In Reply to: Dreadlocks and more... posted by Taniab on Thursday, 12. June 2008 at 22:21 Bali Time:
Hi, my husband has had both done. The superglue a few years ago just for a bit of fun, he had trouble sleeping for the first few nights apart from making his head tender his hair kept sticking to the pillow! Once we were home we just cut them and cut his hair to about a number 3.
On our last trip (back 3 weeks) he got the real ones done. He doesnt have long hair, each one is about 4 inches long. We tracked down Zainal as recommended on BTF but just werent comfortable with him, he kept trying to talk my husband into extensions which he didnt want and would only give us a price for that. So we went for a look at Bali Family Tattoo, they are down towards the end of Legain St close to Poppies 1. There is a Bob Marley lookalike out the front. We met Mr Lenny, what a character. He ended up doing them for 800 000 rupiah and it took about 4 hrs. My husband said it hurt like hell buy he's a bit of a sook, after a day and a few bintangs he was fine. He hasnt cut these ones yet and yes he washes his hair as normal. I have left my email open if you want to email me for pictures. I couldnt recommend Mr Lenny enough!
Cheers