What to do about my new Loc twists...
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Hi, I'm new here and this is my first post!
Some of this info is on my profile but I'll put it here (I hope I'm in the right place)...
Anyway. I started growing out my hair since the beginning of summer last year 2016. I stopped combing or brushing it in about September. I wanted to just free form it.
My hair is African American, but it is a little bit on the woollier side since my mother's hair is long and wavy (she's half East Indian).
Anyway, I notice that it really was just growing into a huge mass of afro hair, with curls of hair falling out. So I decided to go to a salon to have it dealt with.
They advised that they'd have to wash and detangle it, the comb and twist it. Then come back a week later to interlock it. I followed my gut and I didn't bother to go back to interlock it, only wash, detangle, comb, and twist.
This was the 7th of October this year (just a couple weeks ago).
I was advised not to wash it for a week. I waited a week, and washed it. But just the scalp, as I wanted to be very careful about unraveling the twists. I noticed that the hair on the scalp unraveled, so my twists on the scalp is not as tight as it was.
Product was and is still in my twists themselves. I wish I had asked what it was. I think it's styling gel, a very deep brown gel that was used in twisting my hair and to hold it in place. They say it would dissolve in time.
I haven't washed them out, but the one on my scalp has been wash out. I remember seeking so much brown water in the back tub.
I would rather natural locks. I'm satisfied that they have actually been sectioned, but I don't want to lose the sections (twists) to washing. On the other hand, I don't want to damage my hair from keeping whatever is in it for too long. Also, I work out a lot, so I really do want to wash my hair so it's kind of driving me crazy.
The next concern is twisting. Do I have to go back for retwist?
updated by @nosnibor: 02/06/18 07:53:30AM
