How long does it take to get shoulder length dreads from a fro?

[Born2BKing]

Lets look at Lil Jay.

6 months later:

 

[King_Kamala61]

30

You won't be old..but in 3 yrs you will have length. Point is....get them started now

 

[Brandsdale]

how long does it take to get them to eye level? ive had a fro for 1 year exactly now

depends on ya forehead lol

I have a big head so it took around 2 years of having a fro then a couple months of retwists

 

[Givethanks]

30

Just start, your hair will grow faster because of it.

Hair texture plays a big role too, and genetics most definitely.

There's so much bs about hair on the internet lol.

 

[Brandsdale]

after that 6 year mark, them locs just grow at whatever pace they want lol

I had chest length and remember washing my hair one day and that shyt went down wayyy past my nipple

 

[africngiant]

depends on ya forehead lol

I have a big head so it took around 2 years of having a fro then a couple months of retwists

damn ok, this shyt goes slower than i thought. i was hoping to be able to shake them by the summer going from just a straight afro.

i shouldn’t have cut my afro before but my shyt got pushed back and was looking crazy so i did back when i was 19

 

[Rembrandt]

damn ok, this shyt goes slower than i thought. i was hoping to be able to shake them by the summer going from just a straight afro.

Nah, it's definitely a process but you'll probably be shocked at how fast they grow. My nikka is on his 4th time trying them and he's back at his original length after a few years.

It's why so many rappers get hair extensions

 

[Brandsdale]

damn ok, this shyt goes slower than i thought. i was hoping to be able to shake them by the summer going from just a straight afro.

i shouldn’t have cut my afro before but my shyt got pushed back and was looking crazy so i did back when i was 19

yeah the starting process takes a bit of time but honestly like most have said in here, locs grow exponentially after a certain point and retwisting them helps.

I got a fairly big afro too but looking to just get straightbacks by next summer

 

[Budda]

4-5 years or so

 

[ShadowBroker]

My hair was this long when I got my hair comb coiled to start my locs

It took my locs 1.5 -2 years to get that visible length back(drop). But my hair grows slow.

Also comb coils, which is the method I started mine with, gives you an appearance that makes your hair shrink and it somewhat does because they’re “ringlets”.

I passed my collarbone at about 2.5ish years. I’d expect that length future has maybe for me at year 5ish maybe. Again my hair grows slow.

Hope that helps. Also, Im a woman.

I find men seem to grow their hair faster bc they leave it alone for the most part and don’t put 509 products in their hair.

 

[Rembrandt]

I got a fairly big afro too but looking to just get straightbacks by next summer

 

[africngiant]

yeah the starting process takes a bit of time but honestly like most have said in here, locs grow exponentially after a certain point and retwisting them helps.

I got a fairly big afro too but looking to just get straightbacks by next summer

a black man reaches his true essence with his hair grown unapologetically


nothing like it. ill probably never cut it low again now after the first time

 

[OperationNumbNutts]

Us hairless brehs don't worry about this.

 

[MrRDU]

What was the story behind this

Did he ever address this pic?

 

[Brandsdale]

any brehs in here seeing different results from women after cutting they dreads?