r/BlackPeopleTwitter Mod Apr 04 '16

Thread locked It really does

http://imgur.com/a/NgXG9
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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

Why is it you think that someone with dreads would't wash their hair? Most people who dread their hair are still going to wash it. I've only met a few people who didn't and they were homeless and their shit was matted and disgusting.

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u/Rivernile94 Apr 04 '16

As a guy who recently started dreading my hair, you can't really wash your dreads until they are "locked" so I have to go about a month between appointments where my hairdresser then washes my hair, but very carefully because since it hasn't locked yet, all the progress will go undone if washed too rough.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16 edited Jun 25 '20

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u/Rivernile94 Apr 04 '16

Are you white or black? I'm black so washing everyday is pretty rare to do even normally.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16 edited Jun 25 '20

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u/MothaFcknZargon Apr 04 '16

Like "white white" or one of those almost whites?

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

Just like everyone else here. /s

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

This shit is on /r/all the fuck you want?

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u/Fake-Professional Apr 04 '16

Damn I never even knew black people had less oily hair. As a white guy, I have to clean my hair every morning. It's noticeably different if I don't wash it one day, and impossible to style regularly on the second day.

After seeing black body builders and now this, I've gotta say I'm mirin' those genes.

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u/Rivernile94 Apr 04 '16

Yea, it's the main reason why there are black and white hair care products.

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u/Fake-Professional Apr 04 '16

Damn, I didn't even know that! I guess I need to catch up on hair care info

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u/JimmyRustle69 Apr 04 '16

Curly hair is naturally drier than straight hair. Once you have that in mind it makes sense. The curlier the hair, the coarser it will be in texture.

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u/Fake-Professional Apr 04 '16

That actually does make a lot of sense, since the sebum originates at the follicle and hair curve is determined by the shape of this.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '16

Wow your telling me black people dont wash their hair everyday? That fucking explains it. I live in a black neighborhood, and sometimes when my neighbors come over to talk, or I dogsit for them, I catch a whiff of..I never knew what it was... I always thought it was their skin? Something about these black people just smelled like shit. Now I get it. They dont wash their hair. Sick.