Removing Hairlocs YourSelf

Has anybody tried this?  I have had hairlocs for 2 weeks and to me - they still suck.  I have naturally curly hair so it is hard to work with.  My hair alone is enough - I don't need more.  Anyway, I'm thinking of taking them out myself.  After this waste of money I'll learn to do more with my natural hair!  

Malibu - thanks for your input!   I'm waiting for more!   Come on people I know you can do it!!

I would go for the BE-extention remover from eurosocap.

you can also order the special tool from "your hair shop" for removing links/locs.

I would email cali-kristen at www.yourhairshop.com and ask her. SHe really knows her stuff. It is a claw like tool and that is what the hairdressers use to remove the locs anyways. it only costs $15 if you can wait. Otherwise patience and a flat head pair of pliers might work. I also got hairlocs recently, and have naturally curly hair and hate hate them. They feel like little pieces of metal poking my head and are not comfortable at all. Also the hair used is crap and doesn't match my own so I have to completely flat iron my to death to match it to the extension hair...kinda defeating the purpose. I totally sympathize with you. I have had much better luck with wefts (clips or tape) and GL . I didn't get damage with GL but am seeing more damage with the locs.

I really dislike that tool (the claw like tool)...and a few years ago everyone was claiming it was that tool that caused all of the damage with hairlocs. That when you inserted that tool into the ring that it damages/breaks the hair. I would recommend the pliers with the grooves for reopening rings.

Tangles - I live in Richmond, Va.    Like I said before - I havent taken them out yet. 

Hi ANG- I am planning on removing mine. I don't think I want to go back to the stylist who put them in. I don't think she did a good job and don't want her damaging my hair further. She also didn't match all the locs to my hair color....I have some "white locs" in my hair and i have darker hair.

I tried using pliers but you have to be careful or you can cut your hair. I think it is best to let someone else take them out. I have a really good hairdresser near me who does every method of extension but just didn't have years and years of hairlocs experience (that is why I went to try someone new who had been doing it for years....BIG Mistake that was). So I am going to go to my hairdresser and have her remove them for me and replace it with something else....either the shrinks or GL. I really liked the GL and didn't have any trouble removing them and no more damage than I have seen with the hairlocs. In all cases, you will see your own hair in the shed or fallen strands as your naturally shedding hair will get trapped in the locs/bond since we all shed about 100 strands a day. Make sure that the shed hair has a little whitish tip...not a bulb but a tip and then you are ok. if there is no tip, it could have been cut or yanked out. I think the hairlocs work for people who have thick hair b/c they cannot feel the locs as much and don't poke them .....I can feel them in my head. They don' t show (unless it is windy) and are pretty hidden but just feel so un-natural.