A slight fret problem

I have a Dean guitar, a cheap little sweet little tele wannabe. The neck seems prettym good it being what it is but...i can feel every fret on the side of the neck. Is this an indication they should be dressed up a little (filed) and is this something i can do or is it best left to the professionals. I do like this guitar so i don't want to do anything to screw it up. So if somebody can either tell me how to fix this or tell me to leave well enough alone. I would appreciate any advice i can get

A lot of times frets get pushed out like that because of dry weather... Or on cheaper guitars less attention is paid to those areas...

I wouldn't suggest doing this yourself... You can seriously damage the fret board or flatten frets too far. If you wish to attemp this yourself I suggest getting The Guitar Players Repair Guide by Dan Erlewine... he's the main authority on guitar repair... and it's an excellent book that every guitar player should own... Tons of great info in it.

If you are very careful, and you limit yourself to just the sides of the neck I think you can do this yourself. go slow and check your work often. As soon as the fert is no longer bothering you stop. Don't dress the frets themselves, just the sides andstay as close to 90 degrees to the fret face as possible. Plus don't get into the wood of the fret board.

to help prevent damage use a bit of that "blue" masking tape on the side of the neck

mind the fret taper