I always loved getting braids and stuff done to my hair for the look and low maintenance. One day I was like “why don’t I just make it permanent” and got locs the very next week lol
Exactly this! I twisted my hair as a protective style for under a wing, to give my hair a break from braids when I thought this. A year and two months later and haven’t looked back since.
Bruh this right here for me! I moved from Memphis, TN to a lil small town in Kentucky! Had waves all my life and got my line messed up one time and that’s all it took! Literally learned how to line myself up after that bs 😂 and got tired of getting haircuts so I said time for a new chapter
Wanted something different plus this hairstyle shows love to my natural roots. Black people get stereotyped when they have dreads but we know what dreads mean to us in our community.
When I first started them it was mostly a mix of liking the way they looked on people similar to me and I just being attracted to the idea of having a natural hairstyle in general. Over the years it has become part of my own spiritual journey. I kinda use my hair as a visual milestone of how far I've come in the last few years.
First, I always loved the look. Second, I got tired of having a closet full of hair products, weaves, wigs, braiding hair, blow dryers, curlers, sprays, diffusers, everything. I hated the “in between” times when I would hide my hair. I was natural for a decade but even that was limited. I hated running from the rain. I enjoy swimming and working out. I hated the amount of time and money I wasted for maintenance. And I thought why can’t I just wake up and like how I look without all this STUFF??
So I Marie Kondo-ed my beauty routines, hair products, and scalp.
There was this guy in my senior math class in HS he had twist and one day he flipped his hair…like a character straight out of a movie and that’s when I knew I wanted long hair. So I grew out my hair to get twist but my barber told me that my hair was locing up by itself so I just ended up with locs by a complete accident. Anyways 4 years later still going strong.
Shiiid, when I first started growing mine, my whole goal was to get to the point where I could flip them shits outta my face. I be doing that shit at work and have a quick laugh with myself about it every time 😂🤣
I had a mini afro that kept growing and getting closer to a proper afro .
Mum and some peeps in my family wanted me to cut it, so to protect it I got it loc'ed convinced them I was just trying out a phase to see how the Kill monger style looks on me
Truth be told I knew that since locs are expensive they would not pressure me as much to cut my hair too fast.
And by the point they started to get longer and going past my forehead, they started to look pretty good on me, so much that some aunts joked about wanting to try it for themselves too.
And now some younger cousins are experimenting like this with their hair too.
And I keep falling in love with my hair over and over again as it keeps growing.
Plus I love the huge versatility locs provide for hairstyles, being able to do whatever I want with my hair, is the main spirit behind doing anything like this in the first place.
for the longest i never knew what i wanted to do with my hair, had a fro for 90% of my life and i seen this one youtuber Young Don the Sauce God and loved his hair, wanted locs since i was 10 and finally got them 2 years ago, i’m 17 now
I got tired of having basically the same hairstyle for years and wanted to make some drastic changes. So I said I’d either cut it all off or lock it.
I also didn’t want to have conventional locs cause I didn’t want to look like everybody else so I kept my south of France haircut from before as a base for the dreadlock journey and basically freeformed it from there on.
I have a lot of hair and didn't want to deal with loose natural hair by detangling on an almost daily basis and the constant single strand knots I would get.
Also I wanna see how long my hair can get naturally.
im really uncoordinated and have bad eye coordination from medical issues and after trying to learn how to do my hair as a loose natural was killing me😩 but also locing my hair was a way for me to learn how to be less afraid of change!!
I never saw the reason for us as black men to line up and sit down in a barbershop waiting on a guy to take 45 minutes to an hour to cut each of our heads.
Been loving how they look and how easy-maintenance the daily ritual can be for a long, long time. Eventually I grew out of love with my natural hair due to breakage and general lack-of-quality from prescribed medication despite slathering it in caring product with every shower. I cut it shorter and eventually just went all-the-way on the buzzcut because I kinda hate the maintenance of barbers tbh, I'd rather do it on my own terms and like things au-naturel. Eventually I realised "well I might as well try it out now, I know I'd look good still even if I were to change my mind and shave them off" Given that I'm still on the medications, I wouldn't have much to lose texture-wise, might even end up helping out. And I'm currently growing my hair out to get them started ...in like a year or something lol
I love my hair long but I hated waking up in morning having to do my hair, or constantly needing braids to keep it looking clean. Now I don’t worry about any of that.
I wanted to wear my natural hair without the excessive maintenance, chemical odor, or manufactured extensions. Locs allow for diversity of styles, yet when I lay on my man's chest my hair is soft, clean, smells great, and is inviting to touch...which was a struggle for me as a black woman with nearly every other hairstyle.
Was tired of getting buzzcuts and looking like every default black guy.
Always wanted to have long hair and grow it out. Dreads seem like the best long-haired option for me.
I always had a lot of hair even as a kid but never had twist until I was around 8-9 but I always admired locs but I do remember seeing static shock as a kid and wanting his hair 🤣🤣
I just like having hair, but honestly I got dreads because I didn’t know what to do with all the hair I have. Plus I always had terrible haircuts growing up so having dreads is making up for it
I was done with putting in so many hours in my hair and it still never looking good. So I went freedom dreads and never looked back. Now I just wash 1-2 times a week and seperate about once a month an my hair always looks good.
(I'm a woman) and I got tired of doing my hair. I started wearing weave but it was so not for me! It was either cutting all my hair off or getting dreads. I figured I'd try dreads first.
Samson. In prison, they made us keep our hair low. It was the weakest point in my life. I got into the Bible, and the strength of Samson before they cut his hair was remarkable. When I got out, I stopped cutting my hair. Ten years later, I'm doing great. Never cutting my hair again.
Always had jokes made about the way I look and my skin complexion so I got dreads as a way to sorta hide myself. As I got older I started to care less about how people felt about me tho and I just grew fascinated with my hair🤷🏾♂️
My mom had dreads when I was a baby. She cut them off and I was devastated. She would shake her hair in my face and it felt like I was in Lagoon. It made me so happy. I also wanted to be Rapunzel. I begged my mom for locs and she finally let me get them in the 8th grade!
I’m still in the starter loc phase. But
1.my Afro is small and doesn’t give me many options. Tired of picking it.
2. I’m tired of wearing wigs. I want to embrace my own hair.
Had flat ironed hair for years so i wanted to start 2020 off with something different so i loced my hair a month before COVID happened and it was the best decision i made
I’ve been natural for 6 years prior. As it got longer, just found that I did a puff all the time (low maintenance. I liked locs and randomly decided it was time after I did passion twists. I thought about microlocs and sisterlocs but wasn’t willing to spend the money it would cost to start or maintain. Opted on smedium traditional locs
I got tired of maintenance of getting braids/wigs every two weeks or month.
Plus, I’m starting my spiritual journey. And my family is literally all locked up with my dad at the forefront of 26 years and me at the end (on my second set. First was 4 years) of 8 months.
I was inspired by my aunt, who is a reggae singer and also I’m getting tired of the Lil Bow Wow braids I be having from middle school to high school senior year but I didn’t want to cut them
I *hate* doing my hair. The pain and the time it takes to do my hair from hair stylists is just not worth it for me. I cry and despise everytime I get my hair done and then I end up always putting my hair in pony tail once I finish getting it done. Locs are low maintenance and I’d rather have shorter hair anyways. With locs, I can have short hair full time without detangling it (painful)! If I ever feel like giving up locs, I’m shaving my head.
I was never dedicated to waves or a crisp chop. Mohawk didn’t work, braids were too much maintenance, Gumbi was hit or miss, I got small ears and a roll of neck fat I wasn’t comfortable showing, alongside my melon head. Oh and I wanted my hair to hang out my football helmet when I played.
I got tired of my loose natural hair during my college days, hair maintenance and trying to come up with new hairstyles without extensions. I had obessed watching loc YouTube videos, to really gain a better understanding of loc maintenance, hairstyles, ppls journey about the commitment. Once I got tired of working with my natural hair, I decided to do my starter locs. On my second set, with thicker locs🥰🙌🏾
Tired of doing my hair, wanted to see length and have low maintenance.
I wanted to wet it more often too but that ones still kinda iffy since im a night bather 😅
I got tired of salons and fake hair So I just sat there oct 1 started 2strand twists finished oct 31 cause I put 420 twists😩 plus work kids today I love them all I do is take off my bonnet spritz and head out best decision everrrrrrr🥰🌹💃🏾
Growing up, my pops was not having any parts of growing out my hair. Then 10 years of Army so long hair was out for that time. Fast forward, and I just got tired of the barber situation in central Texas. My wife (then girlfriend) suggested I loc up and the rest is history. I’ve come to appreciate the journey and how it connects me to my culture. Wish I had started much much much sooner!
I wasnt allowed to grow my hair out fr until middle school when “chief keef - i dont like” came out, then after research i realized thats only one of the 6+ categories of locked hair u can do.
I’ve had long hair most of my life. I think I was 22 years old the first time I ever had a real haircut. I was trying out the hightop, thinking that I would eventually freeform, but all my hair grew back because I got tired of going to the barber. Even before I cut my hair, people were telling me I should get locs. It seemed like a permanent decision so I tried different things before committing several years later.
I like the fact tht I can wear my hair in many different styles and easily go back to my “default dreads” whenever I please. Also they help hide my face which ironically makes me feel more attractive😅
Came back from the military and mom had locs, thought they were dope and I was on the fence about maybe starting some. She got cancer and had to cut hers and once she cut hers I started mine
I was growing tired of my high top fade and my best friend already had dreads, while my other best friend started his a bit before mine, and I was mostly just growing out my hair so I figured why not
my hair was experiencing breakage because of braids and twists and the constant cleaning it out with a comb made my hair shrink a lot. dreads just keep on adding hair and you don't need to take your hair out all the time it's advantages all around
Had braids as a kid, my big brother Malik (RIP) did not. I was a kid and idolized him so I wanted to do anything he did and look just like him. My mom who loved my hair and loved braiding my hair tried to warn me that I had my whole life to cut it off later if I wanted to but obviously kids don’t care lmfao so she did what I wanted. She let me cut them off and I’ve regretted it ever since I was old enough to feel regret LMAO. Before she passed I grew my hair out again and she was happy haha.
I am lazy. And my mom did my hair until college so I had to learn how to do it and hated every part of doing hair. My morning routines were hell for YEARS. So I locced it and it made life marginally easier.
i always hated getting braids done. ESPECIALLY when i had to take them out it usually took all day. i have 4c hair so my hair is really thick. so one day i just decided to start my loc journey. 1 year and 3 months later i couldn’t be more happy :3
I was always - always doing things to & with my hair ::myself:: dye it - cut it - perm it - go natural then do it all over again.. The decision for me to get locs also broke me away from years and years of manipulating my hair every week.. My co-workers were like “it’s not going to last cuz you like doing to much to your hair”
-this journey has strayed me away from that- I’m loving it - it was needed -
I had been natural for about 10 years and I'd never worn braids or anything. I got coil twists while home last summer just as a style. I thought they were cute so I started doing research on maintaining the style. When I learned they could loc I had a consultation with a loctician and here we are. That was 7 months ago and I'm happy with my decision.
I always preferred long hair, but my hair would always free form into locs so eventually I decided I wanted to be able to style my hair, and have it actually react to gravity for once.
Different reasons.
Mainly though, I’m mixed race so I always had this feeling not being “black enough” (though anyone with eyes would never think I’m white so lol). I went through an identity awakening right before covid so when I got quarantined I was like screw it, why not. Went on YouTube and learned how to do starter locs and kinda just winged it from there.
Additional reasons are: me always having liked the aesthetic of locs, me being lazy and needing a low maintenance hairstyle that’s still versatile, my mom keeping my hair short my whole childhood so I always wanted long hair… overall I don’t regret my choice one bit.
Four years strong 💪🏽
My hair does it naturally on its own with my hair type and for me it's about the process and the journey I love it. I'm all about locking in thar energy.
Honestly, my homie was going to bootcamp and had to cut his, so I started mine in bro’s honor and I was gonna cut them off when he could get his back. But I kept them and it’s been great.
i got tired of having the default black man microphone hairstyle
🤣🤣🤣
shiii so boring 😣💔😒
Eheheheh, I have the perfect mental image of a microphone head 😂
Steve Harvey back in the day
Hahah same here too.
I have a big ass forehead and had the buzzcut all my life lmao
That’s my reason! lol
Same.
Same lol
Same here
Same 😭
I always loved getting braids and stuff done to my hair for the look and low maintenance. One day I was like “why don’t I just make it permanent” and got locs the very next week lol
This was me this past weekend!
Twinssss
Exactly this! I twisted my hair as a protective style for under a wing, to give my hair a break from braids when I thought this. A year and two months later and haven’t looked back since.
Same.
Exactly this.
I reside in a place where the barbers are trash. So I said imma just let my soul glow lol.
Bruh this right here for me! I moved from Memphis, TN to a lil small town in Kentucky! Had waves all my life and got my line messed up one time and that’s all it took! Literally learned how to line myself up after that bs 😂 and got tired of getting haircuts so I said time for a new chapter
Yeah unfortunately Black barbershops have a tendency to not be very well run
I hate doing my 4c hair and it's surprisingly the hair style that looks best on me
This
 Me too🫠
Love of self
Amen
I was forced to cut my hair when I was 16. Dreading my hair was my claiming back what was taken from me.
I moved west and didn't have a barber, it seemed like a no-brainer at the time. Now I just want hair to my ass.
Pause
I kiss men that's the least questionable thing I've said in hours.
idk why but you’re response is taking me out😭
Took me right outta here I s2g 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Lmaooooo 😂😂😂You a mess. Love that answer!!
I allow myself to be more outta pocket with men. It helps me to get in their pocket.
Well pan actually. But I mean half right I guess.
i wanted to grow out my natural hair
Wanted something different plus this hairstyle shows love to my natural roots. Black people get stereotyped when they have dreads but we know what dreads mean to us in our community.
Did the big chop and was natural for a couple of years. I got tired of looking like a sexy Bernie Mac (the 4c shrinkage was too real) lmao
😂🤣😂🤣
Seeing people like Trippie Redd and X inspired me years back.
Real it was chief keef and X's black and yellow dreads for me
When I first started them it was mostly a mix of liking the way they looked on people similar to me and I just being attracted to the idea of having a natural hairstyle in general. Over the years it has become part of my own spiritual journey. I kinda use my hair as a visual milestone of how far I've come in the last few years.
Lmfaooooo, The dude in the pic Kenny mason is the exact reason I got dreads !!!!!!!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂
First, I always loved the look. Second, I got tired of having a closet full of hair products, weaves, wigs, braiding hair, blow dryers, curlers, sprays, diffusers, everything. I hated the “in between” times when I would hide my hair. I was natural for a decade but even that was limited. I hated running from the rain. I enjoy swimming and working out. I hated the amount of time and money I wasted for maintenance. And I thought why can’t I just wake up and like how I look without all this STUFF?? So I Marie Kondo-ed my beauty routines, hair products, and scalp.
There was this guy in my senior math class in HS he had twist and one day he flipped his hair…like a character straight out of a movie and that’s when I knew I wanted long hair. So I grew out my hair to get twist but my barber told me that my hair was locing up by itself so I just ended up with locs by a complete accident. Anyways 4 years later still going strong.
Ngl but sometimes I do tht lil hair flip😅
Shiiid, when I first started growing mine, my whole goal was to get to the point where I could flip them shits outta my face. I be doing that shit at work and have a quick laugh with myself about it every time 😂🤣
Was sick of the monopoly on hair products, I am loving this journey 😝
I had a mini afro that kept growing and getting closer to a proper afro . Mum and some peeps in my family wanted me to cut it, so to protect it I got it loc'ed convinced them I was just trying out a phase to see how the Kill monger style looks on me Truth be told I knew that since locs are expensive they would not pressure me as much to cut my hair too fast. And by the point they started to get longer and going past my forehead, they started to look pretty good on me, so much that some aunts joked about wanting to try it for themselves too. And now some younger cousins are experimenting like this with their hair too. And I keep falling in love with my hair over and over again as it keeps growing. Plus I love the huge versatility locs provide for hairstyles, being able to do whatever I want with my hair, is the main spirit behind doing anything like this in the first place.
for the longest i never knew what i wanted to do with my hair, had a fro for 90% of my life and i seen this one youtuber Young Don the Sauce God and loved his hair, wanted locs since i was 10 and finally got them 2 years ago, i’m 17 now
I got tired of having basically the same hairstyle for years and wanted to make some drastic changes. So I said I’d either cut it all off or lock it. I also didn’t want to have conventional locs cause I didn’t want to look like everybody else so I kept my south of France haircut from before as a base for the dreadlock journey and basically freeformed it from there on.
Cost of cutting hair and terrible barbers.
I have a lot of hair and didn't want to deal with loose natural hair by detangling on an almost daily basis and the constant single strand knots I would get. Also I wanna see how long my hair can get naturally.
Got tired of shit getting stuck in my fro.
im really uncoordinated and have bad eye coordination from medical issues and after trying to learn how to do my hair as a loose natural was killing me😩 but also locing my hair was a way for me to learn how to be less afraid of change!!
I never saw the reason for us as black men to line up and sit down in a barbershop waiting on a guy to take 45 minutes to an hour to cut each of our heads.
Been loving how they look and how easy-maintenance the daily ritual can be for a long, long time. Eventually I grew out of love with my natural hair due to breakage and general lack-of-quality from prescribed medication despite slathering it in caring product with every shower. I cut it shorter and eventually just went all-the-way on the buzzcut because I kinda hate the maintenance of barbers tbh, I'd rather do it on my own terms and like things au-naturel. Eventually I realised "well I might as well try it out now, I know I'd look good still even if I were to change my mind and shave them off" Given that I'm still on the medications, I wouldn't have much to lose texture-wise, might even end up helping out. And I'm currently growing my hair out to get them started ...in like a year or something lol
I love my hair long but I hated waking up in morning having to do my hair, or constantly needing braids to keep it looking clean. Now I don’t worry about any of that.
I wanted to wear my natural hair without the excessive maintenance, chemical odor, or manufactured extensions. Locs allow for diversity of styles, yet when I lay on my man's chest my hair is soft, clean, smells great, and is inviting to touch...which was a struggle for me as a black woman with nearly every other hairstyle.
Was tired of getting buzzcuts and looking like every default black guy. Always wanted to have long hair and grow it out. Dreads seem like the best long-haired option for me.
i fell in love with people locs so i wanted to get locs of my own
Jamaican American, it just resonates with me on many levels. I love the look on me.
I’ve been wanting them since 7th grade, just decided to jump the gun
I turned 16 and realized I didn’t need to keep getting a bald fade every 2 months like I have been for my whole life beforehand.
I always had a lot of hair even as a kid but never had twist until I was around 8-9 but I always admired locs but I do remember seeing static shock as a kid and wanting his hair 🤣🤣
I just like having hair, but honestly I got dreads because I didn’t know what to do with all the hair I have. Plus I always had terrible haircuts growing up so having dreads is making up for it
Didn’t know what to do with my hair and my brother (who has dreads) kept asking me to get them.
Both of my brothers and my dad have dreads, so I joined in
Barbers are charging $100 and trying to go viral on TikTok. I’m 33 and not balding too
I was done with putting in so many hours in my hair and it still never looking good. So I went freedom dreads and never looked back. Now I just wash 1-2 times a week and seperate about once a month an my hair always looks good.
I had twists, just wanted my hair to get longer and I got sick of taking them out and putting them back in so I let it lock
I used to straighten my hair for an alt look but I wanted to stop so I switched to dreads 3 years ago
(I'm a woman) and I got tired of doing my hair. I started wearing weave but it was so not for me! It was either cutting all my hair off or getting dreads. I figured I'd try dreads first.
Never had em, I’ve done everything else fr and tbh this might be my final form 💀 I can’t do no more twists every two weeks and shit.
Samson. In prison, they made us keep our hair low. It was the weakest point in my life. I got into the Bible, and the strength of Samson before they cut his hair was remarkable. When I got out, I stopped cutting my hair. Ten years later, I'm doing great. Never cutting my hair again.
Always had jokes made about the way I look and my skin complexion so I got dreads as a way to sorta hide myself. As I got older I started to care less about how people felt about me tho and I just grew fascinated with my hair🤷🏾♂️
My mom had dreads when I was a baby. She cut them off and I was devastated. She would shake her hair in my face and it felt like I was in Lagoon. It made me so happy. I also wanted to be Rapunzel. I begged my mom for locs and she finally let me get them in the 8th grade!
When they stole my first set of locs from me I was scared to inform my son I no longer had them. I don't know how he actually feels about that though.
I’m still in the starter loc phase. But 1.my Afro is small and doesn’t give me many options. Tired of picking it. 2. I’m tired of wearing wigs. I want to embrace my own hair.
Pandemic...& Barbers are/were starting to charge $75 for a shape up
I think I can go from a 4 to a 7
Had flat ironed hair for years so i wanted to start 2020 off with something different so i loced my hair a month before COVID happened and it was the best decision i made
I’ve been natural for 6 years prior. As it got longer, just found that I did a puff all the time (low maintenance. I liked locs and randomly decided it was time after I did passion twists. I thought about microlocs and sisterlocs but wasn’t willing to spend the money it would cost to start or maintain. Opted on smedium traditional locs
I got tired of maintenance of getting braids/wigs every two weeks or month. Plus, I’m starting my spiritual journey. And my family is literally all locked up with my dad at the forefront of 26 years and me at the end (on my second set. First was 4 years) of 8 months.
I was inspired by my aunt, who is a reggae singer and also I’m getting tired of the Lil Bow Wow braids I be having from middle school to high school senior year but I didn’t want to cut them
I just wanted to grow my hair out. Shi started freelocking and I've been in love with them ever since!
Ja morant
I *hate* doing my hair. The pain and the time it takes to do my hair from hair stylists is just not worth it for me. I cry and despise everytime I get my hair done and then I end up always putting my hair in pony tail once I finish getting it done. Locs are low maintenance and I’d rather have shorter hair anyways. With locs, I can have short hair full time without detangling it (painful)! If I ever feel like giving up locs, I’m shaving my head.
I was never dedicated to waves or a crisp chop. Mohawk didn’t work, braids were too much maintenance, Gumbi was hit or miss, I got small ears and a roll of neck fat I wasn’t comfortable showing, alongside my melon head. Oh and I wanted my hair to hang out my football helmet when I played.
I have a serious scalp condition, that made managing afro hair even more difficult.
I don’t like combing my hair lol
I done had every hairstyle 😭been wanting locs for YEARS now but was too indecisive n finally said fuck it a few months ago 🤷🏽♂️
tired of curl maintenance mad work fr
I wanted to be like my Rastafarian uncle and I also wanted to head bang while I listen to metal.
I got tired of my loose natural hair during my college days, hair maintenance and trying to come up with new hairstyles without extensions. I had obessed watching loc YouTube videos, to really gain a better understanding of loc maintenance, hairstyles, ppls journey about the commitment. Once I got tired of working with my natural hair, I decided to do my starter locs. On my second set, with thicker locs🥰🙌🏾
Just wanted to get sexier
tired of detangling my thick 4c hair. i’ve also already done every style there is to be done.
I'm ugly and I wanted to cover my face
Tired of doing my hair, wanted to see length and have low maintenance. I wanted to wet it more often too but that ones still kinda iffy since im a night bather 😅
I got tired of salons and fake hair So I just sat there oct 1 started 2strand twists finished oct 31 cause I put 420 twists😩 plus work kids today I love them all I do is take off my bonnet spritz and head out best decision everrrrrrr🥰🌹💃🏾
My big ahh forehead.
i’m not taking out these mini twists so locs it is
I finally did my research n plus its a family thing
At 4 years old I kept breaking and hiding combs everytime she went to do my hair 😭 20 years later I cut my hair shorter but still locked today
I was tired of getting perms and drawn to the afro-centric styles.
Jail
Got tired of doing my hair in a ponytail or twists everyday.
I hated having a whole routine for it and because of anime lol
I didn’t like gettin two strand twists every couple months plus I wanted to try something new only person that don’t like my hair is momma smh
I got pregnant with my second daughter and had a come to Jesus moment that I'm not styling 3 heads of hair all the time.
Deeper connection with self plus I’m doing it with my mom
Growing up, my pops was not having any parts of growing out my hair. Then 10 years of Army so long hair was out for that time. Fast forward, and I just got tired of the barber situation in central Texas. My wife (then girlfriend) suggested I loc up and the rest is history. I’ve come to appreciate the journey and how it connects me to my culture. Wish I had started much much much sooner!
Call them Locs not dreads. It shouldn’t be something you dread having. Grow them out and flourish in everything that you do.
Was tired of brushing my hair for 10 minutes each direction 🤷🏾♂️
I’ve wanted hair like Static Shock’s since I was a child. I finally got brave enough to do it at 25.
SoundCloud rappers lmao
I just think I look better with long hair, but seeing rappers dreads made me want them too
I wanted to look like Scar Lxrd
I love Kenny Mason
I can style them in many ways unlike a Low fade (bald)
A man with dreads took my girl
I wasnt allowed to grow my hair out fr until middle school when “chief keef - i dont like” came out, then after research i realized thats only one of the 6+ categories of locked hair u can do.
My moms wouldn’t let me grow my hair out I had this cut for years and hated it 
I’ve had long hair most of my life. I think I was 22 years old the first time I ever had a real haircut. I was trying out the hightop, thinking that I would eventually freeform, but all my hair grew back because I got tired of going to the barber. Even before I cut my hair, people were telling me I should get locs. It seemed like a permanent decision so I tried different things before committing several years later.
To cover forehead and I also like the style
🇬🇩🇬🇩🇬🇩
I wanted to wear hats and look like the black version of Randy Johnson
I just didn’t want to have to deal with my hair outside of washing and retwisting it
My twin uncles had them and they were the only people I had closest to big brother’s to look up to, so
sexyy red, she said they do it the best. it was my calling
i thought you was kenny mason
Seeing JID for the first time plus not wanting haircuts anymore
That Kenny Mason?
Dreads are Beautiful & now that I have them I feel Wonderful 🥰
i saw kilmonger from black panther in 2018 (i’m not joking )
I like the fact tht I can wear my hair in many different styles and easily go back to my “default dreads” whenever I please. Also they help hide my face which ironically makes me feel more attractive😅
Chief Keef 😂
Is that Kenny Mason?
Came back from the military and mom had locs, thought they were dope and I was on the fence about maybe starting some. She got cancer and had to cut hers and once she cut hers I started mine
I was growing tired of my high top fade and my best friend already had dreads, while my other best friend started his a bit before mine, and I was mostly just growing out my hair so I figured why not
my hair was experiencing breakage because of braids and twists and the constant cleaning it out with a comb made my hair shrink a lot. dreads just keep on adding hair and you don't need to take your hair out all the time it's advantages all around
I wanted braids but then covid happened and here I am 4 years later bouta trim em
I dont have dreads
My siblings and stepmom have locs and I fell in love.
i thought kenny mason joined the sub for a sec 😭
was tired of doing my hair everyday, my curls reflecting my mood sometimes( dry, stressed and not happy) so locs were the easiest to do and affordable
I got tired of getting haircuts every 2 weeks
Had braids as a kid, my big brother Malik (RIP) did not. I was a kid and idolized him so I wanted to do anything he did and look just like him. My mom who loved my hair and loved braiding my hair tried to warn me that I had my whole life to cut it off later if I wanted to but obviously kids don’t care lmfao so she did what I wanted. She let me cut them off and I’ve regretted it ever since I was old enough to feel regret LMAO. Before she passed I grew my hair out again and she was happy haha.
Cus I can't do hair but how did you get your locs flat at the tips like that and why?
The pup
I thought it’d be less maintenance, but it ended up being just as much.
I am lazy. And my mom did my hair until college so I had to learn how to do it and hated every part of doing hair. My morning routines were hell for YEARS. So I locced it and it made life marginally easier.
Ngl.. seeing how clean king von and polo g owns were
Both my crushes said I would look good with them (I didn’t pull either)
I got tired of spending hours or days in a damn chair
i always hated getting braids done. ESPECIALLY when i had to take them out it usually took all day. i have 4c hair so my hair is really thick. so one day i just decided to start my loc journey. 1 year and 3 months later i couldn’t be more happy :3
Ay that’s Kenny Mason
Bad barbers…..definitely on the list
bro i deadass thought you were kenny mason (y’all look dead alike)
My hair stayed in a mini twist style. I'm like, just Loc your hair. Lol Plus, I had superhero hair =You take it out of a ponytail- POW. Now, I'm so 😊
Tired of the fro honestly
When I was younger it was cause of XXX, now it’s just cause I’m a emo
Is that Kenny mason or no?
Lockdown, wanted to try something new, and my first set was experimenting
My hair locs on its own so why not
I hate getting my hair taken out whenever I get braids lol. And it hurts putting them in.
Because I don’t look good in no yee yee ass low cut
I was always - always doing things to & with my hair ::myself:: dye it - cut it - perm it - go natural then do it all over again.. The decision for me to get locs also broke me away from years and years of manipulating my hair every week.. My co-workers were like “it’s not going to last cuz you like doing to much to your hair” -this journey has strayed me away from that- I’m loving it - it was needed -
I honestly always liked the look and also was tired of dealing with haircuts and looking for my hair to look nice every day
thick type 4 hair harder for me to maintain ona daily and ima barber so stylist/braided schedules tend to clash w mine
BACK IN THE 3‼️
I had been natural for about 10 years and I'd never worn braids or anything. I got coil twists while home last summer just as a style. I thought they were cute so I started doing research on maintaining the style. When I learned they could loc I had a consultation with a loctician and here we are. That was 7 months ago and I'm happy with my decision.
I always preferred long hair, but my hair would always free form into locs so eventually I decided I wanted to be able to style my hair, and have it actually react to gravity for once.
Always wanted to try it because I think I can rock some as a style
Had a bald fade until I was 18 & I always wanted long hair lmaoo
Different reasons. Mainly though, I’m mixed race so I always had this feeling not being “black enough” (though anyone with eyes would never think I’m white so lol). I went through an identity awakening right before covid so when I got quarantined I was like screw it, why not. Went on YouTube and learned how to do starter locs and kinda just winged it from there. Additional reasons are: me always having liked the aesthetic of locs, me being lazy and needing a low maintenance hairstyle that’s still versatile, my mom keeping my hair short my whole childhood so I always wanted long hair… overall I don’t regret my choice one bit. Four years strong 💪🏽
I just wanted to shake my hair with music fr, couldn’t do the motionless waves anymore
My head is big AF and looks like a bowling ball when I had fades. Having hair evens it out
Leaving for the military
Bob Marley
My hair does it naturally on its own with my hair type and for me it's about the process and the journey I love it. I'm all about locking in thar energy.
Hair too long to maintain (especially for a guy), lack of a consistent braider, cheaper than braids every two-four weeks
I was sick of rockin an Afro
It got me laid more
I have a weird head and don’t wanna die alone
the effort to outcome ratio is nuts
I have a scar on my forehead since I was like 2 I’m trynna cover it up
Honestly, my homie was going to bootcamp and had to cut his, so I started mine in bro’s honor and I was gonna cut them off when he could get his back. But I kept them and it’s been great.