I ordered this hoping it would improve the the Toppik application process and the end result.  Simply stated, it did not.  I apply Toppik every morning to my 12 year old daughter's head (she suffers from trichotillamania).  If I am unable to use this device to apply Toppik to my daughter's head I doubt very much that one could use it  to apply Toppik to one's own self.