Major Shrinkage

Talk about shrinkage! Earlier in the locking process I thought I understood shrinkage because a few days after a fresh re-twist my hair would begin to curl back up. But now 7 months into this journey I know better. For the most part my locks have dropped (with the exception of just a few) and so when I wash most of them no longer curl up but they just hang. Looking back at my pictures my hair now looks shorter then when I started, or may be the same exact length, but definitely not any longer. So for those of you who are thinking about locking just know that there will come a time when your hair will look as if it is not growing. And the only way that I can describe it is that my locks are getting thicker and denser. They no longer curl and bend they way they did in the beginning. I am still however enjoying this process and I am excited see the continued changes.