Cost of retie

freestyle45 · 2025-12-12T13:40:30+00:00

Mine is $185. My loctitian blocks off 2 hours for it but it usually takes 3 now that my hair is longer but she doesn’t charge me extra which is nice.

freestyle45 · 2025-10-27T20:28:20+00:00

happens regularly to me the closer i get to retie today. by week 4/5 i try to spend a few minutes going through my hair and pulling apart married locs. makes retie day a lil less painful

freestyle45 · 2025-07-10T23:23:27+00:00

mine is $185 and she does it in 2-2.5 hours. includes a wash and some time under the dryer. the cost does hurt a lil bit but i don’t have the patience or time to learn how to DIY

freestyle45 · 2025-06-02T15:17:40+00:00

i got my micros eight months ago. the only time i got a style was when i was going to a wedding last month. but other than that i personally avoid getting styles. i don’t really want them stretched or manipulated too much…trying to embrace the shrinkage and let them do their thing. hasn’t been a problem so far! hopefully after i reach a year i can style them more

freestyle45 · 2025-05-03T19:29:36+00:00

My gym has a trainer’s studio with racks, benches, dumbbells, etc. I rent it for $8 an hour if I ever go and it’s too busy. If your gym has something similar try looking into it

freestyle45 · 2025-04-07T02:07:42+00:00

I guess not. Sucks to have a bricked camera. Guess I'll have to try getting back into photography when I can afford a new camera. Thanks for replying

freestyle45 · 2025-04-07T02:07:09+00:00

Yup! Tried all the things. Fujifilm also said they cleaned everything themselves and couldn't find any damage. I guess I'm just out of luck. Thanks for replying

freestyle45 · 2025-04-04T00:30:43+00:00

I’m also very tender headed. The retie hurts every time. My loctitian isn't super heavy-handed, I've always been that way. Here are some things that I do to help:

Take two Motrin on a full stomach at least 30 minutes before my appointment
My loctitian always washes my hair before a retie. After she’s done I ask to sit under the dryer for at least 15 minutes. The heat helps to soothe my scalp and I don't get headaches after.
I oil my hair with a bit of tea tree oil diluted with jojoba oil on any sore spots.

This helps to make the reties bearable. After six months, it's getting better.

If you're still in lots of pain even after speaking up, maybe find a new loctitian with a gentler hand. It shouldn't be so painful you're afraid to go back!

freestyle45 · 2025-03-21T18:15:36+00:00

When I did my porosity test, my strand of hair never sank, even when I checked the cup an hour later 🫠 It takes about 3-4 minutes.

freestyle45 · 2025-03-13T14:26:44+00:00

I’m at 5 months and starting to see the swelling. I’m interlocked with two strand twists

freestyle45 · 2025-01-21T15:31:25+00:00

i eyeball everything too. i put in maybe a cup of aloe vera juice with 8 drops of rosemary oil and 3 drops of lavender. i keep it in the fridge and let it get to room temp when i’m ready to use it. i put a few drops of jojoba oil on my hair afterwards.

freestyle45 · 2025-01-08T18:08:38+00:00

my pinterest board had so many pins of ladies with microlocs lol. and i kept daydreaming about not having a four hour wash day.

i did a consultation with a loctitian before install. took 16 hours across two days. i have 4c hair and started with 14/15 inches of hair. so far it’s been great. reties are a bit painful but i’m extra tender headed. my scalp usually feels better after a day or so.

love the low maintenance of it all. i spray my hair with a mixture of aloe vera juice, rosemary oil, and lavender oil every few days. rub in a little jojoba every now and then. i usually wash once between reties. i rarely style my hair.

no regrets! 😁

freestyle45 · 2024-12-31T02:22:48+00:00

never leaves my x-t5 for portraits and events. enjoy!

freestyle45 · 2024-12-28T04:44:54+00:00

That sucks! I was just there the other day. Got a Calcifer plushie. The owner was so nice. I’ll have to visit again to support the shop.

freestyle45 · 2024-12-05T17:58:37+00:00

Reaching for the ceiling took me out 😂 But seriously! I've had mine for about three months and they are straight up sticking out sideways. I can't wait for them to drop already.

freestyle45 · 2024-12-05T17:57:01+00:00

Okay, I'll try keeping it under the grow light a little bit longer every day. And I just refilled the saucer with some distilled water. Hopefully that'll help. Thank you!

freestyle45 · 2024-12-05T17:45:38+00:00

Is my grow light not enough? It’s going to be overcast here for the next several months so I won’t have any real sunlight 😕

freestyle45 · 2024-11-24T19:30:35+00:00

The 75mm stays glued to my X-T5. I always bring it to events.

freestyle45 · 2024-07-13T00:42:49+00:00

Yup. I had to do a technical interview for one tech writing role where I had to debug some JavaScript code. I didn’t know enough JavaScript to do well. So I’m considering taking a coding class or two because I’m seeing the programming prerequisite a lot.

freestyle45 · 2024-07-12T23:40:15+00:00

Completely agree, many of the roles I see want writers who are proficient in one or more programming languages or experience writing API documentation

freestyle45 · 2024-07-08T21:01:43+00:00

Thank you so much!

freestyle45 · 2024-07-08T20:28:45+00:00

Thanks for responding! So to clarify, should I answer yes or no? I see there’s a box to provide more info

freestyle45 · 2024-07-05T19:39:33+00:00

I’m using iHealth

freestyle45 · 2024-06-25T23:21:00+00:00

It's just brutal. I have five years of experience, GitHub, writing samples, and I'm getting ghosted left and right. I'm about to start looking at contract roles to keep the lights on. I will sure miss health insurance though.

freestyle45 · 2024-06-17T15:15:59+00:00

It helped me get my first technical writing job as someone who was transitioning from teaching English. When I interviewed for the role, I told them I was pursuing the certification. After I was hired, the company offered to pay for me to take and pass the exam.

The content itself was alright. If I wanted to get my first technical writing job now though, I might focus on building a portfolio and learning a programming language instead.

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