Tonks
June 25th, 2010, 07:59 AM
I had a brief one-month flirtation with dreadlocks where I backcombed my entire head into sections and occasionally sprayed my hair with salt water.
I was having a bad day a little while ago, and in my mini-depression, I decided I was going to comb everything out. Now my hair is all loose again, but there's the obvious split ends and other damage from it being backcombed and not combed for a month.
To be honest, I miss not having to deal with my hair everyday, and I sort of wish that I hadn't given up on it (maybe in a few years or so I'll have the courage to stick it out till they're fully mature).
But now that's it's loose again, I'm not going to re-backcomb it (my hair would fall out! Way too much damage, even for locs), but I'm having a mini freak out with the damage that I did get both from the backcombing and getting all the knots out, and all the breakage.
More than anything, I don't want to lose any length, since I'm finally just an inch or two away from BSL. I've gone back to cones to help hide some of the damage, and I've started oiling again on top of that (never mind that some think oiling with cones makes no difference). Is there anything else I can do on a regular basis that's going to give my hair the best chance for health while I grow out this damage? My hair was the healthiest its ever been before I backcombed.
I was having a bad day a little while ago, and in my mini-depression, I decided I was going to comb everything out. Now my hair is all loose again, but there's the obvious split ends and other damage from it being backcombed and not combed for a month.
To be honest, I miss not having to deal with my hair everyday, and I sort of wish that I hadn't given up on it (maybe in a few years or so I'll have the courage to stick it out till they're fully mature).
But now that's it's loose again, I'm not going to re-backcomb it (my hair would fall out! Way too much damage, even for locs), but I'm having a mini freak out with the damage that I did get both from the backcombing and getting all the knots out, and all the breakage.
More than anything, I don't want to lose any length, since I'm finally just an inch or two away from BSL. I've gone back to cones to help hide some of the damage, and I've started oiling again on top of that (never mind that some think oiling with cones makes no difference). Is there anything else I can do on a regular basis that's going to give my hair the best chance for health while I grow out this damage? My hair was the healthiest its ever been before I backcombed.