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What is a dread perm?

Should I get a dread perm?

What are Extensions? And where can I get dread extensions?

What is backcombing?

Can I just rub my head in circular motion and pull the hair apart to get dreads?

Is there anything I can do to prepare for dreading?

 
 
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What is a dread perm?

A dread perm is when a salon puts all these chemicals on your hair, (fries your hair) and then they just twist the hair, put wax and rubber bands on it and eventually the hair will dread.

 
 
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Should I get a dread perm?

I don't recommend them, because it ruins your hair, makes it brittle, and break, but if you want one you should talk to the hair police they do them and they have tours.

 
 
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What are Extensions? And where can I get dread extensions?

Extensions are hair that is braided or dreaded into your hair to make your dreads fatter, or longer. Most salons can put them in your hair, but you should check around and see how they put them in. It is better if they dread it into the hair, because if they braid it in the braided part never dreads and it looks really funny, but if they dread it in it looks like your real dreads.

 
 
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What is backcombing?

Backcombing is basically just teasing the hair. What you do is push the hair towards the scalp. I big mistake some people make when they are backcombing is they push to much hair up at a time. When you backcomb only push about an inch at a time, and you will have nice smooth dreads, if you push to much at a time, the dreads will look really, really, really poofy and you will have loops.

 
 
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Can I just rub my head in circular motion and pull the hair apart to get dreads?

I personally think this is a painful time consuming way to make dreads. Not to mention it is not very effective.

 
 
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Is there anything I can do to prepare for dreading?

Actually there are. Here are a few tips.

1. If you have really straight hair you can give it more texture by braiding it for a couple days before you dread or getting a cheep perm from Wal-Mart.
2. Don't use conditioners on it for at least a week before you dread.
3. Get the items you will need to dread a head of time; you never know what could happen at last minute.
4. Bleach or color your hair, but don't use the conditioner that comes in the box. This will make your hair holds the knots better.