Locs Unraveling

How long since you've been on your loc journey?

When I started locs... I retwisted them once a month and my loctian used to pull out strands from time to time and twisted it into the loc to help it to matt. She did that for the first three months.

Where abouts are you?

I am in the early stages. Some parts have started to loc up which is good I started in September of last yr. And to make a long story short the first attempts didn't go so well...so now I have the one stranded twists and they are working good with the exception of my the edges, sides and the hair to closest to my neck. So I thinking the first week in March should work. I got them retwisted the first week in jan. But I just dont know what to do for the sides and the other areas to keep them in tack with out them coming un done.

I was loc'd for about 5 years and now I'm a loose natural...my only bit of advice for you is to do what you feel your locs need.

Since most of us have different textures all over our heads, some areas are going to unravel while other areas don't. For the areas that do begin to unravel, spritz the area with water and twist them as needed (not tightly) with castor oil and secure with one of those duckbill clips until they are dry. Eventually once your hair starts locing naturally closer to the root, you won't have this problem.

I started my hubby's locs and he has difficult to loc hair - that mango and lime did NOTHING! I ended up mixing my own product for his hair that contained honey. That helped with the unraveling. Now that his locs are longer I do his touch ups with the latch hook method (interlocking) - this works a lot better for both of us. No clips, no dryer, and they last longer before retouching.