What is the best way to get dread locks?
This is one of those opinion questions and there isn’t a set way that works for everyone, but generally backcombing dread locks is best for Caucasian hair types and long african hair types. For short african hair the brush rubbing dread locks method seems to work best and if you hair is between 3 and 7 inches twisting is a very good method. If you are looking for a guaranteed way to get dread locks DreadHeadHQ has a Dread kit that they guarantee will make dread locks in any hair type. The instructions are for making dread locks with the backcombing method. If you have african hair you can also consider Knatty Dread products for making dread locks.
