Knotted Locs | My Loc Journey | Alternative Small Loc Maintenance Options 

The key to all of this: a knowledgeable loctitian thats willing to discuss and do what’s best for your hair. I think this is missing for most loctitiams, sad to say. Let us know if you’re willing to tag her ❤

❤❤❤I had braid microlocs with human hair extensions installed in Dec 2022. From the beginning my crown area was lower density from the rest of my head and I was researching methods to maintain by interlocking with the least amount of tension, which seemed to be key. Came across the wonderful Tunisia Ali and researched knotted locs but all the images and videos I saw seemed to create a result with locs that hung in a bending, uneven way over time. I even asked Ms. Blakes in a comment about it and as best as I could interpret her reply , it just depends on your texture. No go for me. Last month (March 2024) my certified sisterlocks loctician and I arranged a plan where we alternate every 6 weeks between retieing the top half of my head and the bottom half. This gives each half a 12 week break between reties! Each visit takes no more time than my full head did, so I don’t have to pay more. She has always done a 2 pt rotation for max fullness and skips the last 2 rotations at my request. So far I am loving this and have high hopes for protecting my follicles over time. 🙏🏽I’m so blessed to have a location who wants to partner with me to keep my scalp and locs healthy in the long term. She is awesome ❤❤❤ Be blessed on your journey ladies!

So I’ve had 2 sets of locks. My edges were thin because I had a thing for braids. So far my hair is holding up and that’s because I do have high density and some areas of normal density. I’ve never obeyed the strict guidelines to reties😂😂😂. My hair takes 2 years or more to lock because I use water and a small amount of oil. I intend to keep doing things my own way. I like my loctician because she is gentle and doesn’t complain about how I manage my hair.

I was waiting for this video....thank you. I trust your judgment...!

WOW! That’s great information. I agree I really don’t want to maintenance my own hair so I will search for a new loctician. Thank you for sharing.

Here are my 2 cents about retwisting. If you are going to wash your hair frequently, retwisting will not hold up. There is a high chance that your roots will start to marry which would be quite challenging with tiny locs. (I'm speaking from personal experience as someone with micorlocs and used retwisting only for the first 4 months of my loc journey. For reference I was washing my hair twice a week.) If you choose to retwist I would suggest doing it each time you wash your hair to prevent your roots from marrying. But that only works if you are going to wash your hair once a month.

So happy to continue to follow your journey. Knotted loc sessions aren’t cumbersome like that because I feel you. My arms aren’t up to retwisting and retightening either lol!

I have never heard of the reverse 3 rotation. I will ask my loctition about that for my crown area as well as leave out the last rotation or two. Great idea. Seems so simple at saving the crown area. I appreciate your video as I respect you and your content. And your locks are gorgeous!

Awesome information!!!! Thank you immensely for sharing your knowledge and experiences so openly. You are truly helping others...ME!!! You are a blessing. Wishing you the very best!!

Here watching. At my 2 years being locd ❤

Thank you so much for this video. I have been waiting to see if you did the knotted loc method, as I was considering it also. I have sisterlocks and have combined some in my crown area as I felt the locs were too small. I like the method you are considering, my pattern has always been a 3 . I maintain my own locs and have stretched out my retighten to about 10 weeks. I do like the three month routine and will try it. Great video.

I am a new subscriber to your channel and was very interested in your journey to find out about knotted loc’s too! I also saw the channel where the lady used super glue and it was interesting but after I used the crochet needle to instant lock my new growth I had no need for the superglue. The knotted loc’s sounded interesting but I have a loose curl pattern and I do not want to interrupt the smoothness of my loc’s by having a knot and then a possible lump where my hair has not been crocheted or interlocked into place. I have 300 x 1/8” diameter x 30” instant / crocheted micro loc’s that I self maintain. I will continue to self maintenance until I can find a Loctician in my area that I feel comfortable with taking over my maintenance.Thank you for sharing the information that you found on your loc journey🎉

Your locs are beautiful 😍

How often you rety really depends on your hair texture. Some people can go a really long time without retightening their roots and other people can only go two months. I’ve actually let my hair go almost 5 months - not on purpose- and when I finally retightened it was fine. So it really depends. Plus thinning can happen for a lot of reasons and I don’t think it’s intrinsic to having sisterlocks necessarily. Edit: some people just have fine hair so their locks will be smaller when the hair eventually locs up and becomes more compact.

I enjoyed this informative video.

Thank you for sharing the information👍🏾

Great plan

Ma'am!!! Krazy Glue??? NOOOOOOO!!!! This video is soooo helpful and awesome because so many women are trying to figure out what to do to save their sisterleocks due to thinning and hair loss! Thank you for speaking on this, especially since this is your personal journey as well!! 🥰🥰

Thanks for sharing

Thanks!

Checked out the lady with the Krazy glue and she actually makes plenty sense.

Tanisha ali just talked about doing a knot lock class on her channel.

Hi, thank you so much for the update🙏🏾. I’m getting Sisterlocks in about a month and I’m also a SL trainee. My plan is to always pay attention to tension and skip that last rotation. I also plan to maintain them myself…eventually.

Okay, you got your retie on Tuesday. We need a video.

Thank you for the update! I have just started following you due to the same concerns. I’m 7 years in and my follicles have gotten so small and the thickness is gone! I’m so concerned and I don’t want to cut them😢. My loctician doubles the price after 6 weeks as I would love to go 2 months but I can’t see paying that much for a retie (almost 300) I’ve also been told if I go to long w/o a retie the thinning Loc’s can pop/break. In addition it’s difficult to find a loctician that takes transfers. I just don’t know🤷🏽‍♀️

Hi Goddess, my name is Karen and I love how your hair looks in this video. While you’re letting it grow out do u brush the front of your hair to make ur regrowth look neater?

Hello, Dana, nice video. So I have some locks that are very small and if I want them to get thicker. I can change my rotation. I am on a 4 point rotation.

Thank you for your review and sharing you decision. Where is your loctician located? I am 7 months in and once my locks are mature I would like to switch to every 3 months. It will be challenging to find a loctician who doesn’t follow the sister lock bible to the tea

We have not heard from you in 3 months. No video what is going on with the new lock journey?

thanks for sharing! could you demonstrate the knotting technique?

No one ever talks about how to do the knotted loc method... they just say good it is, but not how

I am 73 and really need someone to do my knottted locks. Where can I find someone.

What is your reasoning behind not considering the knotted loc method in its entirety?

Can you please explain what is a reverse 3? Thanks!

Why are most knotted locs look so uneven? Maybe I should ask the creator! Just curious 🤨

Why not do knotted locs in the areas you are experiencing thinning and hair loss (edges, crown) and do the new interlock pattern on the other areas to stop progression. I fail to see how keeping with interlocking is going to stop follicle strain