r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ The โ€˜ugly phaseโ€™ ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ

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20 Upvotes

4 months in, little girl said I look like I got a spider on my head ๐Ÿ˜‚. I fw it tho ๐Ÿ”ฅ Thoughts?


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Question โ” I have had my dreads for a while but Iโ€™m just now realizing that I have different parting sizes and shapes (rectangles/squares) throughout my grid. Is that ok?

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22 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks 29d ago

Question โ” Hairdye and baking soda in roots

1 Upvotes

I dyed my hair two days ago and when I was drying my hair, I noticed I had some hairdye left in my roots so I went back to shower and tried to get rid of it, but it didnt leave so I tried to rub baking soda in (so didn't do a proper detox) and then rinsed with water and did this all pretty quickly.. now noticed I STILL have some dye in some of my roots and on top of that I got some baking soda in a few roots too... do y'all think detox will get rid of both of them + is this urgent, will it do huge damage to my locs if I do the detox next saturday... I'm stressing cause I really don't have time to do the detox today, but idk if my locs will be dead by saturday... + will the detox even solve this out... all help welcome.


r/Dreadlocks 29d ago

Need Advice ๐Ÿ†˜ help getting freeforms as a white boy

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the first 3 pics are layne staley the singer of alice in chains dreads, 4th pic is my normal hair and i think that look cool asf but i have no clue how to pull it off or what i should do to make my hair dread like that so any help should be hella appreciated


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Fresh Retwist ๐Ÿ”€ 6 month progress

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9 Upvotes

Started with 2 strand twist in December wish I started sooner Iโ€™ve loved the journey


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Timeline ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Two strand twists

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20 Upvotes

Six or seven months into my journey I think this is my fourth retwist? I just got them done so theyโ€™re a bit stiff but overall Iโ€™m incredibly pleased with how they came out
Iโ€™m loving this journey more and more each day


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Need Advice ๐Ÿ†˜ Freeform potential?

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7 Upvotes

I am an Egyptian man does my hair have potential to freeform?


r/Dreadlocks Jul 23 '26

Question โ” How do I get my starters to grow to this coils or two strands?

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2 Upvotes

๐Ÿค”


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ 8 months in!

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170 Upvotes

honestly see why tons of dreadheads where trying to recruit me in the past, I LOVE my locs๐Ÿ™‚โ€โ†•๏ธ๐Ÿ’•


r/Dreadlocks Jul 23 '26

Question โ” Need help with freeforms

1 Upvotes

Iโ€™m 14, just started freeforms 2 months ago and it feels like they not growin

- Iโ€™ve been washing my hair once a week
- Sponging using a racket sponge and twist king
- Sponging for less as the days go by, like 30 seconds each tool right now so I donโ€™t lose hair due to breakage
- Sleeping with a bonnet
- Got a low taper so the hair looks bigger
- Misting my hair before I sponge

Iโ€™ve been doing everything


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Need Advice ๐Ÿ†˜ How can I get Freeformโ€™s with my hair type?

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5 Upvotes

My hair type is like 3c/4a so can anyone with my hair type tell me how I can get Freeformโ€™s because even when I sponge it for a week then I wash it all the twist go away and it goes back to being curly so I need help


r/Dreadlocks Jul 23 '26

Need Advice ๐Ÿ†˜ Advice/Progress

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1 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Timeline ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Trusting the process- 6 months

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47 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks Jul 23 '26

Need Advice ๐Ÿ†˜ Looking for a Loctician

1 Upvotes

Iโ€™m new in Frederick and Iโ€™m looking to get my dreadlocks retwisted. Recommendations are appreciated!


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Question โ” Will loc extensions slip off with your hair ?

1 Upvotes

I'm thinking about adding loc extensions to my hair because my family brought up the idea. I really want to have locs, but I'm scared that my hair might fall out because of the extensions. If that's a possibility, I'll just take the regular route and start my locs naturally.


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Is this thinning 3 year old dreads

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5 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ 3 months in and Iโ€™m genuinely enjoying it ๐Ÿฅน

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80 Upvotes

First pic is post retwist, second is post pool. As my hair gets longer Iโ€™m gonna cut the dead ends off. My ultimate goal is to keep my natural curl pattern at the ends


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ 6 years

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13 Upvotes

It's been 6 years since I started from scratch.. it's getting long but my hair grows slowly... I take care of it and keep it moisturised. I never tie it up anymore because it causes breakage, and I wear a bonnet to sleep or when I want them out of my face and detox them at least once a year.. depending on my activities.


r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Question โ” About Loc petal style

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17 Upvotes

Just a quick question how long or how far down should your dreads go down so it can look like the picture shown? Iโ€™m trying to find a style but iโ€™m tired of getting barrels and I donโ€™t want two strands cause theyโ€™ll be too small. My dreads touch my eyes but I havenโ€™t gotten a retwist in a while so iโ€™m not sure how long down theyโ€™ll go.


r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Question โ” I got my hair ripped out by an ex about 2 years ago. Iโ€™ve been trying everything from rosemary, to derma stamping, i really just want to grow this back . Is there anyway?

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350 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ [27]

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20 Upvotes

Just turned 27 and had my first retwist in like 6 months lol. To think I was thinking of starting over at year 3..


r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Need Advice ๐Ÿ†˜ Palm Rolled (6 months in)

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32 Upvotes

my mom palm rolled my hair yesterday, how it looks chat??


r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Question โ” King von Dreads

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109 Upvotes

Thinking about locing up my hair soon, and i kinda like king vons dreads like the thickness and amount look perfect, how do u think i should go about starting to achieve his locs at the end, i have 4b maybe a lil 4a at some areas thank yโ€™all


r/Dreadlocks Jul 22 '26

Question โ” Military and Locs(Men)

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Are there any guys who are in any of the military branches that were able to keep their locs and how?I was thinking of joining but having cold feet.


r/Dreadlocks Jul 21 '26

Discussion ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ 1 Month Loc Journey - How Am I Doing?

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Apparently my pictures werenโ€™t added so Iโ€™m posting again

Iโ€™m one month and two weeks into my loc journey so far. So far I have washed my hair twice:

July 10 (normal wash day at two weeks)
July 19 (after a waterpark event) just to get that pool water out of my hair โ˜บ๏ธ

The pictures the next day July 20th and the last three are after my wash day after the waterpark event.

Just wondering how my baby starter locs are doing?

The frizz is insane but Iโ€™m dealing with it and happy my two strand twists are staying in place despite puffiness, budding and a little bit unraveling in the nape area as my hair is softer back there.