Pre coming out, I never had my hair longer than my ears. Always bald fades for me.
But I've always wanted dreadlocks but never thought I'd actually get them. When I came out I thought, why not dreads now? I had to grow my hair for a year just to get them started. They're now almost shoulder length. I'm sooooo proud of them! They're a symbolic and spiritual experience for me that coincides with coming out and being authentically me.
All that to say, yes I mess with my hair all the time! Probably half the time I want to. The other half I need to separate hair to go into the right dread or it will be one giant mess.
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