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Avoid Fat Sisterlocks Ends


"I want Sisterlocks like yours... I hate my fat Sisterlock ends!"
 
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This typically happens to Sisterlock'd ends of hair with a thick soft wavy texture. After it occurs, the only remedy I have learned of to date is to CUT OFF THE OFFENDING ENDS.

To avoid or control the normal swelling expected on your journey to loc maturity-- particularly, of the thick soft wavy hair type, follow the next set of rules:

1. BAND YOUR ENDS EVERY TIME YOU WASH YOUR HAIR. You may need to do so longer than the regularly prescribed time period until YOUR particular hair type locks.
2. DON'T wet, spritz or spray your ends with anything (Sisterlocks Moisture Treatment product included) unless they are banded.
3. When you shower, at the very least-- WEAR your shower caps my loc'd thick soft and wavy sistahs!

Natural Journeys family, please share your fat loc'd hair end avoidance tips!
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z said…
You can also end up with thick ends if you color your hair too often because dyes cause your locs to loosen up a bit and expand, hence the thickness.
4:16 PM
Lady Roe said…
I am one of these fat end soft wave thick... I wished I had read this before. I did everything I wasn't supposed to do assuming I was doing what was needed to keep my hair healthy😩. I listened to my consultant who said I was good to wash without banding and what a HUGE mistake. Such a huge set back in my loc journey. I hate my now short, thick fat end locks and I try my hardest not to cut my hair all off...😓.
9:10 PM
Anonymous said…
I use a blunt needle and open up the fat ends and then I rebraid the ends tight. I found out that one of the reasons the ends are fat is because of gunk stuck in the middle. I believe it is harder for dirt to come out of the hair, when it is locked.
10:53 PM
Anonymous said…
Lady Roe I feel the same way. I am not happy with the fat ends on my sisterlocks and I have lost at least 4 inches of length.
12:39 AM
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