While I, have only tried a couple of ways mixed there are a few out there.
- Neglect - Which is basically just not brushing your hair and allowing the dreads to manifest on their own, which is perfectly fine for some, but they are not as tidy as other methods.
- Crochet - Which is sectioning off the hair in as big or as small of sections as you want and taking a tiny crochet hook usually .75 millimeter and matting the hair up while crocheting “hooking” hair from a downward angle / kind of like this slant.. This gives you the best dread look as soon as your done, but be careful because those hooks really hurt if you poke yourself. ( I have applied this to my hair but a little differently, as I do a direct side - to side angle as this dash, because I do not want to lose length or get them too tight I want them to lock on their own )
- Back-combing - Which as you can guess you section the hair off and you start close to your head and back comb your way down the length of your hair. This method if helpful to someone who wants tidy dreads that form on their own after helping them get started. ( This is my method, I used this so I could choose the girth of my dreads and go ahead and have them as before I started this journey I was very impatient. )
- Twist and Rip - Which as you again can guess, you twist them and then rip them apart. Start by back combing about two inches of your hair from your scalp, then you divide the hair into two halves twist once, let go grab it again and pull from opposite holding positions so that the hair entangles each other. Which is another method of getting the dread feel and allowing them to mature on their own.
These are all the methods that I have personally kept up with and have the most knowledge about. Please feel free to leave any questions about starting dreads if you would like. I will most certainly answer them to the best of my knowledge or point you in the right direction.
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