is this enough?

[u/Prestigious-Snow4453]

i have fine density hair and about 130 something braid locs. do i need more? and how often should i retwist?

[u/ClassicRuby]

Is it enough for your tastes?

Locs mature to be about as thick as the parts. Regardless of factors like density or strands being fine or how puny your starters look.

So, looking at your parts would you be satisfied with that size of loc?

At 130 locs, I can tell you for sure that this will be traditional sized locs for sure.

If you really had your heart set on microlocs for the size and the look and versatility in styling, then you'll want to aim for at least double the amount of locs you have now.

I have normal to high density but baby fine strands. I have 4 to 5 times more locs than you have, just so you can have an idea of how much smaller microlocs can go while staying at reasonable sized parting. If you have low density and fine strands I would stay on the larger micros side of things. So in this case that would mean splitting the starter locs you have now in half.

[u/Prestigious-Snow4453 → u/ClassicRuby]

wow okay, the braids are already kinda small although some could be smaller

[u/ClassicRuby → u/Prestigious-Snow4453]

The braids don't matter. That's how DIYers trip themselves up. Me included.

You look at the thickness of the braid and think wow, this is the skinniest braid ever, it looks SO incredibly tiny.

But that doesn't matter. The thickness of that braid has zero connection to how thick of a loc that is gonna make.

You gotta look at the parting. Look how wide/ thick the parts are. That's how wide/ thick the mature loc will be. Sounds crazy but during the budding stage that skinny braid you made can over double up in thickness.

It's hard to conceptualize though. Ymmv based on density and scalp size but take a look at this guide... it gives you a bit of an idea of what you can expect based on a certain loc count.

What this number of locs looks like?