The do's and don'ts of growing dreadlocks

The do's and don'ts of growing dreadlocks

This article was reviewed by Felix Gussone, MD As a kid, John wasn’t allowed to grow out his hair. “My parents didn’t want me to have long hair because, [in] their culture, that meant something negative,” he says. “Basically, you were a certain kind of person if you had long hair.” But that didn’t stop his desire to have long hair and potentially embark on a loc journey (or the process of growing out dreadlocks or dreads) of his own.  “When I go…