I’m sorry to hear about all your troubles. You can get your dreads out, or you can keep them! Contrary to popular belief, using an all-natural product like Knotty Boy does not create ‘fake’ or ‘unnatural’ locks - but rather, it utilizes the properties of natural, earthgrown ingredients to facilitate and speed up the natural process of dreading. Nothing unnatural happens when you use Knotty Boy - it just helps to make better locks, faster! Here are our tips for getting those dreads out, if that’s what you decide to do.

1. Get yourself one of our Knotty Boy Emergency Dreadlock Removal Kits – its specifically designed for exactly this, and is tried, tested and true.
   
2. Soak your hair in warm water for 10 minutes – lie in the bath or something, don’t get a head rush from hanging your head over the sink!
   
3. Wash that hair using the Knotty Boy Dreadlock Removal Shampoo Scrub it good and feel the tingle on your scalp. It will thank you.
   
4. Then soak it again and get the suds out. Next apply the Knotty Boy Damage Control Deep Conditioner, which is super-rich and will help soften up those matty locks. Work it in well and then start picking out the dreads with a strong comb. It will take a while and you will need patience, grasshopper, but it can be done.
   
5. Once all of your locks have been picked out, wash and condition it all once more, letting the conditioner sit for five or more minutes before finally rinsing.
   
6. Ta-dah! Dread free!

PS. Next time you make locks maybe try some wax to help you get started. After that you can go au natural if you like, but it will allow you wash your hair and keep the dandruff and itchies away!
If you want to try to restore your dreads, you might be able to get at least your scalp healthy again by washing with our concentrated Knotty Boy Dreadlock Shampoo Bar, specifically for getting rid of dandruff and itchies. Always wash your dreads regularly to keep the dandruff down if you are prone to getting this condition – it isn’t nice and ‘dreads’ do not have to automatically equal ‘dandruff’, if taken care of properly! Then dry those locks thoroughly, get some Knotty Boy Wax and using the How to Dread instructions start again with backcombing, shaping them into proper dreads again.