"You were right, I'm STOKED!" -loren

combined 76 dreads into 51, saved six month old dreads from future
developmental problems
loren had 76 young dreads, which were too much upkeep and too skinny for 
him. i combined the majority of them for him.
additionally, loren had gone twice to a place that wrapped string around 
the base of each lock, which is a false maintenance that damages dread 
development. in the pics below, you can clearly see the weak spots caused 
by the tight banding. fortunately, i was able to rectify many of these 
areas through the combination technique i invented.

before:

photo by loren boley


after removing the base ties:







the dreads to be combined are temporarily held together with rubber bands 
to allow loren to approve the aesthetic:






before-&-afters on specific combinations:
one:


two:


three:


four:


entire back:


finished. some of the sections are a bit wonky, of course, but i didn't 
want to stress loren's scalp with further resectioning at this time. he 
will come back later if the sections need to be modified.






combined 51 dreads into 36
a couple of weeks later, after adjusting to thicker dreads, loren decided to
go down farther & make all of his dreads fatter.

before:






temporary rubber bands for aesthetic approval:





finished:






eight months later: full maintenance
before:






finished:







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