Dreadlock Myths

All dreadlocks are dirty.

Dreadlocks are only dirty if you don't take care of them and wash

them. Not washing dreadlocks is the best way to ruin dreadlocks.

You should wash your dreadlocks at least once a week.

You can't wash dreadlocks.

Not washing dreadlocks is the best way to ruin dreadlocks. You should

wash your dreadlocks at least once a week.

Anyone with dreadlocks is dirty.

Not true!! Dreadlocks need to be washed at least once a week.

Not combing your hair is the only way/best way to make dreadlocks.

This is called the Neglect method, this is how cavemen made dreadlocks,by just not

doinganything to their hair. Thank the Lord we have found newways to make them

becausethis method take at least a year and the hairdoesn't even look like dreads during

the time,and many people who havemade dreads this way have ended up with such

severe dandruff cases theyhad to cut their dreadlocks off and start over, usually with

the backcombing method.

Wax is not a natural dreadlocking product.

Wax is probably the most natural product you can use on dreadlocks. It comes from

bees that are from nature.

Nice dreadlocks are high maintenance.

Most dreadlocks are not high maintenance. The only kinds of dreadlocks that are high

maintenance are dreadlocks made from dread perms. Dreadlocks made with

backcombing, twist and rip, twist and pin, neglect, and brush rubbing methods are

not high maintenance.

Backcombing is not natural.

Backcombing is just about the most natural way to make dreadlocks. Anyone who tells

you this doesn't know much about dreadlocks.

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The neglect method is the only way to make natural dreadlocks.

Not true at all. There are many other methods that are natural, such as Backcombing,

Twist and Rip, Twist and Pin, Twisting, Dread Braiding, and Brush Rubbing.

Rubberbands break the hair.

False. Rubberbands hold the hair together while the dreadlocks are forming to keep

the dreadlocks from falling out. So many people and so many sites wouldn't recommend

them if they didn't do such a great job.

Dreadlocks damage your scalp.

Dreadlocks do not damage your scalp. In fact your scalp never even knows you

have dreadlocks, because the hair starts to dread about an inch away from the scalp.

You have to shave your head when you don't want dreadlocks anymore.

False statement. You don't even have to cut your hair when you want to take dreadlocks

out. Here are the ways to take dreadlocks out:

1. You can cut or shave your head if you don't care about your hair, this is the fastest

way to remove the dreadlocks.

2. Cut the deadlocks until they are about 3 inches long and then soak the rest of the

dreadlocks in VO5 conditioner and comb them out. This will leave you with about 4 or 5

inches of hair.