i like wet trim, but i leave bit more on my buds (unlike recent harvest on GD for picture reasons, but won't do that often or may only do more on a select few buds for a picture). the sugar leaves keep it nice and protected, imo. simply discard when breaking stuff up.
anyway, i just think it's much easier to work with when it has fresh.. less brittle trichomes, so you knock fewer off. Easy to trace stem back and snip blindly once used to it. Plus, any sugar leaves taken off or trimmed back can be frozen wet, which provides better bubble hash return, if you do that sort of thing. mmmmhhh bubble hash