Dreadlocks
Found On: Orange County Craigslist By: Scott S
I have a bag of my dreadlocks, available for free to the person that has the greatest need. They were cut off a few weeks ago, as they were starting to get quite heavy (especially when wet). They’re clean, and vary in length from a few inches to about a foot long. I’m not sure how many pieces there are, but probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 or so.
Locks of Love won’t take dreadlocks, and since I don’t need them any more (I still have plenty on my head; I didn’t cut them all off, just had a trim), I figured somebody on Craigslist might want to use them. Some possible uses:
- a wig, maybe for a play or costume
- tie them together to make a rope
- weave them into a tiny hammock for a pet
- crochet them into a pot holder
They’re free, but the only thing I ask is that you let me know what they’re used for, and send a picture.
Looking at the post, you can tell this is a put on. They beat us to the joking. “Greatest need,” LOL! “Tiny hammock for a pet” ha! Of course, if they were serious, they would have suggested stapling these to a Dodgers hat to make a Manny Ramirez costume.
But let’s say these are being given away, and you can go pick these up. Aren’t there laws against this sort of thing? Isn’t this how plagues spread? Why is this ok?
I got a haircut about a week ago, and I didn’t ask them to bag up the remains for me to take. I saw the hairs on the poncho and on the ground, and thought “ick.” And they were my own.
If they’re not my own, I’m gonna think “ick plus.” If they’re dreadlocks, I’m going to think “soap has never penetrated these. There is a kingdom of mites and other beasties within. Years and years of someone’s head grease coat every gnarled kink. Ick plus plus plus.”
By the way, these french fries taste awful.
I can assure you that this post was not a joke. I am a photographer just north of NYC and I contacted the person offering the dreadlocks. I suggested that I would use them to make a merkin, a penis-cozy, or nipple-tassles. I am in the middle of doing some shoots that I thought these props would be appropriate for. I did receive the dreadlocks, and kept them sitting around for several days/a week while I thought about it, and realized that I would only be creating joke photos if I did what I suggested. So I’m sending them on to another person who was interested (a painter) who will hopefully be able to use them to produce serious artwork.
And they are NOT dirty at all. If I were to ask a model to pose using them I would still shampoo them in a sink first, but only to reassure the model.
JMixx: It’s the same attachment for someone who has super long hair. It takes a lot of time for dreads to form just as it takes a long time for hair to grow long, so it’s normal to feel attached.
Both my husband and I have donated our hair to Locks of Love. What if a kid with dreads got cancer? never a happy thought, just saying. And for what it’s worth, if I didn’t use conditioner or a brush daily, I’d have dreads in about 3 days and that’s with washing. i just have tangly, mat-prone hair.
My ex-boyfriend sold his dreads on EBay. You would be suprised how many people out there will buy them. He ended up getting about 50 bucks for his 7-8 inch dreads.
Oh, I don’t know… if I could buy one of the dreadz from Johnny Depp’s Jack Sparrow wig, I would sleep with it under my pillow… *RABID FANGIRL RABID FANGIRL RABID FANGIRL*
there’s shit called dread shampoo mutha fucka. i love te warm vanilla bean sugar scent!!!11!1!one!1! but there really is dread soap
So, if you opened the bag, would your face just melt like that guy in “Raiders of the Lost Ark”? I couldn’t imagine a long shelf-life for dreads.
Jay – you would be surprised. I cut off my dreads after high school (about 10 years ago) and found them in a shoebox at my parents house a couple weeks ago, they didn’t look any different than when I cut them off.
@Caleb
Ew.. why would you give someone that.
thats nasty
This is nothing new. People with dreads do this all the time. Most people with dreads wash their hair constantly (if you’re not gross that is).
Those are some good looking dreads!
what ignorance. of course soap has never touched those dreads, why would soap touch anyones hair? it’s called shampoo people, and having dreads myself, i know that dread shampoo can and does touch the majority of locks that you see on people.
as for the offer, i’m sure those locks would make a sturdy rope lol.
lol at first site i thought it was food then i read it lol. and the dread locks come with a free Walmart bag to bring it home in o.o
Nothing personal, but I can’t think of many people who would want a bagful of hair from a total stranger. Are there any wig shops/extensions specialists in the, uh, non-seller’s area? They might take it.
Those aren’t dreadlocks! They are ET’s fingers!
Dreads are washed just like any other hair.
These ones look pretty gross.
@#15
My hairdresser tells me to only wash my hair 2-3 times a week. More than that dries out the scalp, apparently.
You and your hairdresser must be black because only black people think it’s ok to go 2-3 weeks without washing your hair!! GROSS! And Brandy is right, dreads look EXACTLY like barfed up cat hairballs! Disgusting.
OOPS! Just realized your post said 2-3 times a week, NOT every 2-3 weeks. SORRY!
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@MissKate
You’re hairdresser might seem like a great source of advice for all things hair, but when she hands out questionable hygiene advice, you might want to check it with someone who has a diploma from something other than a cosmetology school.
The hairdresser is right actually. You’re only supposed to wash your hair every other day becuase A) it dries out the scalp, and B) it dries out and damages the hair unless you condition very thoroughly every time. Also, mites and bugs are actually MORE attracted to spotlessly clean hair, funnily. That said, dreads are okay, when kept on your head. When cut off and sold on craigslist? They’re creepy, gross, and look like a giant bag of cat poo.
Looks like about a month’s worth of what my cat coughs up.
@JohnC
Give a little bit more credit to cosmetologist. They do have to at least somewhat know about their line of business. Plus, google it. Most websites I’ve seen have suggested that you NOT wash your hair everyday and offer alternatives from professionals.
But I still wouldn’t take the dreads. Once hair is no longer attatched to a head, it just looks nasty (dreaded or not).
@JohnC
It’s good to only wash your hair every one or two days. It’s not questionable hygiene. You can shower until your hearts content but washing your hair every single day WILL dry out your scalp.
@GrossedOut
To be a cosmetologist you have to know a lot more than justwhen it’s good to wash your hair, haha. Beauty school is not as easy as many people like to think it is, trust me.
@JohnC
John C you’re an idiot
HA! They look like my cats hairballs groooooosss!
Maybe if I was making a low-budget alien tentacle movie…otherwise, no.
seriously??? what kind of hippy scum tries to sell their useless old dreds? its like saying “buy my mohawk. be more punk!” retard ass cock smokers. i just. . . i just don’t get that shit.
For some odd reason, I now cannot stop imagining Sean Connery saying “Fear the dreadlocks of steel, dawg.” I cannot stop laughing.
I just thought yeah this is a little strange.. and i was okay with the post until i saw the last line of creepiness,
“They’re free, but the only thing I ask is that you let me know what they’re used for, and send a picture”.
There’s quite a few people with dreads who want to extend a few or all of them to make them longer (you do it with a crochet hook). The dilemma is that buying loose human hair is expensive, and usually taken from third world people payed badly for it, or fooled. Quite a few people would like to use other people’s dreadlocks instead, provided the dreads are clean and in good shape, and they know something about the person donating them. I don’t think it’s strange that the person donating hair that was part of them and cared for carefully for so long wants to know where they’re going. Sometimes friends exchange dreadlocks, too. If you think that’s gross, when the hair is all perfectly clean, then it’s a matter of personal taste. Culture is flexible.
I would take these. I don’t think I’d buy them- I’m a starving artist. But I have made art out of other people’s hair, and my own. And it’s pretty fucking awesome. I save all of my (purple) hair out of my brush. I don’t have dreadlocks, but I find dreadlocks intriguing. Think about this- dreadlocks grow on FOREVER. Normal hair peters out at a couple of feet. Some freaks can grow their hair to the floor, but that is abnormal (and, in my opinion, enviable). But with dreads, most of the hair is no longer attached to the head. It’s just tangled with other hairs. It can grow on infinitely, as long as your patience holds out. So yeah. You probably think I’m nutso. But SO BE IT.
Omg, when I pulled this up, I thought it was for intestines.
I would love to have those dreads and attach them to mine, wich are short and keep breaking I have been growing mine for 2 years and they just dont grow
I have very thin hair and would love to attach your dreads to mine for some structure<3 I would possibly consider making my own out of extension hair but I am unaware of what the circumstances where to produce the human hair extensions, so I would rather not. Let me know! THanks SO much
MUCH love
one LOVE
Allison MAy
Allison_M_Myers@Hotmail.com
Yay for Allison May!!
And for myself, coz I wouldn’t mind haveing some of them locks. I have got thin hair too. But they don’t break off. Or haven’t so far. but I have had them only for 5 months and I would love for tem to be a buit longer.
Do you still have them?
Monica
mailmo@gmail.com