dreadlock journey, can someone help me...

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Does anyone here have dreads or had them??? I Really need some advice...

So I decided a while back I wanted dreads, grew my hair out and I found a loctician at a shop. So Sept 20th I got my starter locs.

Now the loctician really insists I come once a week to get my hair retwisted because my hair is really soft and curly. And I notice that after two or three days my locs are coming apart. But after a few days my locs are real fuzzy and they don't look good. She massages my scap and washes my hair as well. After she's done they look nice.

This past Thursday(which made a month) I went to her for my weekly visit and she was able to interlock a lot of my dreads. Since it marks a month I can feel my hair moving a lot and they look sorta like dreads. She tells me coming every week will make my hair lock a lot faster which so far seems true.

My problem is it is expensive as fukk. I can't do it on my own because it's too much to deal with. So my question is she screwing me over having me come weekly and paying on average about $50. She also charged me extra because she says now my hair is locking which requires more maintenance for her.

Again she said once my hair "locks" then I can stretch out my visits but for now for my hair to be really maintained I need to come weekly.

So is she right or is she taking advantage of me. Again I new to the dread world so I really don't know and I tried researching about the topic but I got so may conflicting answers but I can trust my coli brehs to really put me on game.

 

[HollowPoints2]

Stop being trendy and grow an afro.

 

[AllHolosEve]

Got co-workers who dreads on point... Ill ask tomorrow... They be twisting they shyt themselves on break & as far as I know, never go to shops... They got em started, watch the moisture & twist em all the time... They all different lengths & size so what you looking for so I can the right breh???

As long as you aint doing it for a fad... Whats the reason... They take pride in they shyt...

 

[Retired Account]

I started mine in march and never went more often than once a month. I know some who go every two but it sounds like you getting finesed

 

[Matt504]

You will have to learn to twist them yourself. I started mine in 2007 and would spend 3 hours a week doing my own hair in between visits to the shop

 

[YouMadd?]

Always palm roll the entire lock.... never pinch with your pointer and thumb and twist from the top...


If you want locs.. you can do it. The only reason I have locs now is because 3.5 years ago, I got bored watching breaking bad reruns and then I just started palm rolling my naps

 

[BeeCityRoller]

You out here spending $200 a month for starter locs?

Youre gonna have to embrace the beginning stage and let your hair grow. Find a new stylist, only an idiot will tell you to come once a week, thats going to leave you broke and bald with Young Thug dreadlocks.

 

[Marco Andretti]

nikka I free formed .. I ain't get my shyt retested but 3 times . I started in 2012(1st) .. my last time was 2014(3rd) ..

So all that everyday shyt ain't needed..

Just don't qashcyabshyt every week .. when u feel ya need to wash it .. have her do it ..

I just tugged it out til they locked then I washed it .

It ain't take long tho ..

But my shyt swangin and dangin good (pause) with minimal help from the people at the shop

 

[Prince Mongo]

You can retwist dreads yourself, you definitely shouldn't be paying 200 for a retwist EVER. You shouldn't be getting them retwisted once a week because you hair will fall out. Get another loctician because she's scamming you. I ain't had dreads since 2010, but my retwists were never more than 80 from a licensed loctician. It should only take about 2-3 months for your hair to lock up, and in that time period you should probably only get retwisted 2 or 3 times

 

[Amy Traphouse]

I had locs for over a year now.

That whole thing about coming every week is a money grab. Interlocking you shyt, especially this early, will probably cause holes in your locs so you wanne watch that. All that shyt she's doing isn't gonna make your hair loc up any faster.

Having dreads is a patience thing, you can't rush it. Instead of going every week, just palm roll your dreads yourself. If you feel one coming loose just roll it between your palms a few times and keep moving.

I have a bunch of videos by my loc stylist who's really informative on the process I can drop for you.

 

[Freedman]

When I started my dreads I got em retwisted every 3 weeks till they locked and just dealt with the "ugly" stage in between.

 

[Eastside Get The Money]

Cuz you gettin finessed "Come every week I got you"

I started about 6 months ago so I'll give you some game for the starter journey. First, $50 is a good price, you should never pay over $60 imo. Keep the durag on at night during the first month.

For me, I got my first retwist 2 months after I first twist. Your hair isn't going to look good anyway, so you might as well save bread and just let it grow out. My hair grows fast (needed a cut every week and a half when I had a ceasar), so after that first retwisted they were already falling.

After they fall I would retwisted every month or so to keep it neat. They should also give you a god wash included. I didn't wash my hair at all before my dreads really loc'd so that would be my monthly wash. After you get some hangtime you can palm roll your own to keep them neat.

Just a young man's advice, good luck on the journey, it will teach you patience

Edit: Also, getting twisted every week is terrible for locking process. People forget that half of your locs are the hair that naturally falls out and gets stuck in the dread. Having someone do your hair every week is knocking a lot of hair out that you need.

 

[CinnaSlim]

Baby locs are supposed to get frizzy and swell thata how they "lock".

Every week is a lot. And unnecessary unless you trynna keep your shyt "neat". And even then too much twisting is gonna damage your locs. Does she interlock? Or palm roll?

Im from the school of less is more. Palm roll and aloe vera gel or shea butter.

 

[606onit]

Mods, merge this http://www.thecoli.com/threads/dread-heads-please-assemble.90789/

 

[KingBeez]

Ya I have freeform dreads and I got them by using a towel on my head, but there's dread sponges out there that do the trick and they're only $10-15. You outchea getting finessed fam sorry