Why dreadlocks are gross

Dreadlocks are like any other hairstyle with different sub-styles of various lengths and widths. Some people wear it well and some people do not, some people maintain them well and some people do not.

I wash my hair every week and if I had an active week, I wash it more often. Thus, I do not have dirt, lice, dust, bugs or any other disgusting objects in my hair. It is possible to keep dreadlocks neat, which requires more maintenance than people think.

If they are not as neat, usually it is because some are growing them in freeform, and some organically letting them lock by itself. If it is gross looking and feels gross, it is due to some who think that their hair will not lock as well those with straight, wavy or looser curls and so use sticky, messy products like honey, toothpaste, wax to lock it, do not wash it and do all of this without consulting a professional.

Those people make it worse for people like me! Why do you think your hair has knots in it when it is not combed? Now to address personality stereotypes of people who wear dreadlocks. Having dreadlocks is not the same as being a Rastafarian. Even today, people of all races wear locs, from White to Japanese. A smarter joke would have been to not call for mocking everyone who has dreadlocks, but mocking the kind of dreadlocks that the suspected abuser sports —ratty, greasy dreads that make it impossible to tell where the hair stops and the beard begins.

That style of dreads has so overwhelmed the image of "dreadlocks" for me that when I see someone whose dreadlocks actually look good, it's a shock. This is maybe a Portland-specific problem of having a negative view of dreadlocks. Here's my conclusion from all this: It's fine to make fun of dreadlocks that are inarguably gross. But dismissing dreadlocks as a hairstyle categorically is unfair, because it lets a hairstyle that people of color have worn for generations be overshadowed by a mimicking crop of people who use dreadlocks as a symbol of earthy identity, often with aesthetically displeasing results.

Is it Okay to Make Fun of Dreadlocks? Subscribe to The Portland Mercury 's newsletter Subscribe. In fact your scalp never even knows you have dreadlocks, because the hair starts to dread about an inch away from the scalp.

False statement. Here are the ways to take dreadlocks out:. Cut the deadlocks until they are about 3 inches long and then soak the rest of the dreadlocks in Dread Removal Cream and comb them out. This will leave you with about 4 or 5 inches of hair. You love your hair and want to keep it. Just soak the dreadlocks in Dread Removal Cream and comb them out, it may take a couple hours but you will get to keep your hair.

The only reason you still have it is because you had dreadlocks and dreadlocks keep the hair all knotted together. Yea, if you want your dreadlocks to fall out, and want to suffer from nasty bacteria and mold growing in your hair. If the product contains any petroleum then it is your dreadlocks worst enemy. It is a common misconception that dreadlocks were started by Rastas and only Rastas should wear them. It is ok for you to wear dreadlocks if you are wearing them for fashion, and it is ok for you to wear dreadlocks if you are doing it for spiritual reasons, hey, whatever works for you.

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