Why Do My Dreads Look So Bad

A lot of the work I get to do on dreads/locs is a result of people 

asking themselves “why do my dreads look so bad”.  Often the client has let it go on for an extended period and the hair now requires urgent care!

If you are looking at your hair and saying “why do my dreads look so bad”, it could be for

the following reasons:

• Frizzy hair has overtaken the dreads/locs.
• Several dread/locs are hanging by a thread and any effort to twist them would cause them to come tumbling down.
• A small afro at the roots of the dreads/locs.
• There is product build up e.g. wax in the hair, making it a white or brown in color.
• Previous stylists tried wrapping thread, using glue, wax or other product to hold pieces of the dread/loc together.
• You do not admit it but believe dreads/locs don’t need to be done often.

The amount of work I do to get the hair looking normal again takes more time than

normal maintenance.  It is basically clean up work that includes putting broken dreads/locs back together,  getting rid of frizz, pet hair  or removing embedded products.  I do not include removing lint that has remained for long periods in this because it can damage the hair.

If you book a proper cleanup  outside your root tightening then you will no longer be saying “why do my dreads look so bad”.

By Paula Barker, Silkie Locks Hair Design

Books:  “Talking Hair”, “Filling My Head” & “Dreadlocks – A Hairstylist’s Manifest”.