I am sorry, I failed to mention that the 2nd photo was photoshopped. I actually haven't done the work yet. I need to wait until it starts growing more (mid spring) that way I would heal faster. I also just repotted it without taking away too many roots. I just root pruned the annoying one's out, tied it to a granite slab (for nebari), and added a better soil mix of pinebark (mixed with a little compost), Lava, and Pumice. You can't see that because I covered the top with the Pinebark Compost mix.