hmmm..... well, if you cut it a bit `too`short, you kind of lose the overall `look` in my opinion as you cut out the `wave`.... just in my personal opinion [others may disagree ] that a more medium-length can be more `forgiving` /look more natural than a more cropped-in style.Generally, the shorter you go, the less forgiving a system `look` can be..... I`ve cut/cropped old systems as an `experiment`and it didn`t make any difference to the look of the density....just looked like a hedgehog ! lol.