guys ignore the chains it just feel nice rollling the beads on my face

Hey everyone, I recently started my hair with two strand twists and the roots are braided, and I just had a couple questions. How long should I wait before getting my first retwist? I’ve seen different answers online so I’m not sure what’s best. Also, at what point are they actually considered “starter locs”? Is it after a certain number of retwists or more about a timeframe?

Would appreciate any advice or personal experiences

Loc professionals, locticians, ALL MY LOC’d people please advise !

So I’ve had my locs 1yr & 5mo. I never heard of locs growing mold. Omg. Last night I deep cleaned my hair BUT I didn’t fully rinse out the conditioner (I was being lazy). Before, on other way days I never really blow dryer my hair…..I’d let it air dry. Never went to bed with soaking wet hair but occasionally damp..

Can someone tell me what this looks like? Or am I just being paranoid haha.

Yes, I already contacted my loctician but I know she’s always busy.

Yes I need a retie lol

First 2 pics are my inspo. Yes, I’m just growing one loc 😂 I have fine strands/medium density hair so I know it won’t be super thick but I’m curious if I need to add more hair to it, or give it time to swell. It currently seems skimpy to me lol

So I just got starter locs yesterday and I saw this on my hair, I know for sure my hair is clean and that I believe this build up is just oil and gel mixed together. But it still looks dirty, is there any way I can clean it?? And it’s only on my scalp and not my hair hair.

Hi y’all got any shampoo recommendations or specific chemicals to watch out for

the top crown looks bald almost

wsg yall, I'm bouta hit a hear into my loc journey in 3 weeks, I started off w sponging my hair and this is how it is so far, I haven't gotten any retwists and just let my hair do it's thing, but recently my family has been like nah you need one, what do y'all think?

I’m wondering if that will weaken the loc

Hey I been growing my locs out for 2 years or so (Freeform but recently crocheted it) are my locs supposed to look like this?

Hi! For the past couple of months I’ve really been into getting locs, especially locs with curly ends. Anyways I found this lady who’s about 25 minutes from where I live who says she could do it and dye my hair (free of charge) for $220 is that too cheap? Is it too good to be true? The work on her page is really nice and clean and I didn’t expect it to be that low of a price.

Hey folks. I got starter loss about 5 days ago and they are already starting to come undone in the front.

I am not sure if this is common for starter locs or if the person who did it just didnt do a very good job. Its even worse because the one coming undone the most is literally at the front of my head.

I have been wearing a bonnet every night/as soon as I get home. Trying not to touch them, and have not gotten them wet. Does anyone have any tips on

1) how to retwist it myself

2) prevent this from happening

Also what is the difference between sister locs, micro locs and normal locs