't even worry about the wax thing you just use hot water and it comes out after few washes im probably going to use it in the begining to get its shape
was just warning you

dude send me a pic of your dreads dude
i love how its like a process and it goes in different stages

**MalakaiKingston** · 10-08-2007 09:19 PM

Originally Posted by Mooch

man that sounds crazy dude dreads touching the floor lol
i would be worried about like getting in my car and then dreads stuck outside the door lol and next to the tire and like speeding off and like dying by the fire

Buttboarding one of my dreds got wrapped around the wheel and I slid to a stop with my head on the wheel, I thought it sucked but everyone was laughing, so it was worth it, right?

**Mooch** · 10-08-2007 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by MalakaiKingston

I didn't get dreds, I grew them, 8 years ago I stopped washing my hair (read no soap) now I have dreds. I scrub my scalp with super hot water and that is it. No wax no twisting and no visit to the hippie salon...

Seriously, my hair doesn't smell bad at all...

I have a number of friends that have gotten dreds by wax/twisitng and although it may be fast it usually doesn't work out in the end and more often than not within a year they got sick of them and chopped their hair, seriously if you put the time in and don't rush it natural dreds look the best imho.

Dreds take patience...

Here is a shot of my dreds and I swag'n some future riders...

dude thats gnarly man i love your dreads they look great
your natural dreads look way better then some i seen
hey you mind messaging or just saying some tips on doing it?
i know its just don't wash your hair but i heard this soap is good

http://www.drbronner.com/drb_sai_barsoaps.html

dreads just seem so nice i would love to not have to do anything to my hair
just let it do its natural thing
well awesome dreads dude hope to hear back from ya

**heavyweightchamp** · 10-08-2007 09:40 PM

Malakai, how often do you rinse your hair? And do you do the rubbing at the roots to make it dread up or do you just let it groove until it goes by itself? What kind of hair did you have before the dreads? Was it really curly?

**MalakaiKingston** · 10-08-2007 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by heavyweightchamp

Malakai, how often do you rinse your hair? And do you do the rubbing at the roots to make it dread up or do you just let it groove until it goes by itself? What kind of hair did you have before the dreads? Was it really curly?

I shower daily sometimes twice daily and always scrub my scalp with ever shower.

Nah no rubbing or messing with it sometimes I rip dreds apart if they are trying to grow together. I've found that the small dreds I rip off larger ones tend to help dreds spread. Like a lil' dred seed.

when I started growing my hair out it was about 3 inches, I kept growing/grooming it till I had a tight curl white boy fro it was prolly down to my nose when I decided to let it go. The dreds started at the back and just spread, I prolly spent 4 years looking like animal from the muppets before I actually had "dreds".

My hair grows in tight curls my hair quality is course and dry, I've always been nappy.

**MalakaiKingston** · 10-08-2007 10:32 PM

Originally Posted by Mooch

dude thats gnarly man i love your dreads they look great
your natural dreads look way better then some i seen
hey you mind messaging or just saying some tips on doing it?
i know its just don't wash your hair but i heard this soap is good

http://www.drbronner.com/drb_sai_barsoaps.html

dreads just seem so nice i would love to not have to do anything to my hair
just let it do its natural thing
well awesome dreads dude hope to hear back from ya

Yea if I was to use a soap I would use bronner, it's the only soap I use on my body and to shave. It's all natural and the oils are supposed to help keep your scalp clean but not accumulate on your hair. The essential oils used are suppose to help tighten dreds too.

It really comes down to hair quality, if you have the right type of hair growing dreds is easy. If your hair is silky and straight it'll be hard to happen and the results will be less than satisfying.

The only honest advice I can give is salt water, if you live near the ocean dip your hair as much as you can if you don't take salt water baths or make a misting solution with salt water in a spray bottle with sea salts, salt water makes dreds nap up and tighten quick. Swimming in the ocean and salt baths are prolly the only thing I have done for them, then again swimming in the ocean is great for any reason and salt baths are great for sore muscles.

Oh yea, and once you have dreds avoid chlorine, if you have to go in a hot tub or a pool rinse your hair over and over, squeeze them out and rinse again. I more or less avoid chlorine all together now and almost never actually get my dreds in it, not only will it make them frizz out like a chinchilla in a dryer but the mineral deposits inside your dreds can react with chlorine and turn your dreds a bright blue/green. I hit the jacuzzi once then put my hair in a towel and passed out hard before rinsing, I woke up and my wife was like "Why is your hair green". I was all like "CRAP".

**Shimotakimas** · 10-08-2007 11:03 PM

If my hair grew longer than 3 inches and it wasnt so asian (straight and not nappy) I would totally get dreads. Damn asian hair! Kai has the best looking dreads Ive seen. Some of them can look real nasty.

**Mooch** · 10-08-2007 11:23 PM

hey malakai do you recommend just doing it natural
and just doing what you did
or maybe backcombing it to start out to get it going?
mhhphmpmhh
my hairs like 9 inches right now and its wavy
haha i feel like a chick

**MalakaiKingston** · 10-08-2007 11:25 PM

Originally Posted by Mooch

hey malakai do you recommend just doing it natural
and just doing what you did
or maybe backcombing it to start out to get it going?
mhhphmpmhh
my hairs like 9 inches right now and its wavy
haha i feel like a chick

surf, salt, sand and time...

that is what I would reccomend...

give it a month and see what happens, either way post your results