Hello there,
 
I started locking on 8/8/08.  I have regular locks started by comb coils, and
not sister locks, however.  I had the same itching problem as you after the
first two weeks.
 
I had always heard that you can't wash your hair for the first 30 days after
initially locking and that to keep the scalp clear you needed Sea Breeze on a
cotton ball.
 
I did nothing to my scalp for the first week after my comb coils were instaled
and then started applying Sea Breeze to the areas of my scalp exposed by the
parts between the locks with a Q-Tip soaked in Sea Breeze.
 
By the end of the second week, I wanted to call on Jesus my scalp was killing
me! 
 
By the third week I was about to give up.  Before I doused my head under the
kitchen sink spigot, I decided to try a cotton ball instead of a Q-Tip to apply
the Sea Breeze.  It made a big difference!  Just after the first application,
the itching ceased. After the third day, I had no more problems.
 
When I went in early September for my first retwisting, my loctician suggested I
not use the cotton balls in the future for fear they would fray and the strays
of the cotton would lock inside my locks.  She also suggested I switch from Sea
Breeze to Witch Hazel but I will be completing my bottle of Sea Breeze (I am
using Sports Strength) before I make the switch.
 
I dug up an old "tip" bottle, the kind that is used when applying hot oil, from
my beauty supply stash.  I got it from the beauty supply store ages ago.  It
came with a replaceable rubber cap that surprising stops the Sea Breeze from
evaporating.
 
I pour the Sea Breeze from its larger bottle into the dropper "tip" bottle, I
turn the tip bottle upside down ever so gently so that the Sea Breeze drips out
at the base of my dreds, gently massage it in, feel the tingle, then lightly
mist my dreds with a water bottle, shake and go.
 
I have yet to have experienced the itching episode since applying the Sea Breeze
with the tip bottle.
 
Let me know if this works for you.
 
I would also be interested in hearing what the other members use for combating
itching in the locks.
 
Until then,
 
 
KC
The Afro in Kimono!

--- On Sun, 9/28/08, shaundra25 <lyswift@...> wrote:

From: shaundra25 <lyswift@...>
Subject: [BlackTresses] New to Sisterlocks..need some advice
To: BlackTresses@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 5:20 PM






Hi, I just had my SL installed on the 20th, it was a long 23 hour
process. Now, a week later, my head is itching so bad. How long
should I wait before washing it and does anyone have any styling ideas
that I could possibly try?


















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