AI haircut simulator for men

See the cut on your own head, before the clippers start

Upload one photo. HairGlam puts a low taper, a skin fade, a buzz, a textured crop or a mullet on your face, with your hairline and your beard where they actually are. Then you take the render into the shop as the reference photo.

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The cuts men actually ask for

Nine cuts cover most of what walks into a barbershop. Here is what to say, who each one suits, and how long it holds its shape.

Low taper fade

Ask for a low taper that starts just above the ear and around the nape, dropping to a 0.5 or a 1 at the bottom, with the sides left on a 2 or a 3 and scissor work on top. It suits almost every face and every hair type, which is why barbers default to it. Sharp for about two weeks, still deliberate at four.

Buzz cut

One guard over the whole head, usually a 1 (roughly 3mm) or a 2 (6mm), with a light taper at the ears and neck so the edges are not blunt. It wants an even skull and a defined jaw, and it is the most honest cut on this list. Three to four weeks, and you can run the clippers yourself.

Textured crop with a fringe

Two to three inches on top, point cut for texture, pushed forward into a blunt or a messy fringe, sides on a 1 or a 2 with a taper. Best on straight to wavy hair, and the cut to ask for if you want less forehead on show. Six weeks between visits, matte clay in the morning.

Mid or high skin fade

A fade that goes bare at the bottom and starts around temple height for a mid, above it for a high, blended into whatever is left on top. It adds height, so it lengthens a round face. It also has the shortest shelf life here: the line looks fuzzy in ten to fourteen days.

Slick back with an undercut

Sides taken to one length, a 1 or a 2, either blended or fully disconnected, with four inches or more left on top and combed straight back. It needs thick, straight hair and a hairline you are happy to put on display. Sides need tidying at four weeks, the top can go much longer.

Modern mullet

Short and textured through the front and sides, weight kept at the back so it sits on the collar, with a soft taper rather than a hard disconnect unless you want the eighties version. Wavy and curly hair carry it best. Six to eight weeks, and it grows out into something you can still wear.

Curtains, or a middle part

Four to six inches at the front, layered so it splits and falls either side of a center part, sides scissor cut or lightly tapered. It needs density and a hairline that still holds a part in the middle. Eight weeks or more, since length is the whole point and growth only helps.

Edgar

A blunt, straight line across the fringe, a high or drop fade underneath, and a hard line at the temples. Thick straight hair holds it best, and it squares off a rounder face. The blunt line is the first thing to lose its edge, so plan on two weeks, three at the outside.

Pompadour

Four to five inches at the front, graduating shorter toward the crown, with a taper fade or a scissor taper at the sides. It wants thick hair and a blow dryer, because the volume is built in rather than cut in. Four to five weeks for the sides, ten minutes every morning for the shape.

Trending Now row in HairGlam showing Butterfly Cut, Money Piece and Long Shag looks

The Trending row moves with what people are asking for. Tap a look and it renders on your photo instead of on the tile.

If your hairline is moving

Most of the cuts above assume a hairline that is staying put. Plenty of hairlines are not.

A receding hairline usually goes at the temples first, leaving the middle further forward than the corners. Thinning at the crown is a separate thing and shows up under overhead light, which is why you tend to notice it in a photo somebody else took. Neither one rules out a good haircut. What they change is which cuts are working with you and which ones are quietly working against you. This is a haircut page and not a medical one: nothing here treats hair loss, and if that is the part you want to deal with, a doctor is the right person to ask.

Cuts that are honest about it

A buzz cut, because when the sides and the top are the same length there is nothing for a thin patch to contrast against. A short textured crop with the fringe brought forward, because the weight sits over the temples instead of exposing them. A taper with a short, textured top, for the same reason. These read as decisions rather than as coverage.

Cuts that fight it

Slick backs and pompadours pull everything off the face, so they put the hairline center stage. Curtains need a part in the middle to hold, which thinning at the front will not do. A long top combed over a receding corner tends to separate and show more scalp than the shorter version would.

The crown is a different problem

A thin crown shows most when the hair around it is long and lies flat. Shorter, textured, and left slightly messy hides far more than length combed neatly over the top. If you go very short at the sides with a high fade, check the back of your head in the render too, since a high fade pulls the eye up toward the crown.

Why the render is useful here

HairGlam works from your photo, so it renders your hairline as it is rather than drawing you the one from the catalog picture. That is the only way to see whether a crop actually sits where you want it against your temples, or whether a fade makes the top look sparser by comparison. Try three, keep the one that looks like you.

Face shape, kept short

Four shapes cover most men, and one rule sits under all of them: hair adds width where you leave it, so leave it where the face is narrow. Not sure which one you are? The face shape guide shows you how to check.

Square

The jaw is already doing the work. Keep the sides tight so nothing widens the face further, and put texture rather than bulk on top. Tapers, crops and buzz cuts all land. Avoid heavy square fringes, which double up on the angles you already have.

Round

You want height and a vertical line. Mid or high fades with volume on top, a pompadour, or a quiff. Keep the sides short so the widest point of your head is not level with your cheeks. A blunt fringe sitting low across the forehead works against you here.

Oval

The one that takes nearly everything, which is not as useful as it sounds because it means the decision is down to your hair type and upkeep instead. The one thing to watch: a very heavy fringe can shorten the face more than you intended.

Long or oblong

Do not add height. A tall pompadour over a high skin fade stretches a long face further. Keep some weight at the sides, and let a fringe come forward to shorten the forehead. Curtains and textured crops suit this shape well.

Try it, then take it to the shop

Three steps, and the last one is the reason to bother.

Upload one photo

Straight on, in daylight, no hat, no sunglasses. There is no account to make and nothing to sign in to. If you have a beard, keep it in frame: it stays in the render.

Pick the cut

Type fade, crop or mullet straight into the Discover search rather than scrolling the rows, which lean toward longer looks. Run three, not one: the cut you already wanted and the two either side of it in length, so you have something to judge it against.

Save it and show the barber

The render is your reference photo. Handing over a picture of your own head, with the fade height and the length already visible, beats holding up an actor with different hair and hoping.

HairGlam Discover tab with a search field, All, Trending, Bold Color, Bob and Curly filter chips, and a grid of looks labeled by cut and color

Discover. Type "fade" or "crop" into the search field, or filter down with the chips. Every card names the cut and the color, so a Long Straight in Espresso is one tap from a shorter version in the same shade.

HairGlam catalog rows for Trending Now, Hair Colors and Celebrity Looks — Cuts and colors sit in separate rows, so going shorter does not mean going darker as well.

HairGlam Discover tab with a search bar and Trending, Bold Color, Bob and Curly filters — The chips read All, Trending, Bold Color, Bob and Curly, so for a fade or a crop the search field is the faster way in.

How the try on works

What the AI does with your photo, what a good photo looks like, and what to expect back.

What haircut suits me?

Work out your face shape properly, then see the cuts that fit it on your own photo.

HairGlam home

The whole app in one page: 240+ cuts and colors, rendered on your face in seconds.

Questions before you download

What haircut suits my face if I am a man?

Start with the proportion you want to change. A round face wants height on top and tight sides, so a mid or high fade with some volume works. A long face wants the opposite: keep a little width at the sides and push a fringe forward. A square jaw is already strong, so texture on top and a clean taper stops it reading blocky. An oval face takes most cuts. The faster answer is to render three of them on your own photo and look.

Does it do fades?

Yes. Low tapers, mid and high skin fades, drop fades and taper cuts all render, along with buzz cuts, crops, mullets, slick backs and curtains. The fade height is the part worth checking on your own photo, because where the line sits relative to your temples changes the shape of your head more than the length on top does.

Will it work if I have a beard?

Your beard stays. HairGlam changes the hair on your head and leaves the rest of your face as it is, so you see the new cut against the beard you actually have. That matters, because a heavy beard under a very short crop reads completely differently than the same crop clean shaven.

Can I see a buzz cut before I shave my head?

That is one of the better reasons to use it. A buzz is the cut you cannot walk back, and a catalog photo of a model tells you nothing about your own head shape at a number one. Render it, sit with it for a day, then decide.

Does it work if my hairline is receding?

It renders your hairline as it is rather than drawing you a new one, which is the point. You can see how a crop with the fringe forward sits against your temples, or what a buzz looks like when the sides and the top are the same length. Nothing here treats hair loss. If that is the part you care about, a doctor is the right person to ask.

Is it free?

The app is free to download and you can try it without paying. HairGlam Pro is an auto renewing subscription, weekly or yearly, that unlocks unlimited try ons and the full catalog. Cancel any time in your App Store account settings.

What photo should I use?

Face the camera straight on in daylight. No hat, no sunglasses, hair off your forehead, and no hard light from one side. The photo does more for the quality of the render than the style you pick does.

Can I show the result to my barber?

Save the render and show it at the shop. It is a better brief than a picture of an actor with different hair, because the length, the fade height and the shape are already on your head. Say the guard numbers out loud as well, since that is the language clippers work in.

Decide before the chair, not in it

One photo, then the fade, the crop or the buzz on your own head. Keep the one that works and hand it to the barber.

Free to download. iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.