You or a friend can maintain your dreads for you if you use the backcombing, twisting, twist & rip, brush rubbing, dread braiding, twist & pin or industrial method. No maintenance is required on neglect dreads. And you should go to a salon to have dread made with the dread perm, silky dreads, or loomed dreads methods. You can go to the salon section on the links page to find some salons in your area that do dread maintenance. And if you know of a salon that does dread maintenance please let us know about them.

When your dreads are new you will probably wax twice each week for the first 3 weeks. And then until the dreads are about 4 months old you will wax once a week to a week and a half. After 4 months you will probably only wax about once or twice a month when the dreads have loose hairs or feel dry.

Where can I find someone to renew my dread perm?

There is a list of salons that do dread perms on the salons page in the links section, you can also find a list that do not have web addresses in the methods section.

What are some residue free shampoos you recommend?

As of right now there is only one residue free shampoo sold on the Internet. You can find it on Dread Head's site.

As of right now there is only one residue free shampoo sold on the Internet. You can find it on Dread Head's site.