it used to be long and plush and thick
February 1, 2017 8:26 AM
I've been balding somewhat and after a few years of just shaving my head at home I'm going to get an Actual Haircut at Actual Stylist and I have no idea what to ask for.
I am something like a II on this male pattern hair loss scale headed toward IIA (the widows peak area is visibly thinning out) and III Vertex (scalp not visible yet but absolutely thinning out).
From like 2004 on I usually had some semblance of a low-effort pompadour/long-on-top-shaved-sides-and-back but for numerous reasons (mainly hair thinning out up front and also the alt-right) I can't really do that anymore.
Anyone have ideas? Google searches for "thinning hair men's haircut" basically just leads to a bunch of photos of Jason Statham's mostly shaved head.
NB: A number of my male friends have been getting this haircut where there's just a flap of overly-long hair covering up the front to make it look less balding like some sort of hair-skort. It works for them but I extremely do not want that.
I am something like a II on this male pattern hair loss scale headed toward IIA (the widows peak area is visibly thinning out) and III Vertex (scalp not visible yet but absolutely thinning out).
From like 2004 on I usually had some semblance of a low-effort pompadour/long-on-top-shaved-sides-and-back but for numerous reasons (mainly hair thinning out up front and also the alt-right) I can't really do that anymore.
Anyone have ideas? Google searches for "thinning hair men's haircut" basically just leads to a bunch of photos of Jason Statham's mostly shaved head.
NB: A number of my male friends have been getting this haircut where there's just a flap of overly-long hair covering up the front to make it look less balding like some sort of hair-skort. It works for them but I extremely do not want that.
As ftm said. Ask the barber/stylist what would work for you. It's there job and they don't mind you asking. And if it doesn't work out, it's hair, it'll grow back.
(You do know that a lot of guys look real hot with shaved heads?)
posted by james33 at 9:30 AM on February 1, 2017
(You do know that a lot of guys look real hot with shaved heads?)
posted by james33 at 9:30 AM on February 1, 2017
I'm pretty similar to that IIA. I usually ask for my top a little longer than finger length (~1.5 inches), and then a #3 clipper on the back and sides. But I wear a baseball cap most of the time, haha, so take it for what it's worth.
posted by kevinbelt at 9:31 AM on February 1, 2017
posted by kevinbelt at 9:31 AM on February 1, 2017
Former II->III Vertex here. The canonical haircut for that sort of pattern is what's called a Caesar cut, which you can do yourself if you own buzzers. The advantage of having somebody else do the work for you is they can fade and trim the neck line in a way you can't, but I eventually got to be OK at trimming that myself. If you have somebody do it you can specify a guide number (I started with a six, then went to a five).
Somewhere between IV and VI I just started shaving with a blade. My determining factor was that there was a patch of hair on top connected to the sideburns with a thin line they don't really illustrate there. The line itself started to thin out and I decided that if it formed a break wider than a pencil, it was time.
That time came twelve years ago.
posted by fedward at 10:04 AM on February 1, 2017
Somewhere between IV and VI I just started shaving with a blade. My determining factor was that there was a patch of hair on top connected to the sideburns with a thin line they don't really illustrate there. The line itself started to thin out and I decided that if it formed a break wider than a pencil, it was time.
That time came twelve years ago.
posted by fedward at 10:04 AM on February 1, 2017
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posted by ftm at 8:37 AM on February 1, 2017