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I've come to know that more white people loose their hair than black people. First question, is this right?
Anyway, I've had a thought about white people who have dread locks. Sure, if they don't start loosing hair, than that's good, but what if they do? The dread locks are exactly what they are, locked. Let's say your hair line starts going back over a few years, as the hair comes out, it's still going to be in the lock, until it looks like it's hanging off, and the whole locks comes off one day (while sleeping maybe).
Is this what would actually happen if someone with dread locks started to loose their hair?
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JoNty
seems like a logical assumption to me
Interesting point... but I think the scalp is likely to start looking patchy... I guess it would be like hanging a rope vertically and cutting through a percentage of the strands at the top. It might look frayed (sp?).
Worse still...maybe the weight of the the rest of the dread might create extra tension which pulls out more of the remaining hairs...
Dunno if that makes sense... Be interesting to put to the test though.
Not that I'm volunteering...
Yes you're exactly right hun. But baldness and alopecia is not restricted to colour and this happens to people of every colour. It usually results in shaving off all the locks. There is also a thing called 'tension alopecia' which basically means that the extra weight of the locks or braids pulls the hairs out making you go bald prematurely.
My Reply
IMO a dreadlock, if it happened to get caught in a doornob or it gets pulled in a football tackle etc, it would put a lot more stain on the hair follicles than a well groomed lock of hair the same length. Largely because it would be a lot easier for the tackler to grip and hang on. Like holding of to a piece of course rope.
Paul
My Reply
IMO a dreadlock, if it happened to get caught in a doornob or it gets pulled in a football tackle etc, it would put a lot more strain on the hair follicles than a well groomed lock of hair the same length. Largely because it would be a lot easier for the tackler to grip and hang on. Like holding of to a piece of course rope.
In case you could not understand what I was getting at I meant put a lot more "strain" not "stain" on the hair follicles than a well groomed lock of hair the same length
Paul