I'm Thinking About Getting Dreads, Is it Worth it?

[Captain Crunch]

3 years growing my hair out/2 years locked in October. Keeping it a 1000 I pretty much did it bc I thought it would help me get hoes a innd it did
Bout 3 more years my shyt gonna be down my back and Imma really be turnt

 

[ellessij]

Do it.

I never get tired of seeing a man with dreads

 

[playplayaj]

u saying my hairline will be messed up if I get locs?

A lot of people can't keep their hands out of their head and twist it everyday and while just sitting around, in class, bored, or just out of habit. Thats how you get that traction alopecia. I never twist my own hair. It only gets twisted by my

I have this but my barder overdid the fade

Thats what i started with

 

[DUCKED_OFF]

My hair dont grow long enough for dreads

start them small and I bet they will grow

 

[RicanFury]

love women with locs. beautiful

 

[CinnaSlim]

No.

Dreads give a welcoming place for thousands of little lice to hide.

Black folks dont get lice. I mean, unless you got that silky stuff.

I've had locs from 1st grade til 12th. Yall making me want to loc up again and stunt on hoes

 

[Tenchi Ryu]

Black folks dont get lice. I mean, unless you got that silky stuff.

I've had locs from 1st grade til 12th. Yall making me want to loc up again and stunt on hoes

Join the squad

 

[EndDomination]

It definitely is worth it, if they're well-maintained, and don't affect your career.
As for the modern name "dreadlocks" I believe it is a term that was related to the conditions of the kidnapped Africans as they made their way to the US. Our hair locks by itself overtime, and combined with the conditions, I believe "dread" had to do with the state we were in, and not "dreadful" in the sense of them being unattractive.
I remember reading that a few years ago, but I'll have to do some research on it.
I've thought about doing it for years, and it would have been easier as an engineer/physicist/physician than as a lawyer.
Still definitely thinking about it.

 

[Super Ramon]

Black folks dont get lice. I mean, unless you got that silky stuff.

I've had locs from 1st grade til 12th. Yall making me want to loc up again and stunt on hoes

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[DUCKED_OFF]

this is me..11 years

 

[Clayton Endicott]

I want to too but anytime i google anything white people keep showing up

That shyt is wild ain't it? When I started mine, I was looking for kinds of info online on how to start them and maintain them, and like you said white folks kept popping up.

 

[3:30]

I would say no less than 3 inches to start.

you dont want to start with these:

I think we all knew somebody rockin these

the male freeze

 

[illadope]

*looks at avy*

 

[Renegade47]

yeah on Wikipedia it says the ancient greeks had them first. I was going to ask about that, but decided not to.

Where do they originate from?

nvm

 

[Clayton Endicott]

If you're on the fence about loc'ing up, do it. Take the chance. It truly is a journey. It'll teach you patience, and perseverance. Not to mention the pride. This shyt is unique, and it is OURS!! NOBODY can rock locs like we can, no matter how hard they try.

I told myself if I can grow locs, then I can do anything. Now I'm three years in, fully loc'ed and loving it . My wife asked me if I will ever cut them, and I gave her the . These locs hold my life story of the past three years. There's joy, pain, struggle and triumph in those locs, and they're a part of me now. Just as they grow, so shall I.