Hello Shane
I did some back combing to start some of mine too. Palm rolling doesn't do much...and if you do it too much it can break the hair and really damage your dreads. Throw the rubber bands away....they are evil. They break your hair....leave indentions and keep the hair around the bands from moving around and dreading. Seven months ....you should be really be getting somewhere now in the dreading process. Would love to see some pictures.
updated by @taye: 11/02/15 09:57:22PM