i need advice

so this is the deal, first of all i am a boy and i am trying to grow my hair to get dreads (dreadlocks). my hair has now only been growing for about a month or so and is about 1 inch long or so. when i had short hair and waves and stuff i was brushing my hair forward and ive been doing so all my life. and now that im growing my hair im now combing it forward. but i tryed coming it up (backwards) to make it look higher but my hair started to hurt and stuff. so what do you suggest i do: comb hair like i did with short hair; comb hair up (backwards); or use pick to pick hair up (backwards) or forward? and what do you think will help hair grow the fastest and stuff?

Uh, breathe, Bob. Maybe he's into basketball.

Try the African-American board for natural hair care advice.

I surely hope so! (lol) About those "hair slaves", eKatherine, my wife already has one, and there may be a few waiting in the wings, should Slave #1 stumble. Bob

If your hair is one inch you can get locs, go to a loctitian who will start you off with either comb coils or 2 strand twists. Or you can just twirl your hair around your finger, I'm thinking you might want to be in the dreadloc section tho.