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Hair Shrinkage on young locks.
Just out of curiosity, answered a question on Yahoo of someone asking how much their hair shrinks when you let them lock,
I see alot of people say different things like backcombing always loses 50% (which is bull absolutes are never right I lost about a few inches from my shoulders to where they were at 9months when they started growing again)
what I'm wondering is how much did yours shrink (if at all noticeable for you even)
and with what method,
also someone mentioned crocheting stopping shrinking, which at first I dismissed before realizing it could be true to an extent,
on my 2nd front right lock in the early months, lost alot of length but still had a long wispy curly tip that i experimented with with a needle and blunted that one, which stopped it from shrinking all together at that point, just cause it did it for me doesn't mean it always happens though,
*I guess I
l further add to this, the shrinkage doesn't happen right away obviously, mine happened dramatically over the first 6-7months, and stopped at 9months.
so even if yours are a few months old, it could still be happening.,
I see alot of people say different things like backcombing always loses 50% (which is bull absolutes are never right I lost about a few inches from my shoulders to where they were at 9months when they started growing again)
what I'm wondering is how much did yours shrink (if at all noticeable for you even)
and with what method,
also someone mentioned crocheting stopping shrinking, which at first I dismissed before realizing it could be true to an extent,
on my 2nd front right lock in the early months, lost alot of length but still had a long wispy curly tip that i experimented with with a needle and blunted that one, which stopped it from shrinking all together at that point, just cause it did it for me doesn't mean it always happens though,
*I guess I
l further add to this, the shrinkage doesn't happen right away obviously, mine happened dramatically over the first 6-7months, and stopped at 9months.
so even if yours are a few months old, it could still be happening.,
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Permalink Reply by Kirsten Rickett on -
Mine are only two months old, and the majority of them were the natural method, but on the most mature ones, I've lost about 2 inches, and my hair was about 10 or 11 inches from root to tip at the beginning of the process.
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Permalink Reply by Tomasu on -
mine was natural and it varies, my hair was about 32 inches long before i stopped brushing. 5 months in and i have some that have lost 23 inches, some that have lost 4. my shortest one has gone down to 6 inches..its mental
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Permalink Reply by ☮soaringeagleॐ on
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it varries very widely
typicaly naturall isnt as drastickly noticable unless they get real fat
backcomb can lose alot, 1/2 to 2/3 is common
twist and rip less, but varies
crocet may not srink beccause its more woven ten dreaded, and usualy doneso tigtly it cant move enoug to dread and srink
on average 1/2 is a good estimate
but ive seen every variation, natural dreads taty srank from waste lengt up to ear lengt (and fat) and ive seen em only loose an inc or 2 off same lengthh
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jazzy, your at 3 weeks, backcombing initialy can cause anywere from a few inches to 1/2 the length depending how tigtly ui backcomnb.. but then it continues to shrink for about 8 months
you didnt backcomb too tight (thats a good thing and wy you didnt look goofy at 1st) so your loss wasnt much, but as dreading begins yoiu will see srinkage start..you wont see growth for a good long time
youy can expect to lose 1/2 to 2/3 of the originbal lengt still they will tigten and become real dreads as tey srink
Jasmine Elsom said:I lost a few inches if that and I backcombed
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Permalink Reply by Melanie Clark on -
I backcombed mine to start them off (and yes, at times they did look f***ing stupid!! lol) I think they shrank to half of what my straight hair length was but it did'nt really notice as the roots were constantly growing and dreading themselves. It was probably about a year to 18 months before I saw much length happening.
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Permalink Reply by Courtney J on -
I backcombed back in aug, by october mine were 3-4 inches shorter. Mine are really fat now compared to what they were. I have one however that is about the same length as they were in the beggining. I really don't know what thats about lol. I have all these short lil dreadies and one wicked long one. <3 I love them all though
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Permalink Reply by Buffalo Rogers on -
shouldn't crochet it, it's horrible for your hair!
Mine shrunk approx 20%, some more, some less. 50% no way
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