I had dreads for a while - basically in the final months of me having long hair (from age 0 to 25 pretty much).

I had 'em for about 6 months, kept them well and used a dry shampoo to wash them - still stank a bit if I'm honest.

My girlfriend pretty much told me if I didn't lose them, they'd just vanish one night... :eek:

So they went, I think what they look like has alot to do with the overall image - if I looked like a tramp anyway you'd assume I was filthy, but as I still dressed pretty well and just had dreads, I think they were OK... No worse than my crap long hair anyway....