My Mom Said My Dreadlocks Are Causing My Hair Loss

(male) ok, i have dreads and when someone did my hair, dreads started to fall out so my mom said it was because of tightness. i heard that a shot will regrow it. what do u think i should do? i really dont want to cut em. i bonded with them actually and i like them

Your mom is correct. The tight pulling from the dreadlocks is called traction alopecia, and that will cause hair loss (tight constant pulling for any hairstyle will cause this). I don’t know what shot you might’ve heard about, but regrowing hair lost from traction alopecia isn’t as simple as getting a shot. What you have now might just be temporary, so all hope is not lost, but at this point I have no way of knowing if it will regrow on its own or not. The best way you can tell if it’ll come back is by removing the dreads, crossing your fingers, and patiently waiting. I’m kidding about the fingers, but you will have to wait a few months (possibly up to a year) to see if the hair comes back on its own.

I can appreciate that you are attached to a hairstyle, but if you want to stop the traction alopecia from continuing, the sooner you get rid of the dreadlocks, the better. Or you can continue with the dreads and save your money for a hair transplant. Bottom line though, always listen to your mother!