i'm losing my dreads...

I've just had my dreads installed on thursday (by a friend)
she braided them into my hair as described here
but now three of my twenty DEs have fallen out...so i might need to get my friend to reattach them as really want to keep them for a while
anyone know how to improve the braiding? any other advice?
gill, i know you had synth dreads before...maybe someone else, too?
HELLLP PWEASE!!!

I have absolutely no help, as I'm a complete stranger to anything about dreads, but KEEP THEM if possible. They're sooo different and HOT! That's all.

Sorry Laura, I'll not be much use..mine never fell out..
Are they just coming unbraided? Or is it lots of stray hairs?

Are you securing them with wee bands? I used two or three wee bands on each dread for some of mine because my hair is uneven, so the bits sticking out of the plaits I held down with an extra band..my dreads were so puffy you couldn't see them unless you looked close. I did have problems with stray ends coming loose in time but I just sort of tucked them back into the plait and I was ok.

You can get wax to hold them together a bit more..but I'm a bit funny about puting products in hair thats not gonna get washed frequently, even if it is residue free.

Sorry, I'm not much use.

you ARE much use, gill...
i got those little rubberbands from a hairdresser that are used for braiding too...and i had just one of them to secure them..maybe have more this time? most of the dreadies got lost bcos the rubberbands broke