I wanted to have dreads for like 10 years before I did it. it’s been 5+ years since I let ‘em go and I tell ya, there’s no reason not to do it. I work with all kinds of corporate folks all the time and the dreads have never hurt my career. Plus, you never ever get bad hair days. So, yah, DO IT already. You’ll be cuter, really. Drop me a line and I’ll give you all the encouragement you’ll need.

A few things, tho: Don’t get a dread perm, that’ll look bad later. Real dreads take a year to set. And for the love of god people don’t let them get all nasty and Rainbow-hippie skanky. That’s the suck. Go you gotta work at ‘em. This is a long term proposition, stick with ‘em and they’ll stick with you.