Dreadlocks

i think that too often they look dirty and yucky. when they are clean, they look ok. kind of. lol (not my hair though, do what you feel good in!)

I had them, then I got a new job, which didn't allow them, so I had to shave my hair

I make a pretty good looking boy though :P

ETA: and people always think your a hippie..

I like em but im too much of a wimp to do it lol. Its on my bucket list though haha

my ex-hubsand/baby-daddy has them.. They are nasty. They smell and he does not have a job. He looks like he crawled out from behind a dumpster. When I was married to him, he did not have them and he was able to get a job, not able to hold a job, but was able to get them. Now he stands on the corner and plays his guitar for a couple bucks, enough to buy himself a pack of cigarettes.

Like I said, dreadlocks are nasty and they smell. Take care of your hair.

p.s. I'm not saying that all people with dreads are nasty, some people keep theirs clean, but I will be honest, they don't look clean even if they do keep them clean. This post is purely my opion about my ex-husbands dreads. He's a dead beat.

NO sterotyping on this thread please. I have locs and I am black. My hair is beautiful and they dont smell and there is nothing dread about my hair. I work in Corporate dealing with C-level management and I get compliments daily. I have seen white and black people with locs and it looks lovely. It depends on the texture of your hair. Will post a picture

I had dreads for a little over a year and I loved them. Are you planning on naturally letting them form? Or backcombing them? I have fine hair so I chose to backcomb mine. My boyfriend had natural dreads and his chin length hair took about 8 months to separate into dreads. He simply buzzed his head when he was tired of them, while I painstakingly combed mine out (+10 combs, 2 bottles of spray in conditioner and 2 weeks of on and off combing)

My number one advice is, PLEASE do not use wax!! It may help hold them together initially but so can small elastics. Wax will never come out of them and is what can lead to stinky gummy dreads.

Advice number 2 is carefully choose a shampoo with no residue, any normal shampoos leaves product behind to make your hair soft or shiney etc, but you want your hair to be coarse to knot up fully. I used a tea tree oil bar soap on my head

If you do get them, be prepared for a wave of ignorant people who feel the need to tell you that you are dirty and gross, as well as randomly touch your hair. Honestly, some people have no shame haha

I've always wanted them, but won't get them because of my profession. I have only met one person that it didn't look good on, he was a red-head and he didn't take proper care of them.
If you keep up with them, then they can look darn good man or woman.

P.S. you don't HAVE to shave your head to get rid of them, you can brush it out, it's just painful and very time consuming.

I've seen people who look gorgeous in them and a big part of this is how well the dreads are maintained. I've also seen some nasty looking, skanky looking dreads on people of all races.

Dirty and unkempt IMO.

If they are looked after they look good but I have only ever seen one person where it was obvious she took very good care of them.

Maybe look into dread falls/ fake dreads if you'r concerned about shaving/combing out hair (which I've heard is very painful) when you can't have dreads anymore.
You can buy them online and you just plait them into your natural hair and can leave them for days at a time. Easier to wash/look after and not permanent.

be young ,be foolish and be happy .go for it

If you are not "of color", then wearing dreadlocks make you a poser.

There's a guy who uses the health suite at the gym, he has dreadlocks down to his knees and often washes his hairin the showers , it annoys me becasuse he always leaves the cloth in the shower that he uses to tie his hair with . At that length dreads look nasty

Mind you that's not as bad as the women who leave disposable razors in the shower or the guy that files his feet in the steam room

I love em...My guy has them and he hair is soft and curly....I considered them but like change to much outside of changing the color on them...But I wash and tighten his and they don't look dirty so I don't know where that came from...It takes up keep just like any other hair do....All hair can look dirty...

I 100% agree, anyone with any hair type and style can look gross if you dont take care of yourself.

If you are not "of color", then wearing dreadlocks make you a poser.

Are you trying to say I was masquerading as a person "of color" while I had my dreads :laugh: LOL Good grief!
If not, what exactly is a person with dreadlocks posing to be?

OP, this thread will give you a taste of the ignorance youll experience firsthand if you choose to get em lol

I know this thread is a bit old, but I thought I'd add my two cents. I had dreads for 3 1/2 years, then they just got too long and I was worried about getting jobs (going into education). I had my boyfriend at the time comb them out. It took like 24 hrs collectively to get them out and my hair was super frizzy for like a year afterwards. I'd recommend just cutting your hair when you don't want them anymore. That said, if you aren't willing to cut your hair short afterwards, it probably isn't best for you.

I had mine while in highschool and had a lot of people make judgmental comments. Some kids thought I didn't wash my hair, or I used pee or toothpaste to make them dread. I have no idea where people get these crazy ideas. I washed my hair every other day, which lots of people do regardless of having dreads. It's like washing a sponge, you can get all the oil out, it just takes a bit more effort and you have to use shampoo that leaves no residue.

I really miss my dreads and would definitely get them back if there wasn't such a stigma against them. I just got into grad school, so maybe I'll give it another go since I won't be in the job market for a while.

Also, from what I noticed having straight hair and all, my dreads only really looked crappy near my scalp. My hair just didn't want to dread. You can either have it start dreading at a lower point, or constantly rub them to make them dread better.

I'll see if I can get an image to work to show you.