My dreads are too tight...

[Cerkitboard]

Hi there guys, I bought an absolutely beautiful set of roving dreads from a friend. They look stunning, the colours are amazing, and they're very hard wearing... but that's the problem. They are too hard wearing! I can't bend them into any shape, and they don't hang very well. They sort of stick out every which way when i braid them in. I can't make them into falls because they don't "fall" and they're VERY stiff.


Is there ANYTHING I can do to stop this? I am afraid of putting them in the wash incase they shrink even more and tighten up even more!

[MrsEss]

wear them - they loosen up & get squishy....it's just one of those things when it comes to well fleted roving. i always give mine a pretty violent shake to loosen them before installing.

[Cerkitboard]

Thanks hun! I have given them a wash (cause they're about 2 years old and smell a bit funny) so I'll give them some rough treatment over the next week before I have to install them!

Thankyou for replying! xXx

[Squidgy]

Thanks hun! I have given them a wash (cause they're about 2 years old and smell a bit funny) so I'll give them some rough treatment over the next week before I have to install them!

Thankyou for replying! xXx

Yeah give them a wash hun but dont re-roll thyem as this will tighten them more, and don't tumble dry them as the heat will tighten them...

They do flatten down more after you have warn/ slept on them again!!