Just dampen your hair and slick it back/down as much as you can....the front bit will be the most important as that`s what you`ll be eventually exposing.... most Toppers are oval shaped.... I think you said you need to cover some hair loss in the temple areas too..... just make it so that you take in the temple areas and just go backwards from there with it towards the crown-point where it will curve to a `finish`...... you`ll be trimming off the partial from the front section when your topper arrives, so that`s the most important bit to have accurate. Have a look at Snipe`s post on template-making... http://forum.toplace.com/showthread.php?...light=fred It will be important to get/ mark the hair-direction [ventilation] correctly and specify correct density....enclosing a pic with your template of a style which you`d like to copy will help the factory....... hopefully you`ll be able to get a 2nd partial from the remainder of the topper, once you`ve trimmed off the `proper`one.....