Why are some Locticians against the latch hook method?
A. Many hair professionals are what we call, “stuck in their ways” concerning certain things. They were taught (or learned on their own) a certain way to do things and that’s what they’re sticking to no matter what! But it is highly probable that those who downtalk latch hooking locs had a bad experience with it and this could be because the person who taught them to do it taught them incorrectly and they experienced a negative outcome as a result; or perhaps they’re speaking clearly by heresay and have never actually used the technique themselves. Some locticians can and will (willingly) latch hook locs either from the start or as a form of maintenance. There are others who either don’t know about it, don’t want to learn it, or know how but just prefer not to do it for whatever reason. But I do know this (from personal experience as having been a hair stylist): Most (not all, but many) hair professionals like doing things that don’t take up a lot of time so that they can get more clie