erebusmoroschaos asked: Great, thanks. Also, some roots of 5 dreads of mine have "clogged" together, and I felt like using a crochet hook but as I've read it's bad, what should I do to separate my roots? This bunch looks really bad and hurts because if I pull one dread, all the other ones follow along.

A crochet hook is rubbish about 90% of the time, even when used for the correct reason, but it would be completely useless for separating dreads. Totally different purpose.

Just go hop in the shower, wash your hair, & use your fingers to separate your dreads. Written explanations & a video demo can be seen under the “separating” tag ♥