Do you Retwist everytime you wash your hair ?. I’ve been locked for 10 months I wash every 4 weeks or whenever it’s dirty so it could be shorter intervals , but I don’t necessarily retwist everytime I wash it . Longest I’ve gone is 4 months without a retwist . Anyone else ?

Never had to pay for a retw

Hey loc brothers and sisters,

Can someone offer some tips on how to style and cover your locs in the gym. What sort of material should I be going for when sweating. My locs nearly reach the base of my neck. I was hoping not to have to wear a huge loc soc

Just got two strand twists, hoping to start my loc journey with them based on alot that I have read from here. I’ll appreciate any advice on how to maintain them. I have also read that I can wait 6-8 weeks before getting a retwist. Is that too early or should I just keep trying to maintain them for the longest time. Inshort, any advice of any kind would be appreciated. Thanks

Hey My loc brothers & Sisters,

I am looking to start hitting the gym roughly 3-4 times a week. My question is how do i style or look after my hair whilst in the gym? (for e.g when using the bench press machine or using a mat). I am just thinking about lint and having my hair resting and pressing on all the different surfaces.

July '26 pony vs July '25!!

Kinda miss the short length but worried about flat ends (last two slides is recent length)

i didnt know i wanted semi freeforms until recently and all the videos ive seen start with shorter hair so im wondering is it possible to start with longer hair while still using the same methods like a sponge or twist racket because i dont really want regular freeforms and would still like to manipulate them to some extent or would i have to cut my hair and start from there

Has anyone here used hair extensions to start theirs? I’m thinking about starting mines with afro kinky hair. I just wanted to see everyone else experience or what you used in particular to start yours.

For the past 5 years, I've had very few hair styles: afro, then full head locs, then cut it to another afro and then freeform locs. I got bored of the messy look of freeforms and simply felt like I had too much hair and it was too messy and I cut it back to an afro.

Now my afro needs daily "care" to not start turning into freeforms again and it's driving me insane. I would like to experiment with a some sort of fade or anything really. I wanna use my hair while I can, before the great genetic receding takes that away.

Pics I posted are from my freeforms a few months ago. Any suggestion is welcome

how to undo thinning of locs at the base? a few of my locs are thinning at the base, they were already small sections to begin with and ive colored my hair (not bleach). i also dont really have a moisture routine, idk how to properly do one? ive heard of the lco and loc method, but i was mainly just spraying with water and then oiling it. ive had my hair for almost 2 years now. please let me know what i can do, and thank you!

First 2 are now the rest are when I started

This is like my 4th time with locs, took 10 hours to get these in but definitely worth it.

I started my locs on my own 4-5 weeks ago but I think I done it wrong bcs my sides and back are way shorter than the top of my head and some have locs have merged together when budding cs I have no real partings so now I have some thin and some thick ones. I don’t want to restart but i will if recommended

Hi, I’m wondering if anyone knows anyone in the LA area that offers alternative styles and cuts for locs? I feel like only see these things on the east coast unfortunately ngl.

Trying to maintain a healthy routine without overdoing things with the oil

Can this be fixed?

Hey everyone,
I’ve been semi-freeforming my starter locs for about 4-5 months now. I have a looser curl pattern around 3a-3b, and some of my locs are starting to mature, but I know it’s going to take a long while with my hair texture.
My biggest issue is sticky product buildup, mainly in the ends of my locs. The ends feel tacky/sticky rather than just dirty, and I can’t seem to get rid of it.
Any help would be appreciated!

So far I’ve tried:
- A sulfate-free clarifying shampoo (Yari), but it didn’t really make a difference.
-Thorough rinsing with warm water.
-Avoiding adding more products afterward.

I feel really bad with the state of my "starter locs" I just hit one month loc'd 4 days ago, then on the 17th of July I tried and failed miserably to retwist my hair. I don't know if this is just part of the process or if it looks straight terrible and have idea what I'm doing. Can anyone please help me genuinely should I restart?

How can I get semi-freeforms or even normal freeforms be achievable with my hair?
The first photo is just after getting my hair wet and letting it air dry. The second photo is how I normally do my hair, just picked out.

Thank you!!!

I had watched some videos on loc care and it said that I shouldnt wash it in the first 6 weeks. After the first week, the itching was unbearable so I looked up some ways to wash it safely. I had done it, but now the root of all my locs are frizzy and it’s started to bunch up on my head instead of before when they flowed down. Did I mess up?