Does anyone else cut their own hair here? How do you get the sides with an electric trimmer without going to far and cutting the top? I feel I leave to much behind and yet if I go any further I shave parts of my scalp. Not cool
I cut my own hair with a buzzer - #5 on top, #3 on the sides/back. I stop on the sides/back about 1 and 1/2 inch above my ears (basically up to the part of my melon where it starts curving to create the crown), and do the rest with the #5.
Perhaps I'm not quite understanding your predicament... Are you using a mirror to help see what you're doing?
I guess my best suggestion if you're going to continue without a guard, .