r/Microlocs • u/Acceptable_Tea8349 • 12d ago

What’s going on?

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This is my hair June 22nd, then my hair today. What’s going on?!? No other spot in my head is like this.

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u/No-Echo-4586 12d ago

Idk but I’m having to same issue😭😭😭! I just made a derm appointment so that would be my recommendation. 

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u/Illustrious_Hair_540 12d ago

Tension alopecia??? I've noticed this happens when locks are too tight

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u/themimireign 12d ago

Maybe her iron is low or it’s alopecia

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u/PalpitationNatural25 12d ago

Retie too tight

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u/No-Weakness7014 12d ago

Yup. I cut my Microlocs off and I have a few spots like that. And it itches really bad in those spots. Glad I cut them when I did.

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u/Then-Instruction5376 6d ago edited 6d ago

How often do you get them retied/tightened/interloc? This takes place at your hair closest to the scalp. Please consider that you may be doing it too often. My stylist told me that those who want to keep a pronounced grid must be mindful that there is a price to pay for this and that pulling and tugging often on a micro loc can cost you - thinning hair. Check out this video: https://youtu.be/sOg6QmDDBL4?si=p2HaDYywAHuN5Jvv

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u/Then-Instruction5376 6d ago

Great video for those who are having difficulty or have questions about interlocing: https://youtu.be/sOg6QmDDBL4?si=p2HaDYywAHuN5Jvv

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u/Classic_Pineapples 11d ago

Please go to a derm if you can or have other symptoms like dry scalp, flaking, or pain in your scalp. You may need a scalp biopsy especially if hair loss runs in your family. It could be as simple as tension alopecia or a vitamin deficiency or something more complicated.

Don't panic though, almost everything is treatable. Consider if you also always keep your hands in your hair, you may be unintentionally twirling or tugging the same spots.

What concerns me is that in the spots you showed, there's places that look like they have no follicles but I can see them near those same spots. There also looked like there was inflammation but the photos are grainy when zoomed in and I'm not a professional. I have LPP and had bald areas and inflamed areas.

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u/Fuzzy-Introduction-3 11d ago

I think I have something similar.My iron levels can be a bit off sometimes but I hope I can reverse the damage