If you let the hair around the loc grow another month or so, then work the loose strands of hair into the appropriate loc that will thicken the base of your loc. Be careful not to retwist too tightly. Enjoy Queen Bee!
@@Thecatherinealexandra thank you for sharing! I ordered a small gauge crochet hook to pull the hair into the loc but it arrived while I was on vacation and I have not tried it yet. I’m going to accept your results on that experiment. I was a little nervous because I saw the potential for putting a hole in my locs but I wanted the loose hairs to be incorporated immediately. Again, God is showing me I need to be patient. I think we have similar hair texture…I thought I had 4c and 4b but the still curly ends make me question and think there may be some 4a in the mix. Almost every day I run my fingers through my locs and check to make sure none are getting married and to make sure any fuzzy loose hairs are wrapped around the appropriate loc. If the loose hairs are not wrapped, I wrap them around the loc gently. I don’t palm roll. I think that applies too much tension to the loc. When I find a lumpy loc, I roll the lump back and forth between my thumb and first and second fingers applying a little pressure. That’s it. I typically do this after spritzing my scalp and locs. Think of it like a science experiment. Give it a try for a month and do not palm roll. Then assess your results. Good luck! I don’t want those beautiful locs of yours thinning at the base.
@@Thecatherinealexandra Your locs are beautiful and the glasses are nice. My hair grows outside of my locs. When this happens, I take the loose hairs and braid it around the loc. Then I twist the rest down the shaft. I wish you could have read this message before you cut the loc. 🤷🏽♀️
I have it! Use a steel yarn needle to pull the loose hairs through the adjacent loc. First. thread the yarn needle with the strands of loose hair. Then work the smooth, blunt metal needle tip through the base of the lock and wind the needle back and forth through the loc as if making a running stitch. Pull the needle through the loc gently. My loose hairs have stayed in the loc for 5 days now. I treated 7 locs this way. I still spray my hair daily.
I'm 2.5 years in and still have curly ends, but I'm cool with it because I wanted my hair to do what it wanted, so I guess it wants to stay kinda curly 😊
First of all your locs look so pretty!! :) I just repaired a thinning loc on my grandson's head. He had a good amount of newgrowth so I took the loc right at the thinnest part and wrapped it as close as I could nearest the scalp and root. Then I took a crochet needle and crochet it in to secure it. Also I am team conditioner on locs but only when needed not at every wash or anything like that. You have to keep in mind that most conditioners are not only softeners but detanglers. That may be the reason that your ends are not loccing which is great if thats what you want :) Also it may have been the reason why the loc that you were trying to repair wasn't staying loc'd if you know what I mean. You can definitely let your hair grow out a bit and restart a baby loc and reatched that loc.
Awwww, you cut it.... I was going to suggest braiding the newgrowth back into/onto the loc to give it a stronger foundation. Never mind, it will grow back. 😊 I lost a loc earlier this year. I tried crocheting it back on about 6 or 7 times before i gave up and made it my pretty struggle loc which is now beautifully and permanently adorned with a cowrie shell. Your locs are looking lovely and i really like your loose ends. 😊
You’re the second person to tell me I should have braided it 😭 clearly I’m too impulsive !! Thank you for sharing, now I know moving forward what to do if this happens again 🤎
