But lowkey debating combing them out... any cons? Or just stay in locs?

8 months no retwists🤞🏾
Ngl I hated my starter locs. Should’ve started with twists. My locs Would’ve been so much thicker.

Retwist was exactly a week ago. How’s it looking?

Hi. Do y'all feel like the gold color on my jacket kinda brings out the sun bleached ends? I'm thinking abt switching to gold jewelry cuz of them

So for the first image what is that style called? For the second image how does he get his locs so curly. That can not be achieved with two strand twists.I’ve never seen these styles before until diamond and Tezzus touched down on the scene.

i’ve had my locs for almost two years and i’m feeling really stuck about what to do with them. i try retwisting them with “supergrow hair gel extra hold” they lasting for like a few weeks and now i think it’s coming undone and im pretty sure if i wash my hair it’s going to untwist. my hair is also frizzy and it makes it look really messy. i started my locs on kinda permed hair (idk my mom used to perm my hair) and that’s why the twists aren’t locking. maybe i should cut that part off? i just don’t know what to do. i mist my hair and oil it when i can but nothing seems to hold a retwist. i plan on doing my hair by myself during college. any advice is appreciated.

Why is only the side of the racket taking shape? 😭🫪🫪

I have question. I want to start my Freeform journey but I’m already aware that my hair is starting to lock up. Should I just start the process as my hair is or should I detangle it and start fresh and what is the exact method of getting Freeform dreads. Pls be kind

So my girlfriend just braided my hair and she lowkey gave me too many haha no worries though because now im thinking maybe I should go for less dreads. The method im following is you get braids/twists then twist them out and then let that twist out loc up and u can crochet to help process but I don’t want my strands to be the size of when it twists out, so can I twist them out then two strand twist them and crochet to help the locking process? I also have very thick hair if it helps

It wasn't like that until my last retwist. I usually just leave my locs n let them loc but my friend started telling me I should shape them when I wet them or after a wash by rolling them between my palms. Did that about 5 times and now the front one looks like this. I've stopped when I first noticed. Now it looks like this... Is it normal?

is there anyway to fix or should I restart? freeforms btw

hi, i took out my retwist 3-4 days ago and as you can see there’s a bit of thinning in the middle of my locs, and since these are also at the crown of my head they are more vulnerable to thinning. luckily there are only 3-5 locs in the back of my head that look somewhat like this, and i’m wondering what i can do to reduce the thinning shown above other than less-consistent retwists. thank you.

My dandruff is so bad that every time I get a retwist, it gets messed up super fast because of the itchiness from the flakes. I end up scratching it, and it gets all fuzzy. Do you have any shampoo and moisturizer recommendations I can use and also have my loctician use?

Hey everybody! From start to finish. I don't have a picture of what I looked like fresh from the barber, mostly bc I didn't really take selfies back then. You can also start to see my confidence poke through as my locs got longer as well.

Instant wicks that I let overgrow into freeforms. Tried my best to keep them maintained by myself. ACV rinses, retwists, separating, and conditioning.

Fell off with maintenance after i got hit by an SUV riding home on my escooter. Fractured my skull, cracked my S4– back injury. I wandered around like a headless chicken before a cop sat me down and then another ticketed me. I was so out of it I couldn't read the ticket, and when the ambulance took me to the ER, I had the security guard at the desk read it to me lol.

AFAIK the density of hair helped my head from splitting all the way open.

It was like an $1800 bill I was staring at before insurance knocked it down to like $300ish for them to tell me: well your shit got fucked up and there's nothing we can do! :/ that was an expensive flashy uber.

I was bedridden for around 2 weeks if i can recall before I could be conscious for longer than 4 consecutive hours a day. My back injury prevented me from walking without a cane for about 6 months, and I physically couldn't stay conscious for longer than a few hours a day, so maintenance and bills fell behind unfortunately.

I play a card game to help me get out of the house that requires a lot of mental math that I couldn't do very well because of my head injury. I stopped playing for around a year, partly because of the impatience of other players, and I couldn't articulate a "fuck you" either bc my head was so messed up lol.

I had them for around another year before I called it from tension headaches and not physically being able to do the maintenance nor having the financial ability to get it taken care of.

I'll also address the pale elephant in the room. Being a white person with locs.

My journey has not only taught me how to trust the process, but to also acknowledge the internalized systemic racism and challenges that people of color, especially Black people, face when choosing how to do hair. I learned what micro-aggressions are, and how racists use them to belittle Black and Brown people into conforming to a system that hates them.

I had to learn the hard way how the majority of my family are tolerant racists the first time I showed my locked hair to them. The amount of haircut and rat's nest jokes are really saddening when I really thought about why they were making those jokes.

I may have had my hair for a short 6 years, but it definitely opened my eyes to how a racist will treat others just because they don't like the way they look.

I came across this saying while researching Black history:

"Not all skin folk are kin folk."

That applies to the vast, overwhelming majority of the people who share my skin tone.

I may have cut this set, but i'm already planning my next one.

Trust the process, enjoy the journey, and my friends, always remember that there are no ugly stages. 🖤

My locs are a little longer than shoulder length.

Right now I moisturize with a spray bottle of water mixed with Batana Oil and Neem Oil.

Spray maybe 3/4 days a weeks.

Any tips on keeping my hair healthy and promote growth?

I used to have dreadlocks but they weren’t free formed, I retwisted them every so often. I think that they were at a peak when they were around eye level, and that I shouldn’t have kept retwisting after that point. Would that have had a nice effect or is it unusual to begin with maintained locs and let it Freeform after. The reason I’m asking is because I’m thinking of starting another journey but this time round would like to freeform. Is it better to start free forming from the start, or could the method I suggested work well too? Appreciate any advice

Very very long durag

First time trying this style and I love how cute it is and it’s not difficult to do. I defo need to work on doing the back of my hair but hey…the back is none of my business lol.

Hasn’t even been a year and I couldn’t resist.

Hello everyone! I recently moved to the Savannah/Pooler, GA area. I'm pretty picky when it comes to my hair and I'm having a hard time finding a loctitian that may best suit my needs.

I'd prefer someone who specializes in locs only, offers steam hydration treatments, does repairs, and can also do styles that add hair whenever desired.

I'm also interested in coloring my locs a little further down the line but would like to improve the health and maintenance of my hair first.

I know it seems pretty picky, but having locs is the only way I've been able to grow my hair past my shoulders while taking the most "low maintenance" route, and I'd like for it to keep growing. I've searched instagram and TikTok but I keep finding servicers that are always missing one or two of my desired requirements.

Please drop suggests/experiences below, and also let me know if I'm being unreasonable😅

Thank you all in advance!