Meet Cobie S. of South Carolina (also a member of the MyDreadlocks.com Product Panel). He's had his dreadlocks for more than two years.
Let's hear from Cobie himself: "I ordered the Dread Kit form Dread Head HQ a good two years ago (2002). I started my dreadlocks with a combination of 'Twist n' Rip' and then backcombing them to make them tighter.
I used a locking accelerator and it works but it itches really really bad. I used wax, which it was okay but I stopped using it many many months ago. I also use the Knotty Boy Locksteady Gel and the Mint spray. I like that, it makes my hair smell very nice"