That's my question. I'm thinking about getting dreads but I don't know where to go. I live on Long Island but will travel to the city or whatever. Let me know if you guys know of anything. Spanks!!

SuburbanSlave

Austin, TX

January 2003

APR 23, 2003 09:16 PM

U should just let them dread naturally!!

this is how i did it, i commited a crime( or was at least accused of it) in l.a. and i had to leave town on the run, broke, so i hitched and hopped trains til i got to nyc and lived in abandoned buildings or cardboard boxes in thomkins square (this was back in the 80's) and i never took my beanie off the whole time and finally, after 4 months, i helped open a squat and i finally had a room of my own, so i took off my beanie and my hair had become like a big beaver tail, so i sat in my new room for a few days with a bootle of tee tree oil and seperated as much of it as i could and began twisting my hair into seperate pieces (or dreadlocks, i guess) and i kept twisting them nervously for about 12 years...

jason

USA

August 2002

APR 24, 2003 07:21 AM

these folks will hook you right up!

devilgirl

Portland, OR

April 2003

APR 24, 2003 07:57 AM

Why don't you just let your hair dread bu itself?

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SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

APR 24, 2003 08:03 AM

if you want dread extensions, check out the hairpolice. http://www.hairpolice.com. they are in nyc a lot. also i'd suggest just going to livejournal and doing a search on dread extensions and you'll find a few communities, and they will have lots of good recommentions for people.

if you want natural dreads, do not go to a dreadtician. they will just perm the shit out of your hair, and that's not the point of having dreads. there is no shortcut to having a head of real dreads, it just takes a long time and lots of love.

check out http://www.knottyboy.com and http://www.dreadheadhq.com for tips on how to dread your own hair. if you want to buy dreadwax i like knottyboy wax a lot. dreadheadhq.com has really cool animated gifs telling you how to work on knotting your roots and other dread challenges.

sg also has a dreadlocks group for natty love n support! http://suicidegirls.com/groups/dreadlocks/

good luck!

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