Anyone have them? Want them? What method did you use?

I've been reading up on them because I really want them. Most people ask me what my reason is for wanting them and I can't really answer them. I just have this inner draw towards them.

I had the same feeling when I got my ear pierced.

But yes. I've gone dreadlock crazy lately. I'm pretty sure I know everything there is to know about putting them in (in a variety of ways). And I can't wait to do it.

What does everyone else think?

Not my thing, but if you really wnat to do it then it is up to you.

The only thing I'd be concerned about is that they smell don't they? and your hair is literally rotting until the only way to remove them is to cut them off. Or am I just being ignorant?

I've never considered them as very clean though I have to admit they can look pretty cool on the right person.

But then, I can't talk as not many people think putting a Prince Albert in is a good idea.

My brother washed his dreadlocks, but when he finally shaved them, he got pretty depressed because he found out that he had been balding. The hair was still just stuck. There probably are spots where the roots weren't getting washed, and that's not a good thing.

I'll stick with my rat-tail. MAYBE I'll grow a mustache, but usually I can only keep those for about 25 hours at most.

It isn't ignorance. It is just you relaying bad press. Most people think that until they go out of their way to read into it. Dreads get washed like everyone elses hair

There's a guy at my gym that has dreads, and they look really good on him. They can be ugly, like any hairstyle, but they can be attractive, too.

I absolutely loathe them on women though. Ew.

Good luck.

I would never be able to have those in my profession.

dreds = awsome
but the only way ive heard of to put them in the oldschool way, is just wash your hair with waterand shampoo, no conditioner, and dont brush it. you can also hae them done profesionally to look alot more evn though, call a few stylists around you and see who does them!

Didn't Bob Marley have like 100 types of bugs in his hair when he died, lol.

That's pretty much how I've existed since the tenth grade (about ten years), and I occasionally get a few curls stuck together, but that's also after I tease them a bit and sleep on it that way.

You can do it that way, but you need a residue-free shampoo and you can't play with your hair or take the knots out. And you need to wash your hair less frequently (twice a week).

Then it'll lock up in about a year. I'm pretty sure that is how I'll do it

I never comb my hair or use conditioner and I certainly don't have dreads, lol.

What Patrick said sounds about right...

My dreads were pretty (I think) they were long and blonde and smelled nice from the herbal shampoo I used. I washed them every other day. It was nice to not have lots of flyaway hair when I worked out. when I cut them off I really missed them, but I had to take a teaching job and needed a more square hairdo. It didn't affect the thickness of my hair at all. Oh, I had a friend separate the matted hair into sections and kind of twist and tangle it into dreads for me. I've also heard of using bee wax to get them started.