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Popping

Popping Technique for Maintaining Dreadlocks
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.

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

Article Series

This article is part 12 of a 14 part series. Other articles in this series are shown below:
  1. Dreadlocks Extensions
  2. Dry Dreadlocks
  3. Dry Scalp and Dandruff in Natural Black Hair and Dreadlocks
  4. Flapping or Flat Dreadlocks
  5. Frizzy Dreadlocks
  6. Hair Growth & Dreadlocks
  7. Hot Water Treatment for Dreadlocks
  8. How Long Does it Take to Grow Dreadlocks
  9. Manicured or Salon Dreadlocks
  10. Methods or Ways to Grow Dreadlocks
  11. Mildew and Odor in Dreadlocks
  12. Popping
  13. Removing Dreadlocks
  14. Rounded Dreadlocks Ends

Comments

Comment #1 (Posted by Devin Taylor) Rating: ratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfullratingfull Unrated
i have farelly long dreads i started off using bees wax and it locked up fine then when it started to grow and i twist it with the bees wax again it wont stay twisted. i palm roll them by the way. what am i doing wrong or should i not use the wax any more


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