Posts by dinan6

My family should be moving to one of these areas by end of summer. Can you all let me know what you think of these areas? I'm looking for a community that provides lots of walking ability, local shops, parks, community events. I'm...

Koru it's not the initial backcombing that I think is so bad. It's the continuation of the backcombing when they loosen up that may cause weak roots and breakage. I backcombed some and twist and ripped some. On those really fuzzy days...

koru, I used tea tree oil and lavendar oil in water as a spray to hit those itchy spots. It took my scalp a while to adjust to having the dreadies. :) Also my dreads would loosen up and then start tightening up. I remember...

Hello Dready Mama's, Good idea to start a new thread, the other one was very old. My dreads will be 2 years in March. I started them by backcombing, some twist & rip, and little maintenance. My hair at the time was different...

My DS is 13 and in 7th grade in public school. I'm getting calls & e-mails from teachers saying mostly all the same thing. He is not turning in work, he is very smart but unmotivated, he is unfocused in class. They say he has very...

Both my DD 3 at the time and DS 2 had it. It was a good case of CP for both of them. My DD had it in her private parts, I felt so bad for her. It just itched and itched. Some fever, uncomfortable from the itchiness and pretty...

Hello Dready Mama's. I'm wondering how do your dreads feel to the touch? Mine are itchy, dry feeling, scratchy. I sometimes put conditioner on them some natural stuff I have. My dreads are 18 months. But I'm wondering if this is...

Hi there, I moved to Virginia from Northern California 7 years ago. I checked out the facebook page, asked to join. I'm always looking to make some new friendships.

Hey there dready mama's. Hope you all are doing well. I have not checked in for a while so here goes. I'm going on 17 months with my dreads. I started them when my hair was pretty short, above my shoulders. Hopefully when I post the...

Chicky2 they look wonderful. I also want to wrap more of mine. I love that look. I found a girl in a salon that has maintained dreads before so I went to her and had her clean mine up. I need to take a picture. But before I had her do...