One of the reasons I got into doll modification was because I really loved the Ever After High dolls, but the heads were a deal breaker for me... Big and round... Then I heard that you can shrink them with acetone! And thus began my love affair with shrinking vinyl heads lol. But before anything else, I wanted to see if I could change the face's shape without shrinking. I wasn't sure if it would be better reshaping before or after shrinking, but I decided to test it in that order. After so many years of shrinking heads, I can say that as long as you're using the slow method, it doesn't matter.