Hair getting a little too long and looking to give it a trim? While this isn’t always a great idea, we’ll be going over how to keep your hair looking good when cutting it yourself.
Shorter hairstyles will be easier to maintain on your own, especially if you can just use a pair of clippers. This is what we’ll be focusing on in this article. For longer hairstyles, we recommend spending the money on a real haircut. It’s well worth it instead of potentially butchering yourself at home.
How to Trim Your Own Hair with Clippers
Luckily, trimming your own hair with clippers is a pretty easy process!
Keep in mind that this is only really an option for shorter hairstyles. So, if you want to keep your hair longer than an inch, this probably isn’t the choice for you.
Clippers will usually come with several guards you can attach. These determine how short your haircut will be. Each guard represents an extra eighth of an inch. The lengths range from no guard, which will leave you bald, to a number 8 guard, which will leave a full inch of hair. This gives you a pretty wide range of hair lengths to choose from!
You can also use different guards on the side and top if you want to keep slightly different lengths. You could also potentially give yourself a fade by using multiple guard lengths. Just keep in mind that the more complicated you get, the more challenging it will be to get a decent haircut.
We recommend keeping it simple, especially for the first couple times you trim your own hair. Overall, it’s pretty hard to mess up if you’re just doing a single length the entire way around.
How to Trim Your Own Hair with Scissors
Here’s where things get a little more complicated. While it is possible to trim your own hair with scissors and have it look decent, we don’t recommend it. Here’s why.
When using scissors, there’s more technique involved than there is with clippers. Not to mention you can’t see most of your head when doing the job yourself! You’ll probably end up with a slightly uneven cut at best. At worst you’ll have something completely unpresentable!
With that being said, if you’re hellbent on cutting your own hair with scissors, start slow and be careful. Remember you can always cut off more, but once you make a snip, there’s no going back.
Conclusion
Keeping a short haircut and maintaining it yourself with clippers is a great idea for a lot of men. You’ll keep a neat look, and it’s an easy way to save some money on regular haircuts.
Cutting your hair with scissors on the other hand is a whole nother story. While it can be done for making minor adjustments, most of the time you’ll be much better off seeing a professional hair stylist instead.
Happy trimming!
