i have one dread on the back of my head (whom i affectionatly call 'john') that is constantly giving me troubles! in the early months, i could not get the roots to dread up for the life of me. i had a good solid three to four inchs of undreaded root. it drove me NUTS! now that its finally dreading, its growing flat. and it keeps growing flat no matter what i do to coax it round. i've tried wraps, beads, rubber bands... nothin. i think its because the section of hair its coming from is very rectangular, so its having a hard time evenly dreading.

i'm wondering if it would be possible to split john into two dreads. since its flat for a good four or so inches down, it would be easy for me to rip that down into two... i know i would end up with one short stumpy dread that i'll have to help form into a mature dread, and one long fat dread, but i'm starting to think that would be better in the long run. i'm just worried about what damage will occur to the long fat dread after its been cut. as much as i hate john being flat, i'd hate it much more if he fell out! do you think if i cut him, and wrapped him for awhile, that would minimize loss of hair? does any of this even make sense? help!