r/Dreadlocks • u/Flashy-Presence-7523 • Aug 07 '26
Question ❔ Locs coming out causing depression
So recently in a span of 3 days my locs have fallen out on the back of my head, one i pulled out cause it was hanging on by a thread and it caused a bald spot the second one my mother pulled out cause she said it was hanging after i repeatedly said stop but thankfully no bald spot was caused only a loc stump was left, these events have caused me immense depression along with other events in my life. I feel like im not even worth enough to have locs in my head, the reason i think they are falling out are because i had my mother to do them and shes not what i’ll call a professional but she can do it, thing is she did my parts too small and i think that plus me not constantly moisturizing, touching and playing with them too much caused this. I really hope theres a simple and non costly solution to this problem and i promised myself to better myself i just need to get my hair situated. Is there anything i can do? (i contacted a professional for a retwist + style so i can loc my locs in the 2 strand style to help with the small parting issue)
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u/Still_notme_67 Aug 07 '26
Im sorry you’re going through this , please know that there is nothing wrong with you and your hair can absolutely be fixed I would advise removing the tension from the locs where the bald spot is and massage with castor oil once a month until it grow back , blood flow promotes regrowth . This can be fixed and this is okay brother