Starting Real Dreads with Synth Dreads?
Posted: Thu May 02, 2013 5:42 am
I really want to start real dreads, but:
1. My hair (naturally Afro-kinky) is currently chemically relaxed.
2. It's also very short (~3 inches)
3. My job is not friendly toward spiky baby dreads made out of relaxed hair.
4. I prefer to have long hair, which is why I always have synth dreads in.
Now I have heard of/read about people starting dreads with braids. Could I do it with synth dreads? If I installed (or, more likely, had someone install) synth dreads and then I just left them in, would my hair dread? Does anyone have experience with this? How did it work out?
PS - I know synth hair looks different from real hair, but my experience (of 11 years and many installs) has been that people can't tell when I'm wearing synth dreads, and I'm pretty good at hiding my roots or, rather, the join between my hair and the dread. And my hair just isn't long enough for human hair extenders.
Thanks!
1. My hair (naturally Afro-kinky) is currently chemically relaxed.
2. It's also very short (~3 inches)
3. My job is not friendly toward spiky baby dreads made out of relaxed hair.
4. I prefer to have long hair, which is why I always have synth dreads in.
Now I have heard of/read about people starting dreads with braids. Could I do it with synth dreads? If I installed (or, more likely, had someone install) synth dreads and then I just left them in, would my hair dread? Does anyone have experience with this? How did it work out?
PS - I know synth hair looks different from real hair, but my experience (of 11 years and many installs) has been that people can't tell when I'm wearing synth dreads, and I'm pretty good at hiding my roots or, rather, the join between my hair and the dread. And my hair just isn't long enough for human hair extenders.
Thanks!