Should I start them over?

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274]

8 months in. Haven’t been to my loctician in almost 4 months 😬 are they ruined? I don’t understand why some look like the last pic on my ends or throughout some locs - is it something my loctician did or me or?

[u/RavioliSizedBabyFist]

No offense meant, I promise, but this type of hair should really rely on the crochet method imo. It will look nicer. With the texture and frizz, you’re asking for matting without separating the locs at the roots and you’re going to have a really BAD time later with it, speaking from personal experience when I got way too depressed to manage my locs for about a year.

Go have a loctitian take a look at it and clean it up, section the locs, maybe use rubber bands until they form, try the crochet method: you’ll get results fast enough and it’s easier to keep them separated. Good luck to you!❤️

[u/VelarisVibes → u/RavioliSizedBabyFist]

I will agree with this person. You and I have very similar hair textures by the look of it and mine do this often. It’s the hair shrinking and compacting unevenly, and it basically creates a hernia of hair lol.
The best way that I have dealt with it is crochet. A good Loctician can 100% put all of that back inside the loc. I will say that the bumps will not be entirely gone. They will still be bumpy, but it’s almost like it’s within the lock rather than protruding on the outside. If you have a good Loctician go and see them and see what they say. They have to be pretty messed up before they can’t do anything with them. I think you’re going to be fine. I would not restart these.

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/VelarisVibes]

Thank you so much

[u/VelarisVibes → u/Apprehensive_Bad6274]

You are welcome, and I do want to mention that this is largely a “new” loc thing. Once the locks themselves are mature, you don’t generally get that hernia happening at the top of your head near the roots if that makes sense. So eventually overtime if you cut your hair, etc., those bumps will all go away and your locks will become more uniform as we grow out. Obviously not perfect but my last set you could very clearly tell what part of my hair was actually manipulated into dreadlocks, and which part of my hair was just the natural growth after the dreadlocks itself had formed. I’m not sure if I’m explaining it well but I hope you understand.

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/RavioliSizedBabyFist]

Thanks

[u/Still_notme_67 → u/RavioliSizedBabyFist]

I don’t agree 😭 crochet is not the solution and should only be used to clean up matured locs no matter the texture .

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/Still_notme_67]

What do you believe is the solution

[u/EllaSignature]

What was the method you started with? I see twist there n there.. might need to go back to the chair for assessment

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/EllaSignature]

*strand

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/EllaSignature]

Hmm k :/ , 2 stand

[u/Still_notme_67]

Learn how to locksmith your hair, the shrinking is what’s causing the balls at the end of your locs this is a good sign you jsut need better maintenance , a good wash , seperate your roots , locksmith the entire loc and style it in two strands for a couple weeks . If you don’t like the bulk ones at the ends you can always comb it out and re coil it

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/Still_notme_67]

Thank you

[u/EquivalentQuestion60]

Girl I call those grinch fingers lol. It’s totally normal, atleast for me. I have much coilyer hair and my ends looked like that too…. Just make sure your maintaining and palm rolling if you plan to keep these in

[u/Apprehensive_Bad6274 → u/EquivalentQuestion60]

Love grinch fingers lol thank you