paul, I am doing a partial. Remember i said i was ordering a topper which i was going to cut down into a partial depensding on what looks best?? So ya, thats what im planning on doing. But no matter what.. im still going to have to shave hair off because i still have hair everywhere. Its just much thinner in the front. The part im afraid of is that once i shave those hairs in the front.. the hairs behind it will look funny being there and i wont be able to disguise it. anyway.. im still looking for motivation lol. paul, how was ur first cut in? were u already bald when u started wearing?