I have been locing for 2 1/2. Last yr in october, halloween to be exact was my last retwist. I had been loc'd for 1 yr 10 months then. I stopped retwisting when i noticed a few dreads getting thin. But is it to late do i have traction alopecia because the hair on top isnt as thick as the rest of the hair elsewhere. Does traction start in 1 yr? What can i do to thicken that spot cuz im so close to just cutting them.
Do i have traction alopecia
@soaring-eagle
4 years ago
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yes you do but its minor and very likely reversable
if you search i think its in the featured discussions theres a post thats called traction alopecia (or balding forget which) caused in just 10 (was it weeks or months)
this guy was the old "fryer tuck' look a huge bald spot at least 6-8 inches across completely bald
and that was cause he was retwisting twice a week
now why do they even make you THINK retwisting is a good idea? they want you to be ashamed of having hair on your scalp, but not just any hair that 'unsightly nappy hair" and the most ironic thing of all is most of the locticians causing it themselves are black
case in point just last night had a conversation with the nastiest loctician in france from locks itup with style
paraphrasing but went basicly like this
(she tried joining our group)
me: hi we don't normally allow locticians but since you spelled locks right i'll give you the benifit of doubt and talk 1st
me: oh never mind i saw the photos your causing the same traction alopecia they all do
her I DON'T CARE
me: you don't care that your causing balding?
her ;NOPE
me; well i do cause i have ethics
her' WE INVENTED IT SO I'LL DO WHATEVER THE FUCK I WANT
(note she was talking in all caps)
me: invented/ i'm confused invented what, hair?
and from there went on into the typical racist rant
but she kept saying again and again that she didn't care if she caused balding
1% thats all i have found in the entire world with ANY ethics whatsoever
1% that either will not do a retwist or style if theres thinning already.. 1% that will say sorry we do not do these unhealthy methods 1% willing to say your hairs not healthy you need to stop doing ____
ok sorry for the long rant you just wanted to know how to fix it
here you go
1 NEVER RETWIST AGAIN don't palm roll either just wash and separate you should have hair on the scalp its not unsightly its healthy the bald checkerboard or 'doll head' look with thinning dreads surrounded by scalp..thats unsightly and painfutl to look at
2 use this massage technique with these oils
the most ironic thing of all they have people convinced they have to do it to fit in with white society and get a job
but most while people see it and cringe at the tightness
and not 1 employer cares iif yoyr dreads have loosehair they care if your loose hair has dreads
and the law, at least here, protects dreads in the workplace not because of race or culture, but because of belief..'any sincerely held belief'
whats in common with ALL religious or spiritual dreads/ they are all natural, unmaintained
so they are literally having you throw away your only RIGHT in exchange for profit (theirs)
again sorry for the long rant haha just woke up
but don't shave or cut these are almost certainly savsable 100% although nothings certain with traction alopecia 1 person can twist every week and havbe very little thinmning for years another can have permenant harm in months
so its a 'mosest lukely 100%' siutuation although since its pretty minor it shoulod
no tension on the scalp at all tilk recovered. styling pony tails anything
do the massage
how often do you wash it/ if you took a locticians advice double it or faer more likely increase it by a factor of 10-20
weekly at least
though i would recommend a fully natural shampoo like www.dreadlockshampoo.com (bars only for your hair type)
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@soaring-eagle
4 years ago
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any u want and they rinse out with extreme ease
but locs is a made up word like locticians its not in any disctionary however locks is in thousands of books friom the bible to shakspear
locs is a term they use again to shame you into thinking the k makes them unexceptaable so you must maintain them for a free
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@soaring-eagle
4 years ago
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very quick though i wouldnt have gotten the spray fir the same reason i said bar not liquid the liquid has sea salt in it sea salt dries out the hair, great for accelerating the dreading of non african hair but for african hair it is too drying
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@soaring-eagle
4 years ago
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