Since reuniting with your dreads/locs has become a thing, I will talk

about some best practices for reattaching dreadlocks as a loctician who has extensive experience.  It is not hard to do but can take time if you are not prepared!

These are some of the steps you should take with your dreads/locs prior to storing them::

• Grow your hair two inches or more before cutting them unless you want a skin fade.  You might also have to tan the spots where the dreads/locs were if you don’t.
• Wash your dreads/locs; maybe even do an apple-cider-vinegar wash too.
• When you cut the locs off, sort them according to the area they were in e.g. the ones in the back, middle and the top.  
• Put a band around each bundle.
• For each dread/loc, comb out the top part – about an inch and a half to 2 inches.  Similar to the loose part that comes with loc extensions.  
• Spread the dreads/locs out somewhere safe to dry.  Moisturize them.
• When they are fully dry, put them back in the bundles and store them.

These are things I feel are best practices for reattaching dreadlocks because people who call

have two main questions:

“Can you reattach locs?”

“How much is it going to cost?”

Folks need to know that everyone’s head is different. I cannot know how long the reattachment

will take to give a price because there is:

• prepping the hair on the client’s head  
• the actual attachment of the extension 
• times the number of dreads/locs e.g. 75 -100.

Of all things you can do for returning to your loc journey, these best practices for reattaching dreadlocks make your return easier.

By Paula Barker, Silkie Locks Hair Design

Books:  “Talking Hair”, “Filling My Head” & “Dreadlocks – A Hairstylist’s Manifest”.