my dreads are going to be five months old the 21st of this month(which is also by birthday!...lol^^)....i backcombed em....used wax very sparingly, found this place(THANK GOODNESS), haven't used wax in a few months now, and the dreadies make my heart smile^^...i wash with dr. bronner's tea tree soap at least once a week(and another brand of tea tree soap i found at a local herbal shop i randomly found..lol), and i love doing the macrame with hemp in em^^...here are a few pics of em^^ these are some pics from about a week or so....got on the trampoline and thought, hey, fun pics..lolol so yeah..there they are^^. 5 months in, and i love em^^.