Also commonly known as pinch-braid maintenance, this is exactly what it sounds like.

The string is popped off with a stitch ripper and the synthdread is removed. For those who don’t already have real dreadlocks, the shed hair is combed out leaving the natural hair in perfect condition. The synthdread is reattached in the same manner as the first application. The only difference during maintenance is the synthetic hair has already been made into a dread so the service takes half the time. Synthdreads are reusable over and over again. Pinch-braid maintenance is recommended every 4-12 weeks for natural hair and 2-6 months for dreadlocks.