Well, with Sisterlocks, you can wash your hair as long as you bind
and braid, so I washed it for the first time this past weekend.
Fortunately, none of the locs unraveled. I would have cried if I had
to endure that long process again.

I had read somewhere about the witch hazel so I'm going to give that
a try, but I'm sure that the Sea Breeze feels nice with the tingling
sensation :)

How are you liking your locs?

--- In BlackTresses@yahoogroups.com, KC Kelly <afrokimono@...> wrote:
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> Hello there,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> By the end of the second week, I wanted to call on Jesus my scalp
was killing me! 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> I have yet to have experienced the itching episode since applying
the Sea Breeze with the tip bottle.
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> Let me know if this works for you.
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> I would also be interested in hearing what the other members use
for combating itching in the locks.
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> Until then,
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>  
> KC
> The Afro in Kimono!
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> --- On Sun, 9/28/08, shaundra25 <lyswift@...> wrote:
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> From: shaundra25 <lyswift@...>
> Subject: [BlackTresses] New to Sisterlocks..need some advice
> To: BlackTresses@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 5:20 PM
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