Omg the maintenance is a pain but the curls start to behave eventually. Took mine a year. I didnt need to comb them or add gel because they behaved so well.
Thanks for sharing!! I am about a month into my loc journey and want to keep my ends curly too. How soon did you start manipulating your ends when you first started yours?
I'd comb them after every wash which was once a week. But that was at the beginning of my loc journey. Now that I'm 2 years in, I comb them out like every other month which it barely needs cuz the ends know not to seal now.