[capt_noonie]

I think the "growing out" phase, yes looks like an old man. once you get past that then it gets cute again. Maybe for Thor, grow out the nose and visor again, and once it's long enough it will lay down. The growing out part is the worst. Have you tried using top knot gel? It helps to kind of glue down the hairs while it's growing out. Then keep his under jaw area shorter than the whiskers to keep that fluffy face look. I think silky hair lays down flatter than cotton too.

I used to cut the hair around Uni's eyes before too, but as soon as it would grow a little it would be poking directly into the eye. I was also really uncomfortable with having scissors, even round nose ones that close to her eye. Then after clipping it, being afraid that the cut ends would fall in her eye! After it grew out, it just lays down flat, no problem. The only time hair gets in her eye now is when its gets out from her barettes, but then that just means I need to redo her hair.