Spiritually detoxing in the loc community is a common practice atleast in the African American Community. It's one of the first things I learned when I was thinking of starting my loc journey a couple of years ago. It comes from the belief that our hair holds negative energy from past experiences and we need to detox it. It usually includes apple cider vinegar and baking soda to clean the locs.

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