I’m a consultant and hair loss specialist. I see so many women with this issue. My analysis is that it starts with how the locs are created. I know sisterlocks pride themselves on the size, however not everyone can have 450 Locs! When you create locs on a very small foundation it will not be able to sustain the locs for the life of the journey! The reason is because as your hair grows the weight of the new growth and the shed hair that never leaves our head is putting weight on the follicles! When the establishment is made too small the hair will break overtime! So that’s why in my consultation I tell my clients that my goal is healthy locs! I don’t focus on count! They will have a head full of healthy locs that are established based on their hair characteristics. Another thing, when your locs are made on a tiny base and you wait too long to get a retie, your hair will be hanging by 3 strands of Hair. So if a client has very tiny locs it is best to come in on time (4-6 weeks). I believe the hair loss prevention starts with how the locs are created. When I tell my clients I’m going to make the part a little bigger, I’m not talking about the loc. I’m talking about the base of the loc. They will have sisterlocks standard yet healthy locs that are built to last!
I like this and would love to dialogue with you. I have a few questions. It is important for us to consider this information. Also we must all realize everyone's hair is different and so we must all study our hair just like we do our bodily health. No one size fits all. But for sure the BRAND should be taking this seriously as a cause to vary and diversify what they are training their locricians..and if you are getting s reti that often it WILL be hazardous if they are too tight and being done too fast. For some, in general that frequent of reti is too much if their hair doesn't tangle as much as say someone with thinner hair. Let's talk please. 678-438-6442
I already know I’ll be doing my reties myself. The whole reason I went natural in the first place is because I hated getting my hair done. In 10 years being natural I’ve gotten my hair professionally done 4-5 times, and they’re always SO rough. No one is as gentle on my head as I am.
Thank you so much for this sis! I've been sister locked since 2008 and loved them from the moment they were installed. Sadly, I am starting to consider cutting them off due to significant hair loss. I was one of the unfortunate sisters who went to a new loctician after the gifted woman who started my locs retired. I settled for being called "tender headed" when I told her the reti was hurting and thought it was a blessing that she could do a reti in half the time than in the past. Little did I know that this was starting an issue I went to her until I moved two years ago and found someone to tell me the truth about the state of my locs (they had holes in them!!!!). We've started the show journey back to health, but I don't think the hair is growing back. My 14 year old locs look like they were just installed after a reti. That's how much space is between them. I want to keep my locs, but my hair is getting thinner and thinner. Add damage to hormonal hair issues (I'm 45), and I've lost hope. My last attempt is to visit a trichologist OF COLOR who is also a cosmetologist. If she can't fix it, I'll have to resort to a big chop and wearing someone else's hair. Ladies... speak up about your hair! Retis should not hurt and faster isn't always better!!! If your loctician isn't promoting healthy hair... run. Once it's gone, it may not come back. This is a big send esteem issue for me, so keep me in your prayers.
Hello. I am so sorry that you are going through this. I have suffered from significant hair loss from wearing braids and weaves which triggered a type of hair loss that mainly black women get called CCCA. (There is no proven cause of CCCA, but my dermatologist is a black woman, and she asked me specifically about my wearing braids and weaves even with frequent rests and changing of styles and not wearing them too tight. She seems to think there is a link.) CCCA needs to be treated medically, although using OTC minoxidil and ketoconazole shampoos can help, in addition to stopping all styles that add weight to the hair. It is an inflammatory disease, and the inflammation needs to be stopped for your hair to stop falling out, and for there to be a chance for it to grow back. A lot of dermatologists, even black doctors, are not familiar with it. I had mine confirmed with a biopsy, but it also presents with a distinct hair loss pattern, which is essentially the first appearance of hair loss being in the middle band of the head, and sort of the top, although not a circle at the crown. A lot of black women only think of their edges, or the temples, and experience hair loss in the middle, but think that is normal, just a part of aging. But CCCA can be treated if you catch it in time. And you need to be willing to take and use topical and perhaps oral medications. I tried to heal myself with oils for a long time, and just lost more and more hair. I say to all black women, research the various types of hair loss, and go to a dermatologist, preferably someone of color or who is educated about hair loss and black women. A trichologist will help you with the health of your scalp but they cannot diagnose an illness or prescribe medication. I say this as someone who would definitely be completely bald if I had not gotten a medical intervention. I just want us all to have alternatives and information about what can really stop hair loss and help hair regrowth beyond OTC remedies. CCCA is a serious condition, and treatments should be covered by insurance. I encourage everyone experiencing hair loss to go to a derm, and come with questions and suggestions about what the issue could be, and what all your treatment options are. There is medical help out there.
Our hair grows the best when it's in it's natural state meaning (the fro) and has little to no manipulation. It's grows tremendously. With having locs it's better to keep your hair in this (some people call it nappy or grown out state as much as possible that way the new growth is able to support the weight of the no matter how big or small). When your hair is consistently being retightened on a 4 to 6 week basis it is tooooo much, and then the interlocking process of retightening does not allow the hair to revert back to it's natural nappy state like retwisting does. So your scalp doesn't get any relief until you get some new growth. That's basically what it is I have locs as well but much the same way people with large locs or regular sized locs thin at the root because of too much retwisting or manipulation, the same applies for sister locs. I have regular sized locs I only retwist 3 times a year which is every 4 months. I don't think any sisterloctician is going to tell you to come to them less often because it's a conflict of interest for them.
I had Sisterlocks since 2007. I have been maintaining my locs since 2007. I Combined my locks. I don’t manipulate my hairline much. No tension. No color. Minimal Styling and no hair loss ever! I can tighten as needed! Hate the grid look! Thank you for teaching the masses! Your locs are beautiful!
I’m a cosmetologist and it’s called , Traction Alopecia. Traction Alopecia means it’s self inflicted. Too much tension in areas too often that we caused ourselves or how much tension is put on the perimeter area is very damaging. Traction Alopecia is not hereditary it’s how we treat the areas. If this is happening too often it will destroy your hairline and destroy your hair follicles, which sometimes pushes your hairline back too far.
@@hoyadoin654 Well, look at that area closely and if that area is smooth and looks shiny, then that means that the hair follicles are closed, but if it is not smooth and shiny and there are hair follicles (dots) there, then the hair follicles are alive. If this is the case, treat that area carefully, do not wear tight hairstyles like tight braids, tight pony tails, tight head bands, wigs, weaves, extensions, scarves & etc. in other words, make sure that area breathes. Example: If anything that doesn’t get enough air, dies, and that’s what happens to hair follicles too, if it doesn’t have enough air. Let your scalp breathe. Keep away from hair gels, hair holds but moisturized and use a carrier oil and stimulating oil that are mixed together and massage that area of the scalp 3-4 times a week. Be careful not to use too much because a little goes a long ways. Hope this helps.
I believe many of these consultants are just trained to install the sisterlocks, but not care for the follicles. The retightenings are demanded too often... every 4 weeks is not necessary. I feel these people just want money and don't give a damn how tight they do the reties. Hence why I do it myself now.
I agree with you I believe they just want our money they're not into educating us on how to take care of a locks we need the realness of the loctician so teaches how to take care of a hair
Yeah I’m lucky to have a loctician that is open to loosening the reties, In fact she even caught early that a section of my hair wait being retied too tight so I asked her to skip a rotation in the front and no discomfort at all thank goodness
When I saw my loctician in the grocery store wearing a wig to cover her own baldness I was glad I was no longer her client, but the damage was already done to my crown. I also used the length of my locs to create a style that covered my crown. Later I cut the length to create 2 hairpieces to cover balding areas that continued to develop on each side of my head. Now I'm trying to figure out a way to make a topper with my cut locs that I can easily put on and take off to recapture the freedom I used to enjoy.
I know that there’s a sisterlock training but if someone is at risk of losing hair or thinning hair, they should consider a loctician who is also cosmetologist that specializes in hair care... not just hair wear. Your videos are so informative, you will blessed for it! 💙✌🏽
I absolutely loved my locks, but had to discontinue due to thinning in the top of my hair. I has taken about 5 years for the thinning/balding areas to somewhat recover. I am a senior who faces natural thinning anyway. I agree with you I think the mistake I made was too often re- tightening AND not speaking up to my Locktician to instruct her not to do too tight. Ladies follow Tunisia's advice DO NOT RE-TIGHTEN TOO OFTEN, FOLLOW YOUR GUT!
I am also a senior, 63! 21 year sisterlocks resulted in traction alopecia. Couldn't see the top or side of my head and when my son noted it the technician saw nothing wrong after retightening my hair for 5 years. I cut them 11/2018. In recovery!
@@karenweaver5151 Most Sisterlock locticians are not professionals. To receive a Sisterlocks certification, one only needs 36 hours of study, most of that is online learning. So locticians have no earthly idea on how to care for anyone's hair. All they know how to do is make the locs they have been taught and how to figure up their prices.
I'm just 9 months in and lost 2 locs the last time I re - tightened (myself) I think those locs were two small and should have been combined. I've saved the locs and will reattach just one lock when the hair grows back. I actually feel lucky to have had this experience so early on because it's taught me to pay more attention to my hair. I now have a number of hair care meausures: - I massage my scalp with oils everyday - I have made my own essential oil blend (inspired by Tunisia) - I eat a lot of avocados and eggs - I take biotin, MSM, folic acid - I spray my hair everyday with rose water with a dash of peppermint oil to stimulate hair growth - I'm trying to stretch out my retightenings from 5 weeks ( as advised by my loctician )to 7 or 8. Wish me luck 😊
@@MuddasLove23 I no longer bother with timings at all now . I monitor my regrowth and just tighten locks when I can feel the growth but I never retighten all the way down to the scalp. I notice that the locks don't all grow at the same rate so this seems to work. I have also started a few new locks on my crown and nape. The longer I'm wearing my hair this way the less I think anyone needs to retie every 5 weeks. I think Tunisia is spot on when she says 'learn your hair.
I started off with 420 Sisterlocks and noticed that they were too tiny … I combined 68 locks now having 352 locks and my hair is so much thicker and my edges are much more fuller with no slippage
Nothing but truth here. “No one is going to care about your hair more than you.” I’m starting over after severe hair loss caused by a combination of excessive tightening and thyroid disease. I’m taking care of my own micro locks because I care about my hair more than anyone else and I’m not going through that emotional trauma of loss again. That you, Lady Tunisia. This video message is so valuable.
I remember when my loctitian would do my hair I could hear my hair popping from the tool she used as she did the rotations i wasn't told what kind of oils to use my loctician moved so the challenge for me was learning how to retighten and trying to find the right tool to use for my hair my hair is very fine and gray the sisterlocks are small my crown was thinning with that problem me trying to retighten with a tool to large for the rotation cause a lot of my sisterlocks to break off in my hand sometimes especially at the crown of my head . Thanks to Tunisia Ali I found her Miracle Grow oil and Miracle grow shampoo. My hair is growing back and I found the right tool to do my hair so I do a little at a time it takes me a week to retighten my hair but it's ok .
Thank you so much for this information. I'm experiencing severe thinning of locks on the crown of my head. My loctician does speed through to get it done, usually within 2 hours. But there is a lot of yanking, and soreness going on. I chucked it up to being tender headed. After listening to this, I'm pretty sure I'm going to stay retightening my own hair. Thanks again for enlightening me.
Thanks for your video - I have had sister locks for 10 years and I have been experiencing some thinness at the edges particularly after getting hair color two years ago. And I agree I'm not sure if it is the hair color per se - but I think the combination of the chemicals from the hair color, aggressive scrubbing to get the color rinsed out and then retightenings really took a toll. I agree that going longer between retightenings particularly if you have mature locs makes a difference and not getting tight up dos. Sisterlocks is advertised as allowing endless styling options - but that's not really true. Constantly styling and coloring will make your hair fall out the same as it would with a relaxer - maybe worse.
Sisterlocs has never been advertised to be able to do constant hair coloring! Any hair style will start to become damaged if you constant color your hair especially if bleach is used.
Tension is the main culprit to hair loss. My sisters and I picked my sisterlocs out a few months after I got them. Why? Too much money and too much tension on my hair. That was almost 16 years ago. Then I got traditional locs, medium size. However, when I started using too much product and getting interlocked by a loctian, my hair strands broke. So I combed out 5 years worth of locs. Took a year to miss them. Relocked again, made all the same mistakes. Cut hair to a nub. Now I'm back to locs again and this time around, I'm completely doing everything myself. No product. Wetting hair frequently for moisture. No tight retwists, because like you, I don't want to see my scalp! If my hair feels dry, I press a little glycerin into the strands. I've been all over with this hair. I just want them healthy, full and beautiful. Less is more is a real thing I'm finding.
I wish I found you 8 years ago...I went from a head full of locks for 10 years and I kept asking my tech why was my hair thinning in the top and so tender to the touch, I was told it was it was my imagination. I asked her to cut them shoulder length, with hesitation I did...I got fed up and went to see a dermatologist and was given a biopsy of the scalp and was diagnosed with CCA. I now have a wide permanent bald spot streak through the middle of my head. I miss having hair. I tried rocking a balled head but I got tired. Loosing my hair has really messed up my self esteem.
I've recently started to question the long-term sustainability of locs, locs of all types. Most long-term locers I've seen eventually thin out or even bald. I've had locs multiple times. I am a serial loc wearer, though I've never started over due to these issues. However, given my own observations and analysis, I don't think I'm going to keep this set for much longer (going on four years). Instead, I plan to refocus on loose natural haircare. Sadly, I believe a lot of women turn to locs out of frustration or avoidance, as well as the desire to have long hair. I'd rather have thick mid-lengrh hair than long, sparse crazy looking locs!
Great comment. It does affect MOST loc wearers because of the constant re-twisting or interlocking done overtime. Personally, I have never seen a free-former or semi-free former whose locs have thinned out. But I have seen the reverse of those who twisted their hair constantly, and then combined locs to become semi-form. That is why I chose to start my own locs with medium sized two strand twist and I WILL NOT retwist my hair but only separate the roots whenever I shampoo. My roots are nice thick and healthy so far. I just decided from the start of my journey, that I will probably only retwist 2x's per year or once every 6 months. My goal is healthy head of hair first and not length. But I love sisterlocs and even had them installed back in 2008. I took them down after the first retightening session. I just realized I prefer thicker locs and the non-scalpy look.
The key is to keep the locs light and bouncy by not using products--no creams, no waxes, no heavy oils. Water only...rosewater, aloe vera juice. No tight or frequent retwistings. No frequent or tight ponytails and updos. Also I think some let their hair get too long. May have to keep them at a certain length.
@Ni Ha good info. and appreciated. Fortunately, none of these risk factors apply to me. Like I said, my current locs and all my previous locs have fared well; my hair grows fast, my hairline is intact, and I don't introduce a lot of drama/trauma on my hair. But most locs I've seen that are over 10 years in process are thinning, hairline fading, loc bases weakened. Not to say this will happen to everyone, but I've seen it enough to realize that perhaps locs should be done in cycles in order to preserve the integrity of the hair and scalp over time, or that lots of people must be doing something wrong with their locs that is causing baldness, thinning and weakening. I'm not sure how long I'll keep mine, but I am definitely on alert about this issue!
Your hair is absolutely gorgeous! I’ve been doing locs for 28 years. I was sitting on mine! I decided to cut them completely off because I wanted something different. When I saw your I started all over again!
My only caution as a SL wearer for 10 years, is that when menopause hits, and crown thinning begins, a dermatologist will be able to tell you what is going on as you shared in the video. Sometimes it is not traction alopecia, but clearly follicles changing in the crown area. Personally, I keep my hair cut in layers even though it's still long, I am just cautious about the weight of he hair. But I definitely recommend not waiting too long between retightening because the locks will break (that's another issue).
I have regular locs. I had to learn to retwist my own locs. When I was going to a loctition I would literally have a headache for two weeks after a retwist . I knew if I continue to keep going I end up bald.
Tapping when you speak.. my mum used to do that when she was making an important point. She has passed away now but that made me smile. Beautiful locs by the way.
ANSWERS to why locks are falling out, or hair at the scalp is thinning, or spaces are getting wider: Very simple 1) TWISTING: The twisting or retighten of the hair at the scalp. I haven’t seen many people with locks ( of any kind of locks) who don’t have thinning. 2) FREQUENCY: the frequency of twisting and re-tying the hair, 3) FRICTION: the friction of the tool pushing through and then pulling back through the hair POPS the hair WITHIN each lock not just around each lock. If it was AROUND each lock, then the lock wouldn’t fall out, 4) DRYNESS: To my knowledge sister locks can not have much product so therefore the hair is dry which is a big No No when adding friction like pushing and pulling that tool through at the root every 6-8 weeks. 5) DIET: Poor diet such as Sugar and excessive fatty food causes inflammation in The body which can cause lack of blood circulating to the scalp and balding/hair falling out. 6) HEAVINESS/LENGTH: As the hair grows the weight of the hair on each already THINED lock strand is excessive. It’s not the same as having loose long hair. We want long hair but if your hair is fine and low density then you SHOULD keep your locks shorter to prevent excessive weight on each square grid. Keep them cut to just past shoulder length to decrease weight and heaviness pulling on the scalp. The LONGER the lock, the heavier it is. 7) REATTACHING: I don’t recommend Reattaching fallen locks to broken strands as it is only adding more weight and tension on the scalp. I work in healthcare with people who have a had strokes. When that arm is weak or paralyzed it ultimately becomes a heavy like a weight to the shoulder and pulls on muscles/tendons/ligaments resulting in a space called subluxation. This is what happens to each lock as it grows and pulls. 8) LENGTH: once again the longer the hair being pulled through at the retighten appointment the more friction on the scalp hair. For instance, if you are pulling 6 inches of hair through there is less friction than pulling 20 or 30 inches of hair through that tiny space and the more chance of hairs popping at the root. So keep your hair cut to just below shoulder length. Try these suggestions and I pray that you all have healing and new growth.
@tunisiaali your locks and those of your beautiful daughter look beautiful! I have adult locks for over 20 years but, hormonal changes, a full hysterectomy are causing my dreads to thin around the frontline and sides. I only use plant-based hair products ( homemade) and lead a mainly vegetarian lifestyle nutritionally. I treat my dreads with love, I grew them from natural shoulder length and formed them by myself without visiting a hairdresser. (Bad experience the first time and then, never again.) You are absolutely right about the seriousness of deciding whether to chop-or-not-to-chop.
Thank you for the information!! I’ve been natural for the last 4years. I’m thinking about getting Sisterlock... You are the only person I see that is spreading the truth.. all I see is some RUclipsrs talk about the grids. I am looking for the rite person to do my hair the rite way! honesty and not all about the money...
Sisterlocks are very hard on my edges. I had to take the front row down just to relieve the stress. For me, styles cause stress too and I don’t wear tight styles. You definitely have to baby your locks!
Thank you for this. I always enjoy your videos. They informative and helpful. All the reason I DIY my hair. I haven’t had a hair dresser in 10 years because they said I had alopecia when all they did was damage my thick 4C hair. I have a head full of beautiful hair now and no one is allowed to touch but me. I used nothing special. I appreciate you so much!
As we get older a healthy head of hair can still be healthy but it changes and thin even if it’s still thick to the eye it is still going to get thinner. In my crown I made my Locs a little bigger for the preparation of 20 years from now. Also, stylist get comfortable sometimes over so much time and don’t do their best work anymore because they are getting burned out. Alopecia has existed for years but now that is the new excuse that a lot of stylist are using due to lack of knowledge, experience, or laziness. My daughter is 4 she has micro Locs she lost a loc well I cut it out . That loc got weak because I didn’t oil her hair as I normally did she has 4c hair the loss was my fault for not keeping her routine. I know her texture needs more oils than mine. Plus I waited 5 weeks instead of her 4 week retie so there was weaker areas than normal, again my fault. We have to know what out hair needs.
I love your points and WILL DEFINTELY share them on the channel. Thank you sooooo much. I forgot about the age thing and keeping that in mind as your forecast your loc needs. And you are so right every person's needs vary. Love you for the share!!!! 😍
I started my sista locs since 2010. The journey was ok until recent. A lot of these locticians rush through your hair. Combines my locs. They are more concerned w making money. I have experienced some thinning. However I’m going to start retightening my own air. I’m also considering twisting the roots instead of using the loc instrument. Fortunately I m going to revitalize my own hair
Great Video my Sister I am so with team Locticians who are just straight up in the beginning with the facts that one needs to know. I have clients who come from near and far to have loc repair or locs installed I am saddened when I meet a client who invested in their hair for the longevity of locs and then experience hair breakage when some should have been told from the start that microlocs wasn't achievable for them. I do very thorough consultations so I can best assist what the client needs. I am not for the everything is for everybody because it's not so . Please please do great homework when you want locs as a Loctician for over 30yrs I try to educate as much as possible on Haircare. Keep educating my Sista🙌🏾
I have struggled with my locks with alopecia Aretha my hair was falling out with patches . My scalp was always itching . I went to dermatologist slight change. I came up with my own growth hair loss spray . Cloves , greentea ,hibicus, rosemary.
Hi Tunisia ~ Thanks for the discussion and information. My locks are 8 years old. The best hair decision to lock my hair.. My problem areas are temples, center top and crown. The locks are growing out thin, and eventually they break. I keep the ones I find. Recently, I lost a long joined lock from the top. The remaining section of lock is about 4 inches. The loctician said that it looked like it was cut. Really? I tried many products to kick start the hair growth in those areas. I saw a female dermatologist who strongly recommended I cut my locks. She stated my alopecia was because of the weight of the locks. My locks are retightened every 6-7 weeks. Over the last 8 years, I've had 4 locticians. Based on my experience, hair loss and the Sisterlocks process or loctician methods is a tender subject. Peace and Blessings to All.
I just went to my 2nd retightening and it was painful. I do not recall being told to loosen or separate my locs once I wash them. This was my first time using so much sisterlock shampoo which obviously changes my hair texture. Also at this time I was told to come back every five weeks because my hair grow fast. I also wash my hair every 2 1/2 weeks because of how dirty it gets. After watching your video, I now wonder if I am going to often and handling my hair to much. I know I am ready to put a light oil on my scalp but was told not to. I understand why I should not and I am trying to be patient. At the same I do not like looking a hot mess nor do I want to loose locs. I thank you and appreciate you for you knowledge!!
Yes. After you wash your hair, separate each lock at the root because they will "marry." Also what your consultant may be calling new growth may be slippage from washing your hair.
Im doing research of getting sister/Micro locks. I found a local shop that does locs in my area. I went on IG and noticed many of their clients had a lot of open spaces in the crown area. It looked like it was the first stages of balding. That grid was on point but it looked tight. I found another one where all of her clients had long healthy looking locs but she hasn’t responded. I will keep looking. Thank you for doing this video Sis.
Some loctician say they don’t know anything about the medical part of hair loss not taking accountability about the traction alopecia. As a client we need this healthy maintenance but locticians should inform client that this can occur during this journey.
RUclips personality Knotted Locs --she is entirely focused on this discussion. It's definitely important that this is widely addressed before I get sisterlocks installed!
Yesssssssssssss #MelissaBlake #knottedlocs #microlocs #interlocs #braidlocs #babylocs #diylocs and I am not a fan of the scalped chicken plucked chicken look of #sisterlocks so I rock #microlocs
I had them for seven years. They looked great until the balding started...it literally started at the crown. When it was retied, I always felt they were too tight in that area and sure enough, after 7 years, they literally just fell out starting at the crown from traction. You are right...there should be made aware of red flags. My hair grew to my shoulders for the first time, but what a price to pay!
I’m so sorry for those sisters who lost their locks! 😢 Thanks for sharing your Loc pics! 🙏🏽👍🏽 Thanks Lady Tunisa for sharing this video! 👍🏽🙌🏽You enlightened me on this very important topic. I did my micro locks myself 6 weeks ago and I def will not retight to the scalp. Your video info here has really opened my eyes and it’s The GOD Truth! I’ll be leaving out at least 1 or 2 more rotations in order to be gentle to my scalp so I can have long, lustrous and beautiful locks forever! Let’s all make sure to do this and be gentle and kind to our scalp and Locs. Thanks again for sharing Queen. 🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽
So happy to see this video. I'm being told every 4 weeks because my hair is very soft and when I was going every 6 weeks a lot of my locs will unravel. Now that I go every 4 weeks I'm a bit nervous. I started with very fine thin hair. The whole point of me getting sister locs was to keep my hair. I'm noticing how tight my roots are. I'm definitely going to have a conversation with my loctician
Great topic. I have had my sister locks for 11 yrs, I have experienced thinning in the top of my head, and yes I was getting my hair retight every 6 weeks like clockwork, per loctician recommend. I have not lost locks, but I do see noticeable thinning. I am going to start my own retighting , how many weeks do you allow for your reti's? I really need to so something different. I have even considered cutting my locks shorter hoping that may help, what is your take on that? I am like you I do not care to see Grid/parts I just want to keep my locks healthy. Any information is appreciated. Thanks
Thank you for this dialogue. Since watching your channel I have gained new insights and made some changes in my hair care. I have seen great growth over the last 16 weeks.
Thank you for this video! I've had my sisterlocks for almost 2 months now, and I'll be going in for my 2nd retie in a couple weeks. My first retie experience was horrible. I had a consistent headache for 3 days afterwards, and I had to take ibuprofen regularly during those 3 days. I could still feel the pain even after taking the ibuprofen. The crazy thing is that I talked to my loctician right before she retightened my locs about how I had experienced some pain and tension bumps after the establishment. I could tell she was being more careful during the retie, but I will not put myself through 3 days of a constant headache everytime I get my hair retightened. I'm going to talk to her again, but I may have to start retightening my own locs.
I am two months microlocd. I had someone retighten my hair to establish the twist as locs. She did too tightly that i even had wounds. Now i chose to retighten my hair. Though it has taken me a number of days
Henna is great and applies lots of protein, so that can be a risk if you don't add enough moisture. It's a no, no to put any haircolor with henna, it can take out all of your hair with no locks.
I have been doing my daughter and my own SL retie for the past 6 years. Honestly, we go 8-12 weeks between reties. It’s a fine line of when to have it done for us. Also, I have been working on not making it so tight but giving the grid look that my daughter likes. For myself I have layered my hair some to prevent the heaviness I feel. I have not seen traction alopecia to date on my children and myself yet. I’ll be looking more into it to see how it could effect out locs.
Thank you for making this video and sharing your experience and corrective actions taken to curb and prevent hair loss. I've had my sisterlocks for nearly 3 years and now dealing with thinning and breaking locks (reties are 7 week intervals). I'm at a loss as to why my locks are thinning in the middle and breaking off about 4 inches of hair. It's very disturbing and I'm concerned that I'll need to start my hair journey over. I can say that the reties I've sat for are extremely fast and my scalp is always sore for a couple of days.
First, thank you for this video. I've had my sisterlocks for 7 years. Slowly but surely my locs have thinned in the front and my grid is no longer there. The rest of my hair is full and thick. It definitely is a hard conversation to have with your loctician, especially if you've been with them since establishment. It's as if you don't want to ruin the relationship, even after bringing to their attention. At this point I'm wondering if I switch to a new consultant will I be able to recover or if the damage is permanent. I'm glad I came across this video because I now feel as though I need to try looking for another consultant to save my hair because I don't think I can do the reties myself. Anyway, thank you.🙏🏽♥️
Very well stated. My sentiments exactly. Woke up and realized I have to have this discussion with my loctitian asap as I have to take tylenol after every retightening It is so tight. Thanks for the information.
I appreciate you. What you are doing here, is what Dr Cornwell should be doing. I am disappointed in her in that she created & fought for a successful brand, yet it seems she has abandoned us. She doesn't openly & transparently speak on the issues as you do. The feel I get from her & her web site is if you are having problems (other than medical), then its because you're not using her products, or not frequenting a certified SL loctician who is registered onto her site. Not to mention I hear of complaint after complain that the products are often not readily available! Thank you for the tip that more than 6 reties per year is too much.
My loctician told me that I shouldn't wait more than 6 weeks to get my hair tightened. I've had my locs for over a year and to me I feel like the time frame is extreme. I got the hairstyle because I thought it would alleviate the need to always be in the salon and now I feel like I'm there more. I'm going to talk to her about the frequency and also about retightening my own hair. This sisterlocks lifestyle is getting ridiculous.
If you wait too long in between re-ties it can lead to other issues like slippage, bunching and breakage. You can lose entire locks that way. But you dont have to believe me...
Unfortunately all the people I have come in contact with that have sisterlocs around the 5yr mark usually have hair loss and receding hair lines.. locs gain weight as they gain length because there is no shedding due to the hair being loc.. having a small base,heavy locs and overmanipulation/tightening tends to cause stress on the hair and leads to hair loss..
I have been on my journey for 9 years and have very dense hair. I would like advise to transitioning from sister locks into a gentler hair braiding process. Tired of my scalp swelling 2-3 days after interlocking and the pain. You hut the nail on the head when they want to finish quickly they move faster and it usually impacts the front part of your hair because they start at the back. Thank you for addressing this matter.
Talk about informative. Thank you to everyone for all of your comments. I am inspired by your honesty and suggestions. Nothing but love on this thread, I want us all to thrive on our journey. Many blessings.
Thank you Sis! We all appreciate you. We're just trying to uncover what could be the cause of something that we could all potentially end up having to wade through. Lord knows we have invested enough $$$ .
Thanks for sharing your observation. I have noticed in some of the videos that the hair is waaaaay too tight, I think this is done so the retightening could last longer before another session is needed. I feel the same way you do- too often and too tight.
I used to two strand twist my locs rather than twist up to the scalp. No such thing as parts when I wore locs. Just got tired of them flopping into my food or artwork even when putting it up. Now I have to rethink them because of white hair.
It’s going on 4 years for me and I think I have lost maybe 5 locs within that time. I took over my retightening about 2years ago and I definitely go way over 6-8 weeks. My scalp feels good but my family has a history of thinning hair. From the way it looks now my hair is doing really well so I will keep up what I’m doing (fingers crossed.) I also took the sisterlocks coarse and realized i was not for me after a couple of months of training. Please keep up the good work of spreading much needed knowledge on sister locks. It can help a lot of people.
Thanks for your informative videos and an important topic hair loss on sisterlocks. I also think other factors include major stress that show up in the locks and many black women lead stressful lives. Some women have fine hair and lighten their sisterlocks which can cause the hair to fall out. Some also use moisturizing shampoos and products which unravel the locks and cause thinness over time. And then some sister lock consultants may not use the right tools for certain hair types but those that make the retie process quicker. Some women do not braid and band when the hair is already weak from coloring. Others braid their hair at night and make the braids tight.
u are totally right....I did mines myself... and I try not to do my hair too tight . I have fizzy hair I treat my locks just like my natural hair... shampoo ,oils, essential oils.,steam etc
You're right, a lot of times it's the tool that pulls your hair each time you get tightened. And each Heritage snaps has to start from scratch to grow, so if you get it too often it makes a thin area. Hair grows 1/2 inch remind normally. Some faster some slower.
Crystal, is absolutely right, I am not a Loctican but I'm an observer, I've noticed many sisters experiencing hair loss from the weight of the hair on the follicles, braids, twists and others. I love the pride but not the hair loss.
I'm 18 months into my Sister loc journey. My hair is fine at this time. But sometimes I think we as black women forget how delicate our hair is. I was having conversations with my nieces who have the traditional locs but they are not even 6 months in their journey and already they are styling their hair and I was like you are not supposed to be styling your hair yet at least until a year end but their Locticians are telling them otherwise.
I have traditional locs; going on 16 mths and there is no way I'm ready to style my hair. Maybe nx year, maybe not. I do not like putting stress on my hair!
As a stylist of over 25 years. I haven’t heard many give the details of LOCKED HAIR IS STILL HAIR and every texture needs something different. Locked or not.
Not all of them, and just because they retight your hair fast doesn't mean it's being done correctly. It's all ABOUT getting as many customers done asap for financial gain. If your 400 plus Sisterlocks are retighted in three hours you are not getting a complete 4 point rotation. Trust me. Be mindful of the process..
I am a NYC/MD Licensed Cosmetologist and Natural Hairstylist. I had to go through various training for Natural Hair Care and Loctition Certification. Therefore, yes. Some of us are trained
Hi Tunisia. I love your videos! I learn so much from your videos. I have a portion of my hair that is thinning and I am sure it is the frequency and the tightness of reties. I am in Georgia and desperate to figure out how to care for my microlocs. I want to purchase your hair growth oil and would like to consider changing my patterns. I would love to do my hair but I have limited time, but you make good points. I am so frustrated and my scalp has been sore and tender for over 8 weeks. I need to drink water and stop going to my loctitian.
Preach 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 hunny I’m not locked up yet and this advice is spot on OMG Love love love your videos No one will care for my hair like I do ❤️❤️🧡🧡💛💛💚💚💙💙💜💜🤍🤍🤎🤎
Everyone need to know their scalp condition and I believe that some scalps can take more stress than others. If you have a sensitive scalp and you know it, then locks might not be the best choice for longterm. Your locks are beautiful! You look like you natrually have a lot of hair, but I just imagine a person with thick hair and a sensitive scalp how locks might affect them.
What a shame, my Sister - Sister locks started falling out. Her hair is like the lady you showed from long to short. I remember she was told don't moisturize...I thought that was strange but that's the regimen. No nourishment, no moisture. Lots of things...just like hair dresser, I don't think many know what they're doing. We have to manage our own hair, there is no easy way. It is terrible the whole hair care industry.
That balding pattern you show at the start of your video was and is my balding pattern and it’s hard to come back from. I’ve been told female patter baldness and traction Alopecia and I believe one could spur on the other. Just maintain your locs and watch how tight and how much weight your locs put on your root follicles.
I got my Sister Locs installed in 2007 I cut them off in 2013. I had lost 50% of my hair density. I'm pretty sure my hair thinned because of overtightening. It took 8 years of wearing my hair natural for me to get my thick, curly hair back. Beside not constantly having tension on my scalp, I changed to a mostly whole food, plant based diet. Everything got healthier, including my hair.
I absolutely agree! I noticed that I didn’t have enough new growth after 6 weeks so I moved my schedule to an 8 week schedule. One thing I have noticed is the mid-section of my scalp is more shallow then the rest of my hair. That being said I wasn’t for sure if it was me applying pressure to my hair in that area due to styling, diet or the need to start adding a oil. I’ve been locd for almost 3 years now so that might be something to consider. I also noticed my front right side is beginning to thin but I believe it’s due to the change in my sleeping cap. When I used the satin cap that requires me to tie a knot to keep it placed I started to see a change to my edges. Normally I wear a loose bonnet that doesn’t add pressure to my hairline. This is definitely a good topic for decision. Hope some of the things I listed help someone and can be discussed further.
I love your videos I have sister locks and I do my own reties I do save my locks I have not tried to reattach them however I know why I have lost a few locks I’ve been lazy so I’m trying to get back on a schedule thanks for your advice
I am experiencing a lot of thinning with my sisterlocks. I can see more scalp than hair in the middle and sides of my head. I’m embarrassed by it and I feel like it’s about time to cut it all off and growing my hair back. That would be a waste if a lot of money already spent. But I wouldn’t be embarrassed by the empty spaces on my scalp.
Thank you for this video. Im just about 2 years in. I started requesting my consultant to leave a rotation loose and NOT to retie to the scalp. My hair is naturally fine and thin. I will be ordering your oil soon.
I find it surprising that the type of hair products typically used for Sisterlocks (SL) didn’t come up in this conversation. The SL products were awful on MY hair. I had never had a dandruff until I started using their products and I used all of them for about a year to be sure. I understand if the products worked for others, they just didn’t work for me. I’ve also seen people suggest Suave as an alternative to SL products and I find it surprising that people would use such a cheap poor quality shampoo on a hairstyle that cost well over $1000 a year to maintain. I think people want to justify using an inexpensive shampoo because reties are expensive but this suggestion just doesn’t make sense. When you buy a Benz, you use premium gas in the car. There is a huge economic investment in this hair style so where’s the logic outside of (cost and sulfates) for using Suave? There are other lifestyle issues with SL that I’ve noticed that could also be contributing to this hair loss, some of which were mentioned in the comments such as retightening too tight and/or too frequently, as well as your dietary lifestyle, hair texture, density, and thickness. I’ve also noticed people surrender their whole head to a consultant and become uninvolved in the maintenance of their hair.
Maybe women who have adult dreads like me should be advsied to chop off completely otherwise, to shorten (very short to lighten the load) and restart every 18 years or less?
I'm late to this video, but I wish i saw it prior to starting this journey. My head is half done but the pain I was experiencing and seeing this video and thinking about it, I don't think I want to continue with the lochs.
I agree with every thing you are saying mrs Ali and I hair is exceeding back and the top of my crown is thinning. I don't know what it is that's causing it. I look forward to seeing another video on this topic very soon. Thank you for this one
I have had my sisterlocs about 10 years and loved them...still do but started to see thinning on the crown of my head about 3 years ago. So I started to combine them for a wider base which seemed to help at first. I went to retighting now about 3 times per year. I have had some loss due to age, as well I suppose on the crown....at this point I believe that I will have to cut them out to save what is left of my hair. I think the other main problem is I have the fastest loctition in town too. (and locking the hair too tightly down to the scalp). I used to think that was a good thing, her being fast, but what you are saying makes sense. I did my research prior to loc installation but wish there had been a video like this 10 years ago. My plan now is to let the hair grow out and cut it off for what I hope will be a becoming afro...
Thank you so much for this information and for all your followers comments because I am experiencing hair loss at the top of my Sisterlocs 6 months after getting them. 2 1/2 years later Im still bald at the top but potential for growth is there. I've decided also to start doing my own reties.
Thank you for the video. I am almost 2 years in and suddenly I have been experiencing my locks breaking off and my hair shedding daily. I was told to moisturize more but not to put anything too heavy on my locs. I love my locs but its heartbreaking to see my hair just start to break so much. I am going to see a dermatologist to make sure that I don't have scalp issues and go from there. I just don't know what to do
Thank you soooo much for this tutorial. I have not gotten my sister licks yet. Been looking to see if there is an advantage to getting this done. I am older so I needed to hear this.
Ooh Honey! I got the tea on something really you'll want to know if you are in the research phase. Please stay close to the channel over the next few months and keep your notifications on. I appreciate you for shouting out!
I’m a consultant and hair loss specialist. I see so many women with this issue. My analysis is that it starts with how the locs are created. I know sisterlocks pride themselves on the size, however not everyone can have 450 Locs! When you create locs on a very small foundation it will not be able to sustain the locs for the life of the journey! The reason is because as your hair grows the weight of the new growth and the shed hair that never leaves our head is putting weight on the follicles! When the establishment is made too small the hair will break overtime! So that’s why in my consultation I tell my clients that my goal is healthy locs! I don’t focus on count! They will have a head full of healthy locs that are established based on their hair characteristics. Another thing, when your locs are made on a tiny base and you wait too long to get a retie, your hair will be hanging by 3 strands of
Hair. So if a client has very tiny locs it is best to come in on time (4-6 weeks). I believe the hair loss prevention starts with how the locs are created. When I tell my clients I’m going to make the part a little bigger, I’m not talking about the loc. I’m talking about the base of the loc. They will have sisterlocks standard yet healthy locs that are built to last!
I like this and would love to dialogue with you. I have a few questions. It is important for us to consider this information. Also we must all realize everyone's hair is different and so we must all study our hair just like we do our bodily health. No one size fits all. But for sure the BRAND should be taking this seriously as a cause to vary and diversify what they are training their locricians..and if you are getting s reti that often it WILL be hazardous if they are too tight and being done too fast. For some, in general that frequent of reti is too much if their hair doesn't tangle as much as say someone with thinner hair. Let's talk please. 678-438-6442
No one should have 450 locs😖🤣
Exactly Crystal ✊🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Where are you located? I’m very interested and live in the Atlanta area.
Where are you located? You have knowledge that will keep the strands on my head.💕
I already know I’ll be doing my reties myself. The whole reason I went natural in the first place is because I hated getting my hair done. In 10 years being natural I’ve gotten my hair professionally done 4-5 times, and they’re always SO rough. No one is as gentle on my head as I am.
Very very true. I've never had a stylist actually be gentle on my head or hair. It's ridiculous. I am in no way tenderheaded.
Exactly ‼️Same with me‼️ I feel the same way 💯
@@beehive2765 You are not alone. I started my lock journey to be more independent. Congratulations. And enjoy.
Thank you so much for this sis! I've been sister locked since 2008 and loved them from the moment they were installed. Sadly, I am starting to consider cutting them off due to significant hair loss.
I was one of the unfortunate sisters who went to a new loctician after the gifted woman who started my locs retired. I settled for being called "tender headed" when I told her the reti was hurting and thought it was a blessing that she could do a reti in half the time than in the past. Little did I know that this was starting an issue
I went to her until I moved two years ago and found someone to tell me the truth about the state of my locs (they had holes in them!!!!).
We've started the show journey back to health, but I don't think the hair is growing back. My 14 year old locs look like they were just installed after a reti. That's how much space is between them.
I want to keep my locs, but my hair is getting thinner and thinner. Add damage to hormonal hair issues (I'm 45), and I've lost hope.
My last attempt is to visit a trichologist OF COLOR who is also a cosmetologist. If she can't fix it, I'll have to resort to a big chop and wearing someone else's hair.
Ladies... speak up about your hair! Retis should not hurt and faster isn't always better!!! If your loctician isn't promoting healthy hair... run. Once it's gone, it may not come back.
This is a big send esteem issue for me, so keep me in your prayers.
OMG gosh ! This is mortifying. PLease contact me at 6784386442. Id like you to share more of this story. Text me and reference this conversation.
Hello. I am so sorry that you are going through this. I have suffered from significant hair loss from wearing braids and weaves which triggered a type of hair loss that mainly black women get called CCCA. (There is no proven cause of CCCA, but my dermatologist is a black woman, and she asked me specifically about my wearing braids and weaves even with frequent rests and changing of styles and not wearing them too tight. She seems to think there is a link.) CCCA needs to be treated medically, although using OTC minoxidil and ketoconazole shampoos can help, in addition to stopping all styles that add weight to the hair. It is an inflammatory disease, and the inflammation needs to be stopped for your hair to stop falling out, and for there to be a chance for it to grow back. A lot of dermatologists, even black doctors, are not familiar with it. I had mine confirmed with a biopsy, but it also presents with a distinct hair loss pattern, which is essentially the first appearance of hair loss being in the middle band of the head, and sort of the top, although not a circle at the crown. A lot of black women only think of their edges, or the temples, and experience hair loss in the middle, but think that is normal, just a part of aging. But CCCA can be treated if you catch it in time. And you need to be willing to take and use topical and perhaps oral medications. I tried to heal myself with oils for a long time, and just lost more and more hair. I say to all black women, research the various types of hair loss, and go to a dermatologist, preferably someone of color or who is educated about hair loss and black women. A trichologist will help you with the health of your scalp but they cannot diagnose an illness or prescribe medication. I say this as someone who would definitely be completely bald if I had not gotten a medical intervention. I just want us all to have alternatives and information about what can really stop hair loss and help hair regrowth beyond OTC remedies. CCCA is a serious condition, and treatments should be covered by insurance. I encourage everyone experiencing hair loss to go to a derm, and come with questions and suggestions about what the issue could be, and what all your treatment options are. There is medical help out there.
Hang in there Sis!! 🙏🏽
Our hair grows the best when it's in it's natural state meaning (the fro) and has little to no manipulation. It's grows tremendously. With having locs it's better to keep your hair in this (some people call it nappy or grown out state as much as possible that way the new growth is able to support the weight of the no matter how big or small). When your hair is consistently being retightened on a 4 to 6 week basis it is tooooo much, and then the interlocking process of retightening does not allow the hair to revert back to it's natural nappy state like retwisting does. So your scalp doesn't get any relief until you get some new growth. That's basically what it is I have locs as well but much the same way people with large locs or regular sized locs thin at the root because of too much retwisting or manipulation, the same applies for sister locs. I have regular sized locs I only retwist 3 times a year which is every 4 months. I don't think any sisterloctician is going to tell you to come to them less often because it's a conflict of interest for them.
I had Sisterlocks since 2007. I have been maintaining my locs since 2007. I Combined my locks. I don’t manipulate my hairline much. No tension. No color. Minimal Styling and no hair loss ever! I can tighten as needed! Hate the grid look! Thank you for teaching the masses! Your locs are beautiful!
I’m a cosmetologist and it’s called , Traction Alopecia. Traction Alopecia means it’s self inflicted. Too much tension in areas too often that we caused ourselves or how much tension is put on the perimeter area is very damaging. Traction Alopecia is not hereditary it’s how we treat the areas. If this is happening too often it will destroy your hairline and destroy your hair follicles, which sometimes pushes your hairline back too far.
What can I do to grow the hair back in that area?
@@hoyadoin654 Well, look at that area closely and if that area is smooth and looks shiny, then that means that the hair follicles are closed, but if it is not smooth and shiny and there are hair follicles (dots) there, then the hair follicles are alive. If this is the case, treat that area carefully, do not wear tight hairstyles like tight braids, tight pony tails, tight head bands, wigs, weaves, extensions, scarves & etc. in other words, make sure that area breathes. Example: If anything that doesn’t get enough air, dies, and that’s what happens to hair follicles too, if it doesn’t have enough air. Let your scalp breathe. Keep away from hair gels, hair holds but moisturized and use a carrier oil and stimulating oil that are mixed together and massage that area of the scalp 3-4 times a week. Be careful not to use too much because a little goes a long ways. Hope this helps.
@@hoyadoin654 Hope that you catch it early enough, stop wearing tight or heavy styles and putting tension on the area asap. Then see a dermatologist
I believe many of these consultants are just trained to install the sisterlocks, but not care for the follicles. The retightenings are demanded too often... every 4 weeks is not necessary. I feel these people just want money and don't give a damn how tight they do the reties. Hence why I do it myself now.
Did you do the class or follow a RUclips video?
I agree with you I believe they just want our money they're not into educating us on how to take care of a locks we need the realness of the loctician so teaches how to take care of a hair
I agree. I'm getting mine established in a few weeks. I already told her not tight. She agreed
Yeah I’m lucky to have a loctician that is open to loosening the reties, In fact she even caught early that a section of my hair wait being retied too tight so I asked her to skip a rotation in the front and no discomfort at all thank goodness
Just a quick little reminder, 90% of the locticians are not licensed cosmetologist
When I saw my loctician in the grocery store wearing a wig to cover her own baldness I was glad I was no longer her client, but the damage was already done to my crown. I also used the length of my locs to create a style that covered my crown. Later I cut the length to create 2 hairpieces to cover balding areas that continued to develop on each side of my head. Now I'm trying to figure out a way to make a topper with my cut locs that I can easily put on and take off to recapture the freedom I used to enjoy.
I'm not a fan of seeing my grid. I have started extending my hiar reties as well..
I know that there’s a sisterlock training but if someone is at risk of losing hair or thinning hair, they should consider a loctician who is also cosmetologist that specializes in hair care... not just hair wear. Your videos are so informative, you will blessed for it! 💙✌🏽
I absolutely loved my locks, but had to discontinue due to thinning in the top of my hair. I has taken about 5 years for the thinning/balding areas to somewhat recover. I am a senior who faces natural thinning anyway. I agree with you I think the mistake I made was too often re- tightening AND not speaking up to my Locktician to instruct her not to do too tight. Ladies follow Tunisia's advice DO NOT RE-TIGHTEN TOO OFTEN, FOLLOW YOUR GUT!
I am also a senior, 63! 21 year sisterlocks resulted in traction alopecia. Couldn't see the top or side of my head and when my son noted it the technician saw nothing wrong after retightening my hair for 5 years. I cut them 11/2018. In recovery!
@@karenweaver5151 Most Sisterlock locticians are not professionals. To receive a Sisterlocks certification, one only needs 36 hours of study, most of that is online learning. So locticians have no earthly idea on how to care for anyone's hair. All they know how to do is make the locs they have been taught and how to figure up their prices.
I'm just 9 months in and lost 2 locs the last time I re - tightened (myself) I think those locs were two small and should have been combined. I've saved the locs and will reattach just one lock when the hair grows back. I actually feel lucky to have had this experience so early on because it's taught me to pay more attention to my hair. I now have a number of hair care meausures:
- I massage my scalp with oils everyday
- I have made my own essential oil blend (inspired by Tunisia)
- I eat a lot of avocados and eggs
- I take biotin, MSM, folic acid
- I spray my hair everyday with rose water with a dash of peppermint oil to stimulate hair growth
- I'm trying to stretch out my retightenings from 5 weeks ( as advised by my loctician )to 7 or 8.
Wish me luck 😊
How has this stretch turned out....did you stick with it or did you go back to your traditional timing
@@MuddasLove23 I no longer bother with timings at all now . I monitor my regrowth and just tighten locks when I can feel the growth but I never retighten all the way down to the scalp. I notice that the locks don't all grow at the same rate so this seems to work. I have also started a few new locks on my crown and nape. The longer I'm wearing my hair this way the less I think anyone needs to retie every 5 weeks. I think Tunisia is spot on when she says 'learn your hair.
I started off with 420 Sisterlocks and noticed that they were too tiny … I combined 68 locks now having 352 locks and my hair is so much thicker and my edges are much more fuller with no slippage
Nothing but truth here. “No one is going to care about your hair more than you.” I’m starting over after severe hair loss caused by a combination of excessive tightening and thyroid disease. I’m taking care of my own micro locks because I care about my hair more than anyone else and I’m not going through that emotional trauma of loss again. That you, Lady Tunisia. This video message is so valuable.
I remember when my loctitian would do my hair I could hear my hair popping from the tool she used as she did the rotations i wasn't told what kind of oils to use my loctician moved so the challenge for me was learning how to retighten and trying to find the right tool to use for my hair my hair is very fine and gray the sisterlocks are small my crown was thinning with that problem me trying to retighten with a tool to large for the rotation cause a lot of my sisterlocks to break off in my hand sometimes especially at the crown of my head . Thanks to
Tunisia Ali I found her Miracle Grow oil and Miracle grow shampoo. My hair is growing back and I found the right tool to do my hair so I do a little at a time it takes me a week to retighten my hair but it's ok .
Please share where to buy the tool?
Thank you so much for this information. I'm experiencing severe thinning of locks on the crown of my head. My loctician does speed through to get it done, usually within 2 hours. But there is a lot of yanking, and soreness going on. I chucked it up to being tender headed. After listening to this, I'm pretty sure I'm going to stay retightening my own hair.
Thanks again for enlightening me.
I had the same pain after retighten, loss my edges and crown. I am recovery currently.
Thanks for your video - I have had sister locks for 10 years and I have been experiencing some thinness at the edges particularly after getting hair color two years ago. And I agree I'm not sure if it is the hair color per se - but I think the combination of the chemicals from the hair color, aggressive scrubbing to get the color rinsed out and then retightenings really took a toll. I agree that going longer between retightenings particularly if you have mature locs makes a difference and not getting tight up dos. Sisterlocks is advertised as allowing endless styling options - but that's not really true. Constantly styling and coloring will make your hair fall out the same as it would with a relaxer - maybe worse.
Sisterlocs has never been advertised to be able to do constant hair coloring! Any hair style will start to become damaged if you constant color your hair especially if bleach is used.
Thank this has help me because I am going to get sister locls
Oh my goodness, I'm thinking this is the answer to my hair drama of no growth, it seems I would be inheriting more problems.
Tension is the main culprit to hair loss. My sisters and I picked my sisterlocs out a few months after I got them. Why? Too much money and too much tension on my hair. That was almost 16 years ago. Then I got traditional locs, medium size. However, when I started using too much product and getting interlocked by a loctian, my hair strands broke. So I combed out 5 years worth of locs. Took a year to miss them. Relocked again, made all the same mistakes. Cut hair to a nub. Now I'm back to locs again and this time around, I'm completely doing everything myself. No product. Wetting hair frequently for moisture. No tight retwists, because like you, I don't want to see my scalp! If my hair feels dry, I press a little glycerin into the strands. I've been all over with this hair. I just want them healthy, full and beautiful. Less is more is a real thing I'm finding.
I wish I found you 8 years ago...I went from a head full of locks for 10 years and I kept asking my tech why was my hair thinning in the top and so tender to the touch, I was told it was it was my imagination. I asked her to cut them shoulder length, with hesitation I did...I got fed up and went to see a dermatologist and was given a biopsy of the scalp and was diagnosed with CCA. I now have a wide permanent bald spot streak through the middle of my head. I miss having hair. I tried rocking a balled head but I got tired. Loosing my hair has really messed up my self esteem.
Sigh! Wow. That is traumatic. Im so sorry. I know that had to be devastating.
So sorry 😞 to hear that what is CCA?
I don’t want my locks very long. I get my locks done next month and plan to keep them at shoulder length and do not want them too tight.
Same!
Thank you so much! I haven’t experienced any hair loss, but I am taking everything you’ve said into consideration!
I've recently started to question the long-term sustainability of locs, locs of all types. Most long-term locers I've seen eventually thin out or even bald. I've had locs multiple times. I am a serial loc wearer, though I've never started over due to these issues. However, given my own observations and analysis, I don't think I'm going to keep this set for much longer (going on four years). Instead, I plan to refocus on loose natural haircare. Sadly, I believe a lot of women turn to locs out of frustration or avoidance, as well as the desire to have long hair. I'd rather have thick mid-lengrh hair than long, sparse crazy looking locs!
Great comment. It does affect MOST loc wearers because of the constant re-twisting or interlocking done overtime. Personally, I have never seen a free-former or semi-free former whose locs have thinned out. But I have seen the reverse of those who twisted their hair constantly, and then combined locs to become semi-form. That is why I chose to start my own locs with medium sized two strand twist and I WILL NOT retwist my hair but only separate the roots whenever I shampoo. My roots are nice thick and healthy so far. I just decided from the start of my journey, that I will probably only retwist 2x's per year or once every 6 months. My goal is healthy head of hair first and not length. But I love sisterlocs and even had them installed back in 2008. I took them down after the first retightening session. I just realized I prefer thicker locs and the non-scalpy look.
The key is to keep the locs light and bouncy by not using products--no creams, no waxes, no heavy oils. Water only...rosewater, aloe vera juice. No tight or frequent retwistings. No frequent or tight ponytails and updos. Also I think some let their hair get too long. May have to keep them at a certain length.
@Ni Ha good info. and appreciated. Fortunately, none of these risk factors apply to me. Like I said, my current locs and all my previous locs have fared well; my hair grows fast, my hairline is intact, and I don't introduce a lot of drama/trauma on my hair. But most locs I've seen that are over 10 years in process are thinning, hairline fading, loc bases weakened. Not to say this will happen to everyone, but I've seen it enough to realize that perhaps locs should be done in cycles in order to preserve the integrity of the hair and scalp over time, or that lots of people must be doing something wrong with their locs that is causing baldness, thinning and weakening. I'm not sure how long I'll keep mine, but I am definitely on alert about this issue!
@@oneprayingmama1680 exactly I totally agree
@Ni Ha EXACTLY
Your hair is absolutely gorgeous! I’ve been doing locs for 28 years. I was sitting on mine! I decided to cut them completely off because I wanted something different. When I saw your I started all over again!
My only caution as a SL wearer for 10 years, is that when menopause hits, and crown thinning begins, a dermatologist will be able to tell you what is going on as you shared in the video. Sometimes it is not traction alopecia, but clearly follicles changing in the crown area. Personally, I keep my hair cut in layers even though it's still long, I am just cautious about the weight of he hair. But I definitely recommend not waiting too long between retightening because the locks will break (that's another issue).
I have regular locs. I had to learn to retwist my own locs. When I was going to a loctition I would literally have a headache for two weeks after a retwist . I knew if I continue to keep going I end up bald.
Tapping when you speak.. my mum used to do that when she was making an important point. She has passed away now but that made me smile. Beautiful locs by the way.
ANSWERS to why locks are falling out, or hair at the scalp is thinning, or spaces are getting wider: Very simple 1) TWISTING: The twisting or retighten of the hair at the scalp. I haven’t seen many people with locks ( of any kind of locks) who don’t have thinning. 2) FREQUENCY: the frequency of twisting and re-tying the hair, 3) FRICTION: the friction of the tool pushing through and then pulling back through the hair POPS the hair WITHIN each lock not just around each lock. If it was AROUND each lock, then the lock wouldn’t fall out, 4) DRYNESS: To my knowledge sister locks can not have much product so therefore the hair is dry which is a big No No when adding friction like pushing and pulling that tool through at the root every 6-8 weeks. 5) DIET: Poor diet such as Sugar and excessive fatty food causes inflammation in The body which can cause lack of blood circulating to the scalp and balding/hair falling out. 6) HEAVINESS/LENGTH: As the hair grows the weight of the hair on each already THINED lock strand is excessive. It’s not the same as having loose long hair. We want long hair but if your hair is fine and low density then you SHOULD keep your locks shorter to prevent excessive weight on each square grid. Keep them cut to just past shoulder length to decrease weight and heaviness pulling on the scalp. The LONGER the lock, the heavier it is.
7) REATTACHING: I don’t recommend Reattaching fallen locks to broken strands as it is only adding more weight and tension on the scalp.
I work in healthcare with people who have a had strokes. When that arm is weak or paralyzed it ultimately becomes a heavy like a weight to the shoulder and pulls on muscles/tendons/ligaments resulting in a space called subluxation. This is what happens to each lock as it grows and pulls. 8) LENGTH: once again the longer the hair being pulled through at the retighten appointment the more friction on the scalp hair. For instance, if you are pulling 6 inches of hair through there is less friction than pulling 20 or 30 inches of hair through that tiny space and the more chance of hairs popping at the root. So keep your hair cut to just below shoulder length. Try these suggestions and I pray that you all have healing and new growth.
My carbon copy??? LOL! You speak truth.
@tunisiaali your locks and those of your beautiful daughter look beautiful! I have adult locks for over 20 years but, hormonal changes, a full hysterectomy are causing my dreads to thin around the frontline and sides. I only use plant-based hair products ( homemade) and lead a mainly vegetarian lifestyle nutritionally. I treat my dreads with love, I grew them from natural shoulder length and formed them by myself without visiting a hairdresser. (Bad experience the first time and then, never again.) You are absolutely right about the seriousness of deciding whether to chop-or-not-to-chop.
Thank you for the information!! I’ve been natural for the last 4years. I’m thinking about getting Sisterlock... You are the only person I see that is spreading the truth.. all I see is some RUclipsrs talk about the grids. I am looking for the rite person to do my hair the rite way! honesty and not all about the money...
Sisterlocks are very hard on my edges. I had to take the front row down just to relieve the stress. For me, styles cause stress too and I don’t wear tight styles. You definitely have to baby your locks!
If your locks are too tight, they are not being done correctly...
Thank you Tunisia for drawing attention to this issue.
Thank you for this. I always enjoy your videos. They informative and helpful. All the reason I DIY my hair. I haven’t had a hair dresser in 10 years because they said I had alopecia when all they did was damage my thick 4C hair. I have a head full of beautiful hair now and no one is allowed to touch but me. I used nothing special. I appreciate you so much!
Wow!! I love it. If you have ever had sisterlocks, please fill out that form at the top of the description box under the video (the arrow).
As we get older a healthy head of hair can still be healthy but it changes and thin even if it’s still thick to the eye it is still going to get thinner. In my crown I made my Locs a little bigger for the preparation of 20 years from now. Also, stylist get comfortable sometimes over so much time and don’t do their best work anymore because they are getting burned out. Alopecia has existed for years but now that is the new excuse that a lot of stylist are using due to lack of knowledge, experience, or laziness. My daughter is 4 she has micro Locs she lost a loc well I cut it out . That loc got weak because I didn’t oil her hair as I normally did she has 4c hair the loss was my fault for not keeping her routine. I know her texture needs more oils than mine. Plus I waited 5 weeks instead of her 4 week retie so there was weaker areas than normal, again my fault. We have to know what out hair needs.
I love your points and WILL DEFINTELY share them on the channel. Thank you sooooo much. I forgot about the age thing and keeping that in mind as your forecast your loc needs. And you are so right every person's needs vary. Love you for the share!!!! 😍
I started my sista locs since 2010. The journey was ok until recent. A lot of these locticians rush through your hair. Combines my locs. They are more concerned w making money. I have experienced some thinning. However I’m going to start retightening my own air. I’m also considering twisting the roots instead of using the loc instrument. Fortunately I m going to revitalize my own hair
Great Video my Sister I am so with team Locticians who are just straight up in the beginning with the facts that one needs to know. I have clients who come from near and far to have loc repair or locs installed I am saddened when I meet a client who invested in their hair for the longevity of locs and then experience hair breakage when some should have been told from the start that microlocs wasn't achievable for them. I do very thorough consultations so I can best assist what the client needs. I am not for the everything is for everybody because it's not so . Please please do great homework when you want locs as a Loctician for over 30yrs I try to educate as much as possible on Haircare. Keep educating my Sista🙌🏾
I would love to speak with you for the channel. Please shoot me a text. 678-438-6442. We need more locticians like you!
I have struggled with my locks with alopecia Aretha my hair was falling out with patches . My scalp was always itching . I went to dermatologist slight change. I came up with my own growth hair loss spray . Cloves , greentea ,hibicus, rosemary.
My name is Lucy and I'm liking your video, and what you are saying is a lesson for me.
Hi Tunisia ~ Thanks for the discussion and information. My locks are 8 years old. The best hair decision to lock my hair.. My problem areas are temples, center top and crown. The locks are growing out thin, and eventually they break. I keep the ones I find. Recently, I lost a long joined lock from the top. The remaining section of lock is about 4 inches. The loctician said that it looked like it was cut. Really?
I tried many products to kick start the hair growth in those areas.
I saw a female dermatologist who strongly recommended I cut my locks. She stated my alopecia was because of the weight of the locks.
My locks are retightened every 6-7 weeks. Over the last 8 years, I've had 4 locticians. Based on my experience, hair loss and the Sisterlocks process or loctician methods is a tender subject.
Peace and Blessings to All.
I just went to my 2nd retightening and it was painful. I do not recall being told to loosen or separate my locs once I wash them. This was my first time using so much sisterlock shampoo which obviously changes my hair texture. Also at this time I was told to come back every five weeks because my hair grow fast. I also wash my hair every 2 1/2 weeks because of how dirty it gets. After watching your video, I now wonder if I am going to often and handling my hair to much. I know I am ready to put a light oil on my scalp but was told not to. I understand why I should not and I am trying to be patient. At the same I do not like looking a hot mess nor do I want to loose locs.
I thank you and appreciate you for you knowledge!!
Yes. After you wash your hair, separate each lock at the root because they will "marry." Also what your consultant may be calling new growth may be slippage from washing your hair.
Im doing research of getting sister/Micro locks. I found a local shop that does locs in my area. I went on IG and noticed many of their clients had a lot of open spaces in the crown area. It looked like it was the first stages of balding. That grid was on point but it looked tight. I found another one where all of her clients had long healthy looking locs but she hasn’t responded. I will keep looking. Thank you for doing this video Sis.
Turn over every stone. you are on the right track. Wanda, have a look at my NEWBIES playlist.
@@TunisiaAli okay Sis I will. Thanks fir sharing 🥰
Some loctician say they don’t know anything about the medical part of hair loss not taking accountability about the traction alopecia.
As a client we need this healthy maintenance but locticians should inform client that this can occur during this journey.
RUclips personality Knotted Locs --she is entirely focused on this discussion. It's definitely important that this is widely addressed before I get sisterlocks installed!
Yesssssssssssss #MelissaBlake #knottedlocs #microlocs #interlocs #braidlocs #babylocs #diylocs and I am not a fan of the scalped chicken plucked chicken look of #sisterlocks so I rock #microlocs
I had them for seven years. They looked great until the balding started...it literally started at the crown. When it was retied, I always felt they were too tight in that area and sure enough, after 7 years, they literally just fell out starting at the crown from traction. You are right...there should be made aware of red flags. My hair grew to my shoulders for the first time, but what a price to pay!
I always tell my loctitian not to rety the top of my hair all the way to the scalp
I’m so sorry for those sisters who lost their locks! 😢 Thanks for sharing your Loc pics! 🙏🏽👍🏽 Thanks Lady Tunisa for sharing this video! 👍🏽🙌🏽You enlightened me on this very important topic. I did my micro locks myself 6 weeks ago and I def will not retight to the scalp. Your video info here has really opened my eyes and it’s The GOD Truth! I’ll be leaving out at least 1 or 2 more rotations in order to be gentle to my scalp so I can have long, lustrous and beautiful locks forever! Let’s all make sure to do this and be gentle and kind to our scalp and Locs. Thanks again for sharing Queen. 🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽
Thanks for initiating this dialogue that's very much needed!
You are in Atlanta! Awesomeness. I've heard several loctitions say don't use oils when it's a new establishment. My hair breaks when it's dry
So happy to see this video. I'm being told every 4 weeks because my hair is very soft and when I was going every 6 weeks a lot of my locs will unravel. Now that I go every 4 weeks I'm a bit nervous. I started with very fine thin hair. The whole point of me getting sister locs was to keep my hair. I'm noticing how tight my roots are. I'm definitely going to have a conversation with my loctician
Great topic. I have had my sister locks for 11 yrs, I have experienced thinning in the top of my head, and yes I was getting my hair retight every 6 weeks like clockwork, per loctician recommend. I have not lost locks, but I do see noticeable thinning. I am going to start my own retighting , how many weeks do you allow for your reti's? I really need to so something different. I have even considered cutting my locks shorter hoping that may help, what is your take on that? I am like you I do not care to see Grid/parts I just want to keep my locks healthy. Any information is appreciated. Thanks
Thank you for this dialogue. Since watching your channel I have gained new insights and made some changes in my hair care. I have seen great growth over the last 16 weeks.
Thank you for this video! I've had my sisterlocks for almost 2 months now, and I'll be going in for my 2nd retie in a couple weeks. My first retie experience was horrible. I had a consistent headache for 3 days afterwards, and I had to take ibuprofen regularly during those 3 days. I could still feel the pain even after taking the ibuprofen. The crazy thing is that I talked to my loctician right before she retightened my locs about how I had experienced some pain and tension bumps after the establishment. I could tell she was being more careful during the retie, but I will not put myself through 3 days of a constant headache everytime I get my hair retightened. I'm going to talk to her again, but I may have to start retightening my own locs.
Yup! Even the ones that try still don't realize how heavy handed they are and what it feels like to be in that chair!!
The tension will eventually cause thinning... then break over time
I am two months microlocd. I had someone retighten my hair to establish the twist as locs. She did too tightly that i even had wounds. Now i chose to retighten my hair. Though it has taken me a number of days
Ibuprofen is not for headaches. Try some acetaminophen next time
Henna is great and applies lots of protein, so that can be a risk if you don't add enough moisture. It's a no, no to put any haircolor with henna, it can take out all of your hair with no locks.
It did just that! LOL!
I have been doing my daughter and my own SL retie for the past 6 years. Honestly, we go 8-12 weeks between reties. It’s a fine line of when to have it done for us. Also, I have been working on not making it so tight but giving the grid look that my daughter likes. For myself I have layered my hair some to prevent the heaviness I feel. I have not seen traction alopecia to date on my children and myself yet. I’ll be looking more into it to see how it could effect out locs.
Thank you for making this video and sharing your experience and corrective actions taken to curb and prevent hair loss. I've had my sisterlocks for nearly 3 years and now dealing with thinning and breaking locks (reties are 7 week intervals). I'm at a loss as to why my locks are thinning in the middle and breaking off about 4 inches of hair. It's very disturbing and I'm concerned that I'll need to start my hair journey over. I can say that the reties I've sat for are extremely fast and my scalp is always sore for a couple of days.
This is the reason why I do my own maintenance!!!!!
First, thank you for this video. I've had my sisterlocks for 7 years. Slowly but surely my locs have thinned in the front and my grid is no longer there. The rest of my hair is full and thick. It definitely is a hard conversation to have with your loctician, especially if you've been with them since establishment. It's as if you don't want to ruin the relationship, even after bringing to their attention. At this point I'm wondering if I switch to a new consultant will I be able to recover or if the damage is permanent. I'm glad I came across this video because I now feel as though I need to try looking for another consultant to save my hair because I don't think I can do the reties myself. Anyway, thank you.🙏🏽♥️
Very well stated. My sentiments exactly. Woke up and realized I have to have this discussion with my loctitian asap as I have to take tylenol after every retightening It is so tight. Thanks for the information.
Great information!! I'm about have them installed in 2 weeks and this is so informative! Thank you!
I appreciate you. What you are doing here, is what Dr Cornwell should be doing. I am disappointed in her in that she created & fought for a successful brand, yet it seems she has abandoned us. She doesn't openly & transparently speak on the issues as you do. The feel I get from her & her web site is if you are having problems (other than medical), then its because you're not using her products, or not frequenting a certified SL loctician who is registered onto her site. Not to mention I hear of complaint after complain that the products are often not readily available! Thank you for the tip that more than 6 reties per year is too much.
Thank you Sis for your feedback!! I really appreciate it. Abandonment is a great word!
My loctician told me that I shouldn't wait more than 6 weeks to get my hair tightened. I've had my locs for over a year and to me I feel like the time frame is extreme. I got the hairstyle because I thought it would alleviate the need to always be in the salon and now I feel like I'm there more. I'm going to talk to her about the frequency and also about retightening my own hair. This sisterlocks lifestyle is getting ridiculous.
She just wants your money. I believe there are courses on how to retighten your own locs.
If you wait too long in between re-ties it can lead to other issues like slippage, bunching and breakage. You can lose entire locks that way. But you dont have to believe me...
You are beautiful and have some of the most beautiful locks I've seen. I have seen what you're talking about amongst lock wears from time to time.
Straight to the point with no sugar! That’s how I like it… SUBSCRIBED!!
Unfortunately all the people I have come in contact with that have sisterlocs around the 5yr mark usually have hair loss and receding hair lines.. locs gain weight as they gain length because there is no shedding due to the hair being loc.. having a small base,heavy locs and overmanipulation/tightening tends to cause stress on the hair and leads to hair loss..
I have been on my journey for 9 years and have very dense hair. I would like advise to transitioning from sister locks into a gentler hair braiding process. Tired of my scalp swelling 2-3 days after interlocking and the pain. You hut the nail on the head when they want to finish quickly they move faster and it usually impacts the front part of your hair because they start at the back. Thank you for addressing this matter.
Ahwww...wow. that sounds so painful. Gosh!!! That's not cool to be in that kind of pain. I wish you could find a kinder, gentler loctician.
Talk about informative. Thank you to everyone for all of your comments. I am inspired by your honesty and suggestions. Nothing but love on this thread, I want us all to thrive on our journey. Many blessings.
Thank you Sis! We all appreciate you. We're just trying to uncover what could be the cause of something that we could all potentially end up having to wade through. Lord knows we have invested enough $$$ .
Thanks for sharing your observation. I have noticed in some of the videos that the hair is waaaaay too tight, I think this is done so the retightening could last longer before another session is needed. I feel the same way you do- too often and too tight.
I used to two strand twist my locs rather than twist up to the scalp. No such thing as parts when I wore locs. Just got tired of them flopping into my food or artwork even when putting it up. Now I have to rethink them because of white hair.
It’s going on 4 years for me and I think I have lost maybe 5 locs within that time. I took over my retightening about 2years ago and I definitely go way over 6-8 weeks. My scalp feels good but my family has a history of thinning hair. From the way it looks now my hair is doing really well so I will keep up what I’m doing (fingers crossed.) I also took the sisterlocks coarse and realized i was not for me after a couple of months of training.
Please keep up the good work of spreading much needed knowledge on sister locks. It can help a lot of people.
Thanks for your informative videos and an important topic hair loss on sisterlocks. I also think other factors include major stress that show up in the locks and many black women lead stressful lives. Some women have fine hair and lighten their sisterlocks which can cause the hair to fall out. Some also use moisturizing shampoos and products which unravel the locks and cause thinness over time. And then some sister lock consultants may not use the right tools for certain hair types but those that make the retie process quicker. Some women do not braid and band when the hair is already weak from coloring. Others braid their hair at night and make the braids tight.
u are totally right....I did mines myself...
and I try not to do my hair too tight .
I have fizzy hair
I treat my locks just like my natural hair...
shampoo ,oils, essential oils.,steam etc
You're right, a lot of times it's the tool that pulls your hair each time you get tightened. And each Heritage snaps has to start from scratch to grow, so if you get it too often it makes a thin area. Hair grows 1/2 inch remind normally. Some faster some slower.
Crystal, is absolutely right, I am not a Loctican but I'm an observer, I've noticed many sisters experiencing hair loss from the weight of the hair on the follicles, braids, twists and others. I love the pride but not the hair loss.
I'm 18 months into my Sister loc journey. My hair is fine at this time. But sometimes I think we as black women forget how delicate our hair is. I was having conversations with my nieces who have the traditional locs but they are not even 6 months in their journey and already they are styling their hair and I was like you are not supposed to be styling your hair yet at least until a year end but their Locticians are telling them otherwise.
I have traditional locs; going on 16 mths and there is no way I'm ready to style my hair. Maybe nx year, maybe not. I do not like putting stress on my hair!
I know Locticians are trained to do locks but are they trained for hair care as well?
As a stylist of over 25 years. I haven’t heard many give the details of LOCKED HAIR IS STILL HAIR and every texture needs something different. Locked or not.
I think some are not imo. And some of us take their word over our hair and they havent been trained in true hair care outside of locs..imo
Not all of them, and just because they retight your hair fast doesn't mean it's being done correctly. It's all ABOUT getting as many customers done asap for financial gain. If your 400 plus Sisterlocks are retighted in three hours you are not getting a complete 4 point rotation. Trust me. Be mindful of the process..
I am a NYC/MD Licensed Cosmetologist and Natural Hairstylist. I had to go through various training for Natural Hair Care and Loctition Certification. Therefore, yes. Some of us are trained
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Hi Tunisia. I love your videos! I learn so much from your videos. I have a portion of my hair that is thinning and I am sure it is the frequency and the tightness of reties. I am in Georgia and desperate to figure out how to care for my microlocs. I want to purchase your hair growth oil and would like to consider changing my patterns. I would love to do my hair but I have limited time, but you make good points. I am so frustrated and my scalp has been sore and tender for over 8 weeks. I need to drink water and stop going to my loctitian.
That is awful . That kind of pain is going to DEFINITELY result in hair loss. Period. You need not wonder if, but WHEN? Consider an alternative plan..
Preach 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 hunny I’m not locked up yet and this advice is spot on OMG
Love love love your videos
No one will care for my hair like I do ❤️❤️🧡🧡💛💛💚💚💙💙💜💜🤍🤍🤎🤎
I totally agree with you, I want that miracle grow treatment that you made. You got my nerves mad now. Love you Lady
I don't like seeing the grid either. The way that you have your hair is the exact way I want mine, right down to the color.
Everyone need to know their scalp condition and I believe that some scalps can take more stress than others. If you have a sensitive scalp and you know it, then locks might not be the best choice for longterm. Your locks are beautiful! You look like you natrually have a lot of hair, but I just imagine a person with thick hair and a sensitive scalp how locks might affect them.
What a shame, my Sister - Sister locks started falling out. Her hair is like the lady you showed from long to short. I remember she was told don't moisturize...I thought that was strange but that's the regimen. No nourishment, no moisture. Lots of things...just like hair dresser, I don't think many know what they're doing. We have to manage our own hair, there is no easy way. It is terrible the whole hair care industry.
No moisture at all or just the first year?
That balding pattern you show at the start of your video was and is my balding pattern and it’s hard to come back from. I’ve been told female patter baldness and traction Alopecia and I believe one could spur on the other. Just maintain your locs and watch how tight and how much weight your locs put on your root follicles.
I got my Sister Locs installed in 2007 I cut them off in 2013. I had lost 50% of my hair density. I'm pretty sure my hair thinned because of overtightening. It took 8 years of wearing my hair natural for me to get my thick, curly hair back.
Beside not constantly having tension on my scalp, I changed to a mostly whole food, plant based diet. Everything got healthier, including my hair.
Wow! That had to be rough. Looks like you are back on the mend though. YAY!
I absolutely agree!
I noticed that I didn’t have enough new growth after 6 weeks so I moved my schedule to an 8 week schedule.
One thing I have noticed is the mid-section of my scalp is more shallow then the rest of my hair. That being said I wasn’t for sure if it was me applying pressure to my hair in that area due to styling, diet or the need to start adding a oil. I’ve been locd for almost 3 years now so that might be something to consider. I also noticed my front right side is beginning to thin but I believe it’s due to the change in my sleeping cap. When I used the satin cap that requires me to tie a knot to keep it placed I started to see a change to my edges. Normally I wear a loose bonnet that doesn’t add pressure to my hairline.
This is definitely a good topic for decision. Hope some of the things I listed help someone and can be discussed further.
Thank you Sister for sharing. Get on top of this right away . I hope you will view the other videos here on this topic.
I love your videos I have sister locks and I do my own reties I do save my locks I have not tried to reattach them however I know why I have lost a few locks I’ve been lazy so I’m trying to get back on a schedule thanks for your advice
Yes girl! Keep those locs and use them later.
I am experiencing a lot of thinning with my sisterlocks. I can see more scalp than hair in the middle and sides of my head. I’m embarrassed by it and I feel like it’s about time to cut it all off and growing my hair back. That would be a waste if a lot of money already spent. But I wouldn’t be embarrassed by the empty spaces on my scalp.
Thank you for this video. Im just about 2 years in. I started requesting my consultant to leave a rotation loose and NOT to retie to the scalp. My hair is naturally fine and thin. I will be ordering your oil soon.
Thank you so much. Your encouragement and knowledge about the care of sisterlocks is greatly appreciated.
I find it surprising that the type of hair products typically used for Sisterlocks (SL) didn’t come up in this conversation. The SL products were awful on MY hair. I had never had a dandruff until I started using their products and I used all of them for about a year to be sure. I understand if the products worked for others, they just didn’t work for me.
I’ve also seen people suggest Suave as an alternative to SL products and I find it surprising that people would use such a cheap poor quality shampoo on a hairstyle that cost well over $1000 a year to maintain. I think people want to justify using an inexpensive shampoo because reties are expensive but this suggestion just doesn’t make sense. When you buy a Benz, you use premium gas in the car. There is a huge economic investment in this hair style so where’s the logic outside of (cost and sulfates) for using Suave?
There are other lifestyle issues with SL that I’ve noticed that could also be contributing to this hair loss, some of which were mentioned in the comments such as retightening too tight and/or too frequently, as well as your dietary lifestyle, hair texture, density, and thickness. I’ve also noticed people surrender their whole head to a consultant and become uninvolved in the maintenance of their hair.
Sister, you are soooo right with so much of what you have said. If I was a chemist, I'd be having a field day!!!! LOL!
In beginning were you referring to Alopecia areata? Thanks to all the queens who shared their loc pics
Your hair is beautiful 😍! I want these !
Thanks for the lesson, i needed that 😊.
Maybe women who have adult dreads like me should be advsied to chop off completely otherwise, to shorten (very short to lighten the load) and restart every 18 years or less?
Your hair looks fantastic
I'm late to this video, but I wish i saw it prior to starting this journey. My head is half done but the pain I was experiencing and seeing this video and thinking about it, I don't think I want to continue with the lochs.
Ahwww...I'm so sorry, but I truly understand.
I agree with every thing you are saying mrs Ali and I hair is exceeding back and the top of my crown is thinning. I don't know what it is that's causing it. I look forward to seeing another video on this topic very soon. Thank you for this one
There will be plenty more on this topic. We are starting a movement. Please participate and dialog! We need you!!!
I have had my sisterlocs about 10 years and loved them...still do but started to see thinning on the crown of my head about 3 years ago. So I started to combine them for a wider base which seemed to help at first. I went to retighting now about 3 times per year. I have had some loss due to age, as well I suppose on the crown....at this point I believe that I will have to cut them out to save what is left of my hair. I think the other main problem is I have the fastest loctition in town too. (and locking the hair too tightly down to the scalp). I used to think that was a good thing, her being fast, but what you are saying makes sense. I did my research prior to loc installation but wish there had been a video like this 10 years ago. My plan now is to let the hair grow out and cut it off for what I hope will be a becoming afro...
I truly understand your post. A year later, what did you decide to do?
Could the hair loss be from the Sisterlocks tool?
Thank you so much for this information and for all your followers comments because I am experiencing hair loss at the top of my Sisterlocs 6 months after getting them. 2 1/2 years later Im still bald at the top but potential for growth is there. I've decided also to start doing my own reties.
Thank you for the video. I am almost 2 years in and suddenly I have been experiencing my locks breaking off and my hair shedding daily. I was told to moisturize more but not to put anything too heavy on my locs. I love my locs but its heartbreaking to see my hair just start to break so much. I am going to see a dermatologist to make sure that I don't have scalp issues and go from there. I just don't know what to do
Thank you soooo much for this tutorial. I have not gotten my sister licks yet. Been looking to see if there is an advantage to getting this done. I am older so I needed to hear this.
Ooh Honey! I got the tea on something really you'll want to know if you are in the research phase. Please stay close to the channel over the next few months and keep your notifications on. I appreciate you for shouting out!
This was a very important discussion. Thanks for opening it up.