Well, Solon has A LOT of hair so Scott held him after bath time and I started trimming away but that lasted about 30 seconds before he started wriggling free and I nearly poked him with the scissors...needless to say we needed a touch up the next night because it was a little blunt in places! We did cut the top hair which was about 3-4 inches long and look what happened - it sticks straight up again. Luckily at this age, he gets lots of compliments on his spikey hair - later he will probably have to have long hair or super short hair! We will have to invest in some shear/trimmers but for now our little home fix-it worked good enough...