i need advice
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Topic: i need advice
Posted By: ballaholic
Subject: i need advice
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 4:12pm
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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? ------------- ballaholic |
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Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 8:50pm
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First of all, this board welcomes people of all ages, so your screen
name needs to be changed.... Best,
Bob [Edited to removed off-topic content. Note to Bob: You may suggest or advise, but you don't make the rules, nor define what does or does not "need" to be done.] ------------- |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 9:42pm
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Uh, breathe, Bob. Maybe he's into basketball.
Try the African-American board for natural hair care advice. ------------- 
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask? |
Posted By: ballaholic
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 10:36pm
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yo b u trippin! the reason my screen name is ballaholic is becuz i love 2 play basketball. it's my life. dont make a big deal out of it man. be cool. oh yeah and u still didnt answer my questions ------------- ballaholic |
Posted By: Bob S
Date Posted: May 22 2005 at 10:40pm
 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
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 7:39am
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If you want short dreads, having them fall forward would be okay
because they'd be shorter than your eyes. But if you want dreads
longer than that, you'll probably have to get your hair used to going
backwards so they won't be in your face. It should get used to it
after you do it for awhile and not hurt anymore (at least thats how
mine reacts if I change the direction I wear it).
------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: cmesweet
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 8:16am
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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. ------------- Natural BC May 9, 2004 |