The next several posts will be my Dreadlocks journey so far, from the day I got them done till now.
My hair before getting dreadlocks was very curly, so curly that it almost was always short.
It was very hard to maintain when longer, and the many attempts in growing it always ended up with me getting it cut short or just getting it shaved off.
I had experimented with colouring and even straightening it! I also did the worlds greatest shave with my colleagues at work. I liked my hair very short (I even thought about keeping it clean shaven! Though several things stopped that from becoming a reality) as it was easy to keep clean and many people though it suited me (not Dad though haha!)
So the decision was this. Either put up with the curls to eventually get dreads, or shave it off and keep it very short. I decided on the latter once I moved out to my own house. The freedom of not having someone on my back allowed me to commit to growing out my hair and maintaining it to a good length. Having a colleague at work that had 6 year old dreads was something that kept me going, as well as watching videos on YouTube (Lazy Dreads is excellent) and scouring Instagram posts. I ended up growing it out to a length of about 25cm (which took around 18 months) before booking the appointment.
I had kept the desire to get dreadlocks a secret from most until a week before I was to get them. The reactions were mixed (especially from my Dad, Sorry Dad) but mostly positive, which was great. One person that was on my side for a long time was my grandmother, who was the one that ultimately pushed me over the decision point. So on the 30th of May, 2015 at 9:00am, the transformation began.
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