You are spot on. That’s why people with finer textures tend to bald at crown when locs not retwisted every two to three weeks. The weight of the locs from not being retwisted pulls the hair out. Thanks for the information you confirmed what I was thinking and had been observing. Also retwist shouldn’t be super tight either because it will damage the hair follicles. You are a wellspring of information. Blessings to you 🙏🏾

I had to experiment this also since I have fine hair. I retwist monthly and it works for me better especially since my hair grows away from my locs. You have to do what's best for your hair texture and journey. ✌🏾💖

I took 3-4 months off from retwisting and my hair broke off.. I learned the hard way. Now I’m on my 2nd set and I know better! 😊

this is very true, Keisha, i found this to be true with my own locs. Great video!

🎉100K! Congratulations from another fine-hair textured LocQueen who you inspired all through her journey from back in the day!😘❤️🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Congratulations on 100K🎉 I totally agree! I’ve been loc’d 5 1/2 years I have my retwist done twice a month & Cleansed once a month. I often now get asked if my locs are extensions lol! I’ve also noticed a lot of women with long locs have thin edges, a balding crown or both. Mine are only styled for occasions. I also avoid snatching them up into ponytails. I believe those practices keep the edges and hair full. Along with healthy eating for sure! 😉Your channel has been a huge help. I joined before I started my journey. Hope to meet you one day. Peace & Wellness ❤

I came across your chanel for the first time. Thanks I was felling that I was retwisting my locs to often, but your explanation helped me to feel good with it now. Short and great video🥰

I've been on my loc journey for 3 years now. What I've learned for me is that my locs are thick and heavy. Waiting to long to retwist my hair made it easier for my locs to break and the damage is just terribly. My locs definitely need a lot of care and upkeep. I got high maintenance locs lol

I always learn with you Keisha! Thanx so much🙏🏽❤️🙌🏽 congrats on your 100k🎉🎉🎉

I just dropped a video on my channel about why I'll be retwisting my Locs next year 3 times. Someone told me to watch this video from you, and I love this information!!!! This is advice is something that I rarely hear.

Thank you so much for this, i just retwisted my 2 week old locs and was worried i messed up and it was too early but my hair was just all over the place and i didnt know what to do so this vid made me a bit calmer and validated with my choice!

Thanks for explaining this process and consistent commentary. Subscribed!

Thank you for sharing my dreads have been breaking off I thought going a long period from a retwist would help it grow I was going 2-3 months without a retwist so now I’m going to be going once a month congrats on your 100K I just received your products the growth oil and drops thank you for all you do I appreciate your insight on things love you

This was a help FR!!! Thanks girlie!!! 🤗

Thank you soo much! This is 100% accurate!

Congratulations on reaching 100K!!!🥳🎉🎈🎊👏🏾. Well deserved!❤

Love you Kisha❤️

I watched this embedded but had to come here just to give it a thumbs up. I realized this after going semi freeform for 6 months but luckily my hair survived it. Thought I did something wrong so it's nice to know it happens. Love you for sharing this♥️

Very informative video. I found out some yrs ago that I have fine hair and I agree that not retwisting fine hair locs for a long time makes the roots thinner.

Thanks for this clarification. Your experience is same with mine. I have fine hair too. I discover that my roots grow fast and thin when I don't twist monthly. ❤

Thank you for sharing and congratulations

Thank you!!!

I absolutely agree I wanted thicker locs so I semi freeformed still washing and going with my daily routine thinking it was gonna help but it didn’t i my roots started to thin out break off I had my locs for 8 years cut them last may i thought I knew everything about locs but I didn’t I have a Afro now so I’m definitely gonna start my loc journey again but this time I’m doing my research every day so I can have a better journey this time around

Needed to hear this wasnt sure if I should retwist my hair or not..I've been doing once a month but this month I retwisted already and I can tell my hair needs a maintenance twist again....this helped a lot

This makes sense. I wanted to extend the time between locs to thicken my roots but I noticed the opposite. I’m going back to every 3 weeks.

Hi✌️. Thank you for this video 👍. It's clear as day 👍. I also have fine hair and yeah I noticed that when I take a long amount of time b4 retwisting (or latching for me) , it does not benefit my hair. My roots seem thiner actually...😶.. Thank you again for all your videos ✨

💯 I have fine flyaway hair that grows away from my locs and I know better than to wait over 6 weeks. It will break right off. It's the way a person retwists that causes thinning, you don't need to retwist your scalp, just the new growth.

Congrats 🎉. Your right it's not a one size fits all. I have 200+ locs, tailbone, finer texture around my perimeter & I'm semi free-form. I retwist Nov/Mar/July. However, my hair don't grow away from the loc, I have to go in weekly to separate my roots. I was with my Niece this weekend her locs are passed her butt, she's got a who afro on her head( grows away from the loc), so yes! Pages like this is very helpful 🙂, we all want our locs strong from root to tip.

Keisha congratulations on 100 K I’ve been watching you almost 10 years January will be my 10th year🎉I’m so glad you brought the subject up because I watched so many KZfaqrs that have locked hair and nobody really ever touch the ❤subject thank you

For those of you watching this video my prayer is that you ALL come to know JESUS CHRIST OF NAZARETH as your LORD AND SAVIOR. ROMANS 10:9 say that if we confess with our mouth and believe in our heart that GOD raised JESUS from the dead we will be saved.

that helped a lot, cause i have fine hair but i wasn’t twisting my hair as much as i should, now i know

Good morning. Thanks I have fine hair and this is so good to know. I find myself retwisting often though my hands just love my hair and I thing that am overdoing it a bit it like everytime am in front of the television at night mostly my hands just goes to my hair and retwist lol. Yea I think it relaxes me doing this hmmm and I know that it's do much sometimes but... So good advise. Thanks Keisha and have a lovely day and a great and safe week ahead. Stay beautiful stay humble as you are. God bless. Bye.

Thank you for this video my hair is the exact same way.

This makes perfect sense. Tfs.

Great advice, I retwist 2x a year 💓

This is sooi tru and personal....I tried going longer and it feels like some if them are popping off...oh lord

Good point. I found that years 2-5 my hair benefited from semi freeforming. Now I need organization lol😂 retwisting a little more frequently. Oh. I think I have both fine and course hair. Little nappies at the nape and fly away strands at the top. 😂

Thank you for the information. I hate when my roots marry each other, I wait but then at retwist my roots feel thin from pulling the roots apart. Now I know I can retwist regularly. I have thin hair.

I'm so glad I saw this. I just started my locs 3 months ago and I've noticed that my hair grows away from my locs so I have many strands that are loose. My hair is fine also and I kept seeing people say wait at least 4-6 weeks to retwist or else it'll cause thinning. So I've been scared to retwist. Now I'm like... Okay maybe that doesn't apply to me. I'm gonna try doing it twice a month and then once a month if twice seems like too much. Thank you for this video!

I’m so glad I watched this. I was pretty much told that retwisting before the 4 week mark was bad for my hair so I’ve been stretching it out and by that 4th week my hair is looking crazy, it’s dry and I do have some signs of breakage. I also have really really dry hair anyway and I’m trying to find better ways to moisturize my locs in between retwists. I think I’m going to try every 3 weeks next but I would definitely not be mad at doing it every two weeks.

I am about to start retwisting my hair every two weeks. I have been doing 3-4 weeks and have had my locs for 9 months now. I have noticed so much breakage and marrying at the roots. I just feel it would do me more good to retwist more often, than have to separate my roots. I am very careful when I retwist anyway, so I shouldn’t have too much tension. I think I’ve had more breakage and possible thinning going longer without the retwist then not.

This is true. I have learned my hair is fine. I retwist once or twice a month.

Congrats on 100K! 🎉

Hi Young Mula 🤜🏽🤛🏽

I have rough 4c hair but if I semi Freeform my hair breaks off at root. I never let it get that damaged but still noticed the signs leading to breakage. The longest I can go in between retwist is 3 months!

I can 100% confirm this from testing the waters. I have a mix of both and mines grow away from my locs causing it to thin at the roots so i had to go back to grooming once a month or every 6 weeks being the longest. I was doing the whole go longer to thicken up my roots but nah that dont work lol keeping it groomed and all the hair in the same loc is whats keeping it thick.

Love this video, Keisha and your beautiful long Locs. I have fine hair also and to be honest I still do not retwist very often. Too much hair to deal with and I am not a hair person lol. 10 years loc anniversary February 2023. My hairdresser said I should cut my Locs as she claims it is getting too heavy and also thinning in the front (always has been like that due to medication) and in the middle somewhere. Any advice please?

Ms. Keisha can you or any of your Subscribers recommend a loctician in NY. I am visiting and need my hair done badly.

i kinda have both but i just do every 2 to 3 weeks

Yea I was told after you past the budding phase retwist every 3 months… I go 6 weeks at the minimum.. and I’m 15 months in

I have fine hair, and I wait 2 months before I get a retwist

So wen doing my retwist do I only crochet loc my hair wen my new growth is to long or do I just retwist my hair normally

Is it bad to touch up your edges frequently?

agreed! I have fine hair and also have experimented with waiting longer to retwist and my strands were coming away from root.

I have real thick hair I do my hair every 12 weeks so your right

How many locs do you have?

Congratulations

Wow only 12 years with all that hair that’s amazing I’ve been growing mine for 13 years and it’s almost at my waist you must have started with a lot of hair

My hair is fine, and I tried skipping months for about a year. Now, some of my locs are thinning 😵‍💫

I’m somewhat in between

I started my locs with crochet method, and hear that you don’t wanna get the crochet retwist too often or can lead to breakage. I be so confused when getting loc advise lmao

This was helpful

That make a lot of sense

So question.i have sisterocks....does what you stated apply to me. I retwist every 2 months.

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This is really good information. I needed to hear this, because I generally go 3-4 months for a retwist. Being that my hair is fine, I ll gladly start getting my retwist every 2-3 weeks! Where can I purchase your products?

Your hair is a simply responding to what you've trained it to do; if it's use to frequent retwists, it's response after long periods may be different.