There are many ways to maintain dreaded hair.  No matter what your hair type or Texture, as you grow your dreds, you are bound to discover that caring for them is unlike any other hair style.

Dread locks tend to Crawl (latch onto one another so that they share the same root bed) or bunch at the root if they are not regularly groomed.  They are also far more susceptible to bunching after shampooing.

Popping is used to deter or discourage your dreds from bu
nching together...allowing them to maintain their individual structures and separation.

With the organic method of growing dreds, your hair is generally not manipulated into a cylindrical shape via palm-rolling, Interlocking, excessive finger-twisting or other like methods so an alternative means of achieving the same results is "popping."

Freeformers are more likely to use this technique as in addition to preventing crawling, it also helps them gain a degree of control over each dreds size.

To pop your locks, gently pull the hair apart to separate them at the root.  That's pretty much it.

You should check for crawling or bunching regularly and "pop" them as needed.

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naaniMODEL daezhavoo isn't "popping."  She's showing us her gray hairs.