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[hanygeorge38]

Dear Bud,


How are you, the following text is taken from a conversation
about hair styling specifically about dreadlock

Tres: It's really hard to describe with words but, it's a shoulder workout, but I just grab my hair, rub it in between my hands, sort of like when you're a kid and you're playing with play-dough and you're trying to make a long cyclindrical rod with play-dough. You twist it in your hands. Same way.

Todd: Now once you have dreadlocks do you have to continually do this to keep them this way or once they are locked are they good forever?
Tres: Once you have dreadlocks it is good to twist them occassionally because if you do not then they'll just grow out as if it's an afro, so I would have a large afro adn then at the tips of the afro I'd have dreadlocks, so I do go back and twist my hair occassionaly.
Todd: OK, and for washing your hair, is there anything special that you have to do?

Tres: Just make sure that you clean your scalp and whenever you choose a shampoo make sure that it's one that does not damage your scalp or what have you.

Could you please tell me the what does Tes mean by (as if it's an afro)
and what he means by the phrase (would have a large afro adn then at the tips of the afro I'd have dreadlocks, so I do go back and twist my hair occassionaly


Thanks
Hany
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hany

[bud]

Hi Hany,

How are you?

Adn = and (it was mistyped)

An afro (or fro) is a hairstyle that was very popular in the 1970's with males and females of African descent. A picture is worth a thousand words, so google "afro." The first link will be a link of images. Click on that and you'll see many examples of afros.

Since you didn't ask about dreadlocks, you must know what they look like. Well, imagine dreadlocks that have not been recurled for two months. The hair would have grown a lot in that time, but the new growth would not be curled. The new growth, at and nearest to the roots would look like an afro. But the original hair, the ends (the tips), would still be curled into dreadlocks. So it would look like an afro near the scalp, but would have dreadlocks at the ends.

That's funny timing, Hany. I noticed a woman with an afro at a concert this weekend. You don't see that very often these days, but I was marvelling at how classy she looked. She knew how to pull it off (she knew how to do something well that would be difficult for most people).