Dreadlocks Roots and Tips
It’s not really a good idea, because the dread will start to unravel because the hair that was holding the knots together before is gone. You will have to wait for the tip to lock up again and it’s just a pain in the arse. But if you are going to do it the best way to cut it is like a flower, cut it at an angle and then put a rubber band around the tip and rub the tip against the palm of your hand everyday for about 2 days and then take the rubber band out.
You can use palm rolling or twisting to get rid of new lumps. You can also wrap hemp around the lump for about two months and the lump should be gone when you take the hemp off. You can also cover the lump up with a bead. If you use a tight fitting bead it will help the lump go away.
You can use crocheting to get rid of loops.
Crocheting helps tighten dreads and get rid of loops.
Crocheting is threading the dread through a loop of hair to tighten the dread and get rid of the loop.
Twisting helps tighten your dreads, it can also help push in loose hairs, and make flat dreads round.
Twisting is basically just rolling the dreads in between your fingers. Twisting is used with shorter dreads. Longer dreads usually use palm rolling.
Palm rolling is rolling the dread back and forth between your palms. It is very similar to making snakes out of Play dough
Palm rolling is rolling the dread back and forth between your palms. It is very similar to making snakes out of Play dough.
There are two types of loose hairs:
Root loose hairs
You should twist them into a ball and thread them through the root of your dread. Put a rubber band around the roots, do not make the rubber band to tight, just snug, if it is to tight the hairs will not be able to move to knot into the dread. Then use the clockwise rubbing technique and rub the dread against your scalp. Put a little bit of wax on the dread and work it into the root to help hold things together.
Mid-dread loose hairs
The best thing to do is get a dental floss threader and thread the hair through the middle of the dread. Then add a little wax to the dread and start palm rolling.
The best way to get round tips is use the tip rounding technique. This is where you rub the tip of the dread in the palm of your hand in a circular motion.
If it is just a regular rubber band then you should just leave it there until it falls off, but if it is one of those super Scunci elastics then it will never fall off, you should take it off after three months.
Elastics can help your roots when you are trying to tighten your dreads. They can also help when you are trying to hold in loose hairs and dread balls.
Elastics are great to use on roots when your dreadlocks are new. They are also great to use when you are Dreadball Z-ing and clockwise rubbing.
You should use elastics on the tips of your dreadlocks when they are new. It will help hold them together during their delicate time while they are locking up. You will really appreciate that you used elastics when your dreads are about 6 months old and they look better than everyone else’s dreads, who didn’t use elastics and their knots fell out.
You should pull them apart and then put a rubber band around the loose hairs, wax them and palm roll. And keep an eye on them, because if it happened once it can happen again.
Use the clockwise rubbing method. Rub the dread against your scalp in a clockwise motion.
There are a couple methods for tightening roots
1. Crocheting- this really shouldn’t be used for tightening roots, you should only use it to get rid of loose loops. But what you do is stick the dread through the loop and pull it through; it’s kind of like sewing.
2. Clockwise Rubbing- In my opinion this is the best way to tighten roots, what you do is, rub the dread against your scalp in a clockwise motion. It has done wonders for my dreads.
I tried it once, and I didn’t like the way my hair looked afterward, it looked really unhealthy and singed, a lot of the hair broke off, and it smelled so bad. The tips didn’t have the blunt look I was looking for either they just looked fried. If you are going to do it make sure you don’t have any wax or products in your hair, most hair products are very flammable. But I got the best results just rolling the tips in my palms.
The best way to get round tips is use the tip rounding technique. This is where you rub the tip of the dread in the palm of your hand in a circular motion.