Free-form locs are the father of traditional dreadlocks. Most people with locs go in and get their hair styled and roots re-twisted for a more "clean and neat" look. Free form is more organic.

Guy went on to free form loc her hair, saying that it seemed quite off her radar, but they seemed to call out to her instead. “My decision to loc my hair was more of a feeling than a style ...

Simmons, who wears his hair in natural free form locs, said he hasn’t experienced hair discrimination since joining the state’s upper legislative chamber and has felt welcome.