almost 3 months. Should I take rubber bands off my roots ?
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This is my 2nd set of dreads, all though they are 10 years apart, I remember leaving my bands in for almost 5 months and I did not notice any long term damage, but I gave my babies a good washing and took out the bands I want happy knots 
I usually wash my hair 2xs a week with Dr Bspeppermint bar soap and I blow dry, I do a lil finger rolling to keep everything in place, I try not to palm roll my 1st set of dreads i palm rolled alot and they were so uniform and perfect I want more of a natural look this time... I only used wax the first day I backcombed then and it was a very very small amount.. I learned mylessonthe first time aroundtook almost a year to get all the wax out Yuck!!!!! Thanks for all the advice, I thought my hair would be a frizzy mess when i woke up but everything was still lookn good
and as far as the Fatty dreads in the back I'm well aware of their size their my Fav... I have a total of 41 dreads on my whole head my first set i had around 30 i wanted them a lil smaller this time I have fattys on the bottom and smaller ones on top most of my sections are 1x1 for the most part though... I cant wait till they lock up a bit more but Notice new progress all the time