Interestingly enough, now that it's longer and I style/comb it, it usually looks better after the helmet. with my old buzzcut I would get the three mohawks depressions from the helmet which didn't want to go away afterwards. With my hair combed over and dry, it normally just takes a splash of water and a few seconds of mussing to get it back to GQ levels (okay, maybe not that level). If I have just showered and styled, I will probably skip the helmet altogether. The wind will mess with it in a different, but more forgivable way.