r/Dreadlocks 17h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ After 7 years itโ€™s gone

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350 Upvotes

It was timeโ€ฆ I appreciate all the good vibes really.


r/Dreadlocks 16h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Hey Iโ€™m new here

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289 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks 16h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ a fresh set i guess? 5 year journey out of a bad bleach job

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96 Upvotes

it was covid, it was a bad break up, it was boxed bleach. excuses aside, shit had me out here looking like lil Durk PLSSS. ๐Ÿซฉ๐Ÿซฉ

but ive been letting it grown and cutting out the bleach. whatever, as long as its healthy. letโ€™s just stick w brown for a while๐Ÿ˜‡ fresh wash.


r/Dreadlocks 13h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Itโ€™s been a pleasure

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35 Upvotes

Nearly 10 years


r/Dreadlocks 10m ago

Question โ” Do I cut them off?

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Are these dreads ๐Ÿ”ฅ or ๐Ÿ’ฉ...I'm having second thoughts about them


r/Dreadlocks 1h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Just saying hello

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r/Dreadlocks 11h ago

Question โ” Do I need a need a retwist?

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Itโ€™s been about 2 years since I started my locs. After the first year, I neglected my hair care due to personal issues, leading to problems like thinning locs from too much retwisting, not sleeping with a bonnet every night and lack of moisture. Since the start of year 2, I improved my routine by reducing dye and retwisting, since my locticianโ€™s interlocking worsened the thinning. Iโ€™ve been retwisting myself and recently just did my second retwist two weeks ago. However, the loose hair around my locs has frizzed a lot, and the hair that I crocheted into the thinner locs keeps falling out. Should I go ahead and retwist it again or just wait another two weeks?


r/Dreadlocks 6h ago

Question โ” Iโ€™m tempted to restart

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I really want them lil jeff locs. First time I tried starting with twist outs. It ainโ€™t work yโ€™all know why?


r/Dreadlocks 14h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Hello I'm new here

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Hi, Iโ€™m Grey. Iโ€™m 34 years old, and I enjoy writing about various topics. Iโ€™m involved in music and also create a comic. Iโ€™ve had locs since I was 19 or 20, and Iโ€™ve gone through three cycles of themโ€”this is my third. Nice to meet you all!


r/Dreadlocks 16h ago

Question โ” Is my hair texture good for dreads

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And if so whatโ€™s the best way to start I want them medium thickness, Iโ€™ve been wanting dreads for a while now and Iโ€™m still pretty new to dreads.

That being said i dont know what texture it good for dreads, i come from Dominican/ African decent, i know i have curly hair and it gets to an Afro but Iโ€™m growing it out and wanna try something different, please help and bless you all.๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฝ๐ŸŒด๐ŸŒด


r/Dreadlocks 5h ago

Question โ” Are my locs ok?

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Hi people, i'm on this locs journey for 4/5 months now and i want to know if my locs have any problems. I made all locs by hand (no separation/reparts) and I'm retwisting frequently.

My major doubt is: its ok to not have locs that are thin on the root? I see most of the locs on the internet and none of them look like mine, so I'm wondering.

I will apreciate if you guys have any tips. Salve from Brazil ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท


r/Dreadlocks 11h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Sept will be 8 years since I started

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11 Upvotes

Theyre not perfect but they've been with me through it all ๐Ÿ’œ loving this journey and looking forward to many more years. I love wash day ๐Ÿค— and so do they!!


r/Dreadlocks 15m ago

Question โ” How do I stop headwear coming off every night?

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Last night i put on 3 skull caps, a durag tied tight and a bonnet i still came to all of it off my head in the morning!?

Before you say use a satin pillowcase, I do but because i got a retwist im tryna lay my hair down so its not so stiff. So like genuinely what do i do??


r/Dreadlocks 1d ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Starting my Second set soon!

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921 Upvotes

I had these for 5 years! Super excited to start fresh now that my hair has grown back to shoulder length.


r/Dreadlocks 11h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ 2 years with Freeform dreads

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6 Upvotes

r/Dreadlocks 10h ago

Discussion ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Hair ties

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6 Upvotes

Where do you keep your extra large hair ties you know the smaller ones fit around my wrist but what do I do with the big ones? Any ideas?


r/Dreadlocks 2h ago

Question โ” Ponytail

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r/Dreadlocks 20h ago

Question โ” Can your parting affect the way your locs fall around your face

22 Upvotes

I got locs but i started with semi-freeforms using a twist king and got a retwist. So i have freeparts with a middle part, whenever i get 2 strands or a fresh retwist i feel like my face looks weird because of the places my hair drops. i have around 88 locs ish


r/Dreadlocks 7h ago

Question โ” WHY ARE MY LOCS SO UGLY?

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No matter what I do...i look like a bum. A bum! So much dandruff. It snows hard! It's so fuzzy and long. Why?? I can't cut it off still. It's all I have. It's all I have by god. What's wrong with my locs?


r/Dreadlocks 8h ago

Question โ” I got crochet dreadlocks professionally done. I have kinda big sections and skinny locs. About 70 total. Will my skinny locs expand in size?

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They told me that they'll get thick after I wash them. Is that true? I just dont see how that's gonna happen. I'm gonna wash them tomorrow, but if it looks like they'll never expand then I'll just cut my loses and shave my head.


r/Dreadlocks 17h ago

Question โ” How long to leave barrels in?

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I have 5 1/2 month old starter locs and have had them in for a week so far. My scalp hurts a bit and I think I have some tiny bumps but not too itchy


r/Dreadlocks 1d ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ Coming up on 3 years locd this December.

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58 Upvotes

This is my Last appreciation post before I restart most likely with better thicker foundation. I attempted to do micro braidlocs on myself ๐Ÿ˜…


r/Dreadlocks 10h ago

Selfie ๐Ÿ“ธ r\hairloss

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Iโ€™ve been in the habit of putting my locs up in a messy bun , and one day I notice hair loss in the center . Am I too far gone for recovery ?


r/Dreadlocks 8h ago

Question โ” Am I freeforming right

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I two stranded my hair left it in for 3 in a half weeks, washed and took them out and they started to turn back into a normal fro(they were coiled at the root of the two strand)is this normal or do I get them re done?


r/Dreadlocks 8h ago

Question โ” Loc smithing on budded starter locs?

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