Girl!! Yessss! I'm so excited for you! I remember how frustrated you were and that exact video. I have a 2-hour retie $125 in Colorado. I was gonna be sad if you got rid of your pretty locs. Once you become a regular, then she may let you after she sees how your hair will do during the longer period. Don't forget about those locs you already lost. You wanted to combine some of them anyway, so it may be a good thing. But she really has no business ripping your hair off. That's crazy! Good luck!

Your locs are gorgeous!!! And, Wow thank you so much for your transparency! I'm about 4 months loc'd and even though I do not style often (or at all really), I do like putting what length I do have in a pony. When I did this in the beginning (around my first month) I saw a thin loc and eventually the end of it broke off. It was already a thinner loc than the rest of the surrounding locs, so I was not sure if the pony played a part in the thinning or if it was the size of the loc itself. Since then I have not done a lot of styles in fear of the same thing happening, and I also was unsure if it was the cause, especially since it was so early in my journey, and the overall loc was thinner. It seems like they both played a part! Your video has been really helpful! Thank you again!

Consult with a third before combining anything. Monitor your hair’s strength as it relates the smaller locs. I say that because I saw another video where the woman was advised to combine only to have two headed dragons placed in her head. She was told by another, that the locs didn’t need to be combined( but maybe the person did it to save time on reties. That also relates to the strict 6 week or nothing philosophy. More new growth, more time it takes to complete a retie. I’m monitoring the rate of growth I’m experiencing right now. I don’t want to experience traction alopecia due to getting a retie before having sufficient new growth (I’ve seen other ladies talk about this as well….sticking to a strict schedule; but your hair not really needing to be maintained at that point. So much to learn so you’ll know if you’re being guided properly.

Sounds like the new loctician knows what she is talking about. Some of your locs are weak due to being too small and your desire to stretch up to 10 weeks. Unless the loc is too small when your hair is formed into a loc the normal shedding makes the loc thickens up. Yes she should have pointed it out to you before popping but continuing to waiting too long between reties will only continue to cause more damage.

I switched my 3rd or 4th month. My new loctician was a trainee when I switched, but she’s literally down the street and her reties take about 2 hours. She doesn’t include a wash though, but I pay $125 every 6 - 8 weeks. I wash in advance, but my hair is dry by the time she starts so she winds up misting it anyway. I’ve considered trying a new loctician just to get see feedback about my current loctician because my current complains about mine being too small too. I’ve reluctantly let her combine a few but only because she convinced me they were weakening. I worry about her combining them without informing me, but my locks still look good and healthy so I’m trusting she’s doing what’s best.

Girl that's soooo good. My retie takes almost 4 hours without a wash. It's $155 and I go every 4 weeks. I wash my hair the day before. I'm looking for a new loctician because my retie hurts. I believe she is heavy hand. She says that I'm really tender headed. I like my person she's still new only about 2 years in. Wish me luck.

I am starting my journey🎉 I had my consultation yesterday and my total cost for my consultation, establishment and 1st retie is $3,450... Everyone I know says I have lost my mind but you speak total truth in this video, thank you for breaking it down. My loctitian is amazing and I love her whole vibe (Leo vibes thrive) so I am going for it! I am so siked🎉🎉

Thank god I opt out of sisterlocs, I have micro/ small locs my hair is fine hair so I only have 200 locs it only take me 2 1/2 hrs and I do them myself

If you arent braiding and banding with that loose texture Your locs are probably slipping out not necessarily thinning and breakage. How often are your retightenings? Maybe you want to push it out by a week or two to ensure its not related to tension. Also are you still using starter shampoo or a clarifying shampoo to help the locking process?

I chose microlocs through twists.

Good stuff, I started my locs 6/10/2024. 19 hrs one sitting, a food break, multiple trips to the bathroom and a whole lot of snacks, 950 bucks.. I’ve had regular locs, combed them out now I have sister locs. I haven’t had my first retie.. I’ve been binging videos like a crackhead😂😂

This is the reason I went for tradition locs, though love the look of sisterloc. Self maintenance is just crazy

Exactly, I feel like for the length of your hair the price was reasonable🤷🏽‍♀️

“Half a loc sitting somewhere in the street …“. LOL

Great channel! You look beautiful!! I did the reverse. Had traditional locs twice, now loving microlocs.

Hey, I’ve heard you speak of how tiny your locs are. You should definitely take the advice of your loctician and stick to a six week retightening until your locks are fully mature.

For those who are concerned about this you can consider microlocs (doesn’t have to be minimum 400 locs like sisterlocs and they can be bigger). I contemplated between both for almost a year but chose microlocs largely for this reason

I hate doing my own hair. But for this very reason, I am combining and doing my own maintenance. I’m scared of the frequent retightenings now.

I researched microlocs and sisterlocks for 1 year before scheduling a consultation. Everything you’re pointing out is not a surprise. My microloc installation was completed on 6/4 and it has been freedom. I have a consult w/ 2 locticians in my area. Praying for a Saturday appts. that will be 4 hours or less and I’ll think of it as a self care day!

Thank you so much for this! I start my sisterloc journey on 6/14, so I am binging videos in preparation!

What is your second best interlock method

I didn't even know hair type exists until youtube

Any more questions? Let me know here!

I'm a stylist and I will say that I have charged more for sisterlocks in certain cases because most people exceed the time frame to get them retightened and can lead to a lot more matting at the root . With sisterlocs, your grid is everything so sometimes parts have to be recreated. It's more time-consuming to recreate and detangle hair for a sisterloc grid without compromising your parts . But when you have microlocs there is no grid, making it easier to collect fly aways or counter matting that may occur because there is less pressure to keep a straight line. I find that sister locs take more maintenance to maintain parting and most women don't care for them like they should in between retightening so I got tired of recreating portions of grids and charging a flat rate.

I think sister locs or micro locs are ugly and I rather locs to be bigger

True story: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

I thought were the same thing

FINALLY A SISTERLOC’R TELLING THE TRUTH! Sisterlocs is NOT TRUE hair freedom. It’s still just like needing a “relaxer” every 6 weeks in my opinion. Same mentality…Gotta hide those roots growing in lol. I thank God I realized this sooner than later and took my 460 sisterlocs down right after my first retie. I have had 2 sets of traditional locs since then and it’s really what the loc journey was suppose to be..hair freedom.

First thing I thought about was the braiding and banding when washing your hair. With your hair texture, that may be something you have to do. At least you'll have a cute braid out afterwards.

This happens to me with the same loc on my right edges. My hair is naturally thinner. But if you are not braid/banding then bunching will do this. My loctician does loc maintenance regularly and uses a tiny Crochet hook to rejoin the thicker pieces. but im going to take a class to learn how to my maintain my hair.

I believe the up charge may be associated with the specific grid that is attached to the sisterlocs. I have had micro locs for almost a year. And before I got them, I did extensive research on the difference between the two. From what I was told there cannot be any combining of the locs, and the locs have to be all one size with sisterlocs.. if you have finer hair, this could pose a problem later on when the locs get longer and thicker . For reference I have varying size locs due to my hair density and softness.

Lady your video convinced me that I want small, traditional locks. They look adorable in the early stages; no scalp.

I just Love this Channel ❤

I ve been researching sisterlocks. This is my fear. My hair is fine but medium dense. So i think i want more medium to large locs

Hairstyles. Tension in the same area repeatedly.

Did you get your sisterlocks done on relaxed hair?

I'll be positing another Q&A soon! If you have any questions, let me know here so I can add it to the list 🤗

My loctician explained that Sisterlocks are supposed to be different sizes because hair density and even the grade of hair is different throughout your head.

Share your theories and your fixes here! Help us all out lol

There may be more Sisterlocks in a person's head to retighten on average and to stay within guidelines of maintaining the grid and integrity, the locticians will use the Sisterlock tool. I am a DIY lady now I use a nappyloc tool on my used to be Sisterlocks. I've combined so many so I am not stuck on the grid anymore either. But yeah, the upcharge is likely tied to maintaining those standards.

Yes it takes a long time to retighten, but look at the alternative. Without locs,, how often would you do your hair? How many hours weekly would you spend doing your hair without them? I’m slow at doing hair without locs so it just made sense. I’d either be spending hours on a weekly basis or a hours every month and a half. Yes the amount of hours per session increases but when compared to the amount of time your have to retouch your hair when it’s lose natural, it doesn’t end up being more time. Actually if you are going to a professional you may spend way less time in the retightening appointments than doing your hair yourself every few days without locs

I’m really wanting Sisterlocs but that $1200 start up is like 🥴However here in Atlanta the micro locs are pretty much the same price. I’m going to stay with what my spirit wants & go w/ my Sista locs 😊My journey will be starting soon

Yeah that up charge is why I am getting microlocs lol. From what I am told the price difference is the required interlock rotation pattern. Microlocs are flexible. You can do only a 2 point rotation if you want but that’s not the case with sisterlocs

It’s crazy how it looks indistinguishable from having your hair out from a distance

Microloc girl here🙋🏾‍♀️. I started out interlocking & 2 yrs later, I'm still loving it. To my understanding, the difference between what I have & sisterlocs is the patented grid. My locs are tiny. I have shaved sides, so naturally I couldn't get the sisterloc grid.

After having natural hair for 14 years and growing my hair to hip length, I picked sisterlocks. Natural hair requires way more day to day maintenance. Regardless of what you pick, there will be some some type of maintenance.

I love your hair , and where did you get your top? It’s beautiful

I agree 2 years for a braid loc makes no sense to me.

Tell us where you stand! Are you Team Sisterlocks, Team Microlocs, or both?!

Here watching