Healthy Loc Support Thread 2012
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Ms. Alainious
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CountryBumpkin
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NO.
this is one of my "things". You wash your locs. Your scalp has to be healthy to grow healthy long strong locs. If you don't wash your scalp for months, your scalp will be mad at you and your locs will smell.
i been washing my locs from day1. it gets messy but that's the beginning of the loc process. it has to get messy for the locs to begin. that's what locs are: messy matted hair. the quicker you get that part of of the way (and washing speeds up that process) the quicker you'll get to the other side, with firmly matted neat CLEAN locs.
CountryBumpkin
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I been lurking about in here. everyone's hair is looking so nice!
couple issues:
1) My hair grows so agonizingly slow.
I finally think i can say i reached APL. I was hoping to be at BSL by now.
2) I have seborrheic dermititis and my scalp gets realllllly messed up every time the seasons change. this summer-one-moment-autumn-the-next weather is doing a number on my scalp. :/
couple issues:
1) My hair grows so agonizingly slow.
I finally think i can say i reached APL. I was hoping to be at BSL by now.2) I have seborrheic dermititis and my scalp gets realllllly messed up every time the seasons change. this summer-one-moment-autumn-the-next weather is doing a number on my scalp. :/
InsertCleverNameHere
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I finally took pictures of my daughters locs. We are approx. 6 months in.
IrrationalThoughts
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This thread is making me miss my locs more than EVER. Maybe...just maybe instead of shaving it off like I have been tempted to do I will loc it. I wasn't doing anything with my loose hair, I just wanted to see how long I could get it. My locs were MBL before I cut them. Miss.them.so.
Atdow71
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Same here! I had waist length locs & cut them in June. I really miss them, but. Want o see how long I can grow my loose hair. I will definitely reloc in the future.
RockCreak
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About to schedule two consultations for my starter locs. I'm very excited. I have a somewhat particular way I want them to end up looking and I don't want to have to do this twice.
Tiye
When you say depends on the hair type...What hair type do you think would be easier to comb out??
But that would only leave you with 3-5 inches of hair after the loc takedown??
BrandNew Question. From the day 1 to the month later, did you not wash your locs?? I ask because I do not really see any shrinkage between that time frame.
Atdow71. Did you ever think about combing the out?? Or would that have just taken to long for you???
Tiye
When you say depends on the hair type...What hair type do you think would be easier to comb out??
But that would only leave you with 3-5 inches of hair after the loc takedown??
Today makes EXACTLY one month since I began my locs. Tomorrow I'm going for my first retwist. Just wanted to share some pictures of the journey so far. I'm starting with two strand twists and the roots are interlocked.
The day I got my twists................
One month later.............
BrandNew Question. From the day 1 to the month later, did you not wash your locs?? I ask because I do not really see any shrinkage between that time frame.
Atdow71. Did you ever think about combing the out?? Or would that have just taken to long for you???
RockCreak
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Hey Loc Stars
It is with sad news that due to an unfortunate event, I have decided to un-lock my locs.
Instead of posting my personal updates, I will be posting my brothers as I am his locs keeper as well.
I will be posting pics of me unlocking my hair. I've already began this process and man o man is it time consuming but so worth it. I've retained a lot of length. I started with 108 and I'm down to 50 remaining.
Pics will be posted.
It is with sad news that due to an unfortunate event, I have decided to un-lock my locs.
Instead of posting my personal updates, I will be posting my brothers as I am his locs keeper as well.
I will be posting pics of me unlocking my hair. I've already began this process and man o man is it time consuming but so worth it. I've retained a lot of length. I started with 108 and I'm down to 50 remaining.
Pics will be posted.
Michelle1971
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Niapb
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I am currently in the process of locking my hair. Literally, I am two strand twisting as I type this. I have wanted locks on and off for a while now and it's gotten to the point where a literally do nothing with my hair besides wake up in the morning and throw a hat on it. Some nights I would flat twist and wear a curly fro during the day, but between maintenance and breakage and detangling and whatever else have you, I am ready for locks. I have been natural all my life and I think it's about that time.
Ms. Alainious
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9.5 months checking in.
Progress is coming along nicely, but the front is still lagging behind a bit due to the softer texture up there. I'm still maintaining myself, but I'm going to see a new stylist before thanksgiving.
Hopefully I'll have my mom's locs started in the coming months. I'm sooooo looking forward to burning those wigs of hers
Progress is coming along nicely, but the front is still lagging behind a bit due to the softer texture up there. I'm still maintaining myself, but I'm going to see a new stylist before thanksgiving.
Hopefully I'll have my mom's locs started in the coming months. I'm sooooo looking forward to burning those wigs of hers
RockCreak
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Good to see you ladies still hanging in there.....
It took me a total of 7 days to get them all out.. well here's my story:
The very first lock that I took out took me about 45 minutes.. mind you I did that dry. The second loc, I added conditioner.. it took me about 30 minutes... The 3rd loc took me only 20 minutes maybe less because I added oil to the conditioner for added slip.
I work the late shift with very limited staff so in the evening, I would sit there and pick at my locs... (hood I know, but whatever, I wanted them out) I managed to take a row or more out in one evening... Then I really picked at my hair over the weekend, but still couldn't get them all out. So I bunned the back half of my head and put the top in a ponytail. People looked at me confused not sure what I was doing to my hair.
They just noticed that my locs weren't as full anymore. So Monday I picked at it and Tuesday.. then just said forget it... took off on Wednesday and went to town.. by that Thursday morning.. they were all out. Yayyy!
Here are a few pics....
This is how my hair was:
Alot of shed hairs just from that little bit
This is about how much hair shed I had per loc.. mind you I had 108 locs
Getting there
me looking crazy
All OUT!!!!!
Whew!!!!!!
I posted this for my loc friends who are considering removing locs. I will also post this in a seperate thread!
It took me a total of 7 days to get them all out.. well here's my story:
The very first lock that I took out took me about 45 minutes.. mind you I did that dry. The second loc, I added conditioner.. it took me about 30 minutes... The 3rd loc took me only 20 minutes maybe less because I added oil to the conditioner for added slip.
I work the late shift with very limited staff so in the evening, I would sit there and pick at my locs... (hood I know, but whatever, I wanted them out) I managed to take a row or more out in one evening... Then I really picked at my hair over the weekend, but still couldn't get them all out. So I bunned the back half of my head and put the top in a ponytail. People looked at me confused not sure what I was doing to my hair.
They just noticed that my locs weren't as full anymore. So Monday I picked at it and Tuesday.. then just said forget it... took off on Wednesday and went to town.. by that Thursday morning.. they were all out. Yayyy!Here are a few pics....
This is how my hair was:
Alot of shed hairs just from that little bit
This is about how much hair shed I had per loc.. mind you I had 108 locs
Getting there
me looking crazy
All OUT!!!!!
Whew!!!!!!
I posted this for my loc friends who are considering removing locs. I will also post this in a seperate thread!
CountryBumpkin
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Hey yall. I finally made it to 2 years in October. Finally made arm pit length, and there has been once or twice where it hit bra strap, but I'm short with giant ta tas and thick bra bands that are hytched up pretty high, so I dont really consider that "official" bra strap length yet... A couple pics:
OhSoOthentik
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OhSoOthentik Are all of your locs fully loced ?? I can still see the two strand twist pattern in some of them, especially in the last pic. Are you expecting that to eventually not to be visible??
CountryBumpkin 2 years, wow! That's some progress. How long was your hair when you started your locs??
Niapb
This is what I have been doing. I'm glad it's cold because I am so over my hair right now. I cut it all off once because I was tired of it and for some reason it keeps growing back.
OhSoOthentik
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@OhSoOthentik Are all of your locs fully loced ?? I can still see the two strand twist pattern in some of them, especially in the last pic. Are you expecting that to eventually not to be visible??
Majority of them are fully loced. I honestly dont have any "expectations" for them per se. I just let them do what they do.
CountryBumpkin
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My hair was about chin length when I started. It shrank some first them started slowly gaining length.
*Happily Me*
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This summer
Maddd new growth.
Maddd new growth.
I was wondering what you can do to keep locs soft? (In terms of conditioners and moisturizers, etc.)
CountryBumpkin
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Well dang, I can't find the smiley I want among the masses that are available. In an case, consider me in a dead faint right now because, omg. Your hair! Love!!
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