For those of you who have seen my pics before I hope I am not boring you. What I did this time was cut the crown and top of piece down to 1/4 inch!!!!! I left the front about 3/4 inch ans the sides about 1/2 inch. This was all done with a $30 Whal clipper and a conair $3 RAZOR comb. I know people have warned against cutting the hair too short on the sides or it would be impossible to blend (isn't that what we were told for years by hair replacement salon people "you have to have it long enouhj to blend...and their way of blending was to leave the hair with all different lengths which I always hated). Next time I will go even shorter!! specs: french 64 lace body, swiss lace front, 65% density, 1B color, body wave, short style ventilation, lace is pleated rather than gathered with circular threads. Jeff/Gel