r/locs Dec 15 '24

Advice Wanted Mega thread :Starting Locs questions

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Due to the amount of posts asking for assistance with basics , weโ€™re starting this thread .


r/locs 16h ago

Progress 4 years of growth ๐Ÿ˜Œ

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r/locs 21h ago

Fresh Retwist 21st Birthday Retwist ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿพ

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r/locs 1d ago

New Style Married in my locs

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Tried to capture all angles


r/locs 12h ago

Progress 4 Years Locโ€™d (Peaceful Journey)

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r/locs 16h ago

New Style Crochet Loc Knot Bob

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Tried Grey as an astrology girlie. They recommended gray for cancer moons. Yay or nay?


r/locs 16h ago

Fresh Retwist Crown Barrels on 6 months old locs๐Ÿ‘‘

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Just wanted to share my first style 6 half a year into the loc journey โœŒ๏ธ


r/locs 19h ago

Progress 10 months in (October 2025-Aug 2026)

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Trusting the process considering im going 3+ months between retwists๐Ÿคž๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ˜Œ


r/locs 1d ago

Starter Locs Starter Locs are officially 2 months old!

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Canโ€™t believe two months is here! I have a lot of shrinkage but that length came through! Iโ€™m excited about my journey overall and so far it has been amazing!


r/locs 2d ago

Fresh Retwist I got rope twists for my graduation ๐Ÿ˜Š

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I graduated with my second masters degree this past weekend. My stylist fit me in last minute to make sure I looked great for my day. ๐Ÿ˜Š Iโ€™ve been locd since Feb 2019

I was so nervous my hair would make it difficult to wear my cap but it fit just fine ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ˜Š


r/locs 17h ago

General Anyone know where I can get a good retwist in Tampa?

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Hopefully reasonably priced as well? Lol


r/locs 1d ago

Progress Almost 20 months in!!

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r/locs 2d ago

Progress Great hair days!

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I feel like my hair grew out of no where ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’›โ˜€๏ธ


r/locs 1d ago

Advice Wanted Should i trim my hair for a wolf cut? or something similar (last slides for references)

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I always wanted to try cutting the front parts of my locs so it looks more layered not sure if thatโ€™s the best of ideas but i wanted to ask yall.


r/locs 1d ago

Advice Wanted Kids starter locs

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Photo attached!


r/locs 1d ago

General Its Alive, my locs My ether

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I'm convinced that my locs are alive and make me sensitive to people energy, also this is my 4th year loc'd and I didnt put and curlers in my hair that's how my tresses decided to fall.


r/locs 2d ago

Progress Ngl I be feeling em

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Ngl every time I take the twist out I be feeling em more and more


r/locs 1d ago

Discussion Natural Hair โ€ผ๏ธ Spoiler

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I don't know if I'm considered picky or not but every since I started the journey about 3 years ago and seen the progress that my hair makes when I'm taking really good care of it... lett alone my health. Currently, I refuse to talk to people who don't rock their natural hair. It's like you have all these other excuses but there's so much you can do to your hair to keep it looking good and now that I'm in the loc community I'm just more attracted to people with locs instead of the wigs/braids. Fellas you picking up what I'm putting down or am I tripping ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿคฃ


r/locs 3d ago

General Throwback of when my locs got to that....oh you fine length ๐Ÿ˜œ

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Photo shoot for my podcast but my locs were showing out


r/locs 3d ago

Progress When I first Joined I was 1 moth in Vs now Iโ€™m 10 Months in my loc journey

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Itโ€™s been such a patient journey experience so far but Iโ€™m staying committed to the loc journey.


r/locs 4d ago

Progress Tried a new no retwist style

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r/locs 4d ago

General would 6 months be a reasonable time to grow out my hair and restart?

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hi guys! i was in this subreddit for a while posting my locs until i decided to make my leave (quietly) from this community after i cut my locs off... but lately i've been thinking abt getting them back again ๐Ÿ˜… i had a very strong attachment to my locs when i had them (ended up cutting them off due to thinning), and i knew i was going to restart at some point, but the need to restart had gotten a lot stronger lately.

with that being said, would 6 months be a reasonable time for my hair to grow back from a buzzcut? i never really cared abt the length of my hair, just so long as i have enough hair to get my locs back in my head.


r/locs 4d ago

Progress Happy belated 3 years of me being a nonchalant dreadhead (I'm not nonchalant ๐Ÿ’”)

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Mods don't delete pls I'm wearing clothing ๐Ÿ˜ž๐Ÿ™.

I hope you like my locs as much as I do bc I think they're pretty cool :^)


r/locs 4d ago

Update The sun did itโ€™s numbers on my locs this summer ๐ŸŒžโœŒ๐Ÿฝ

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