2/11/2024 0 Comments Flat top hair cut![]() ![]() Since the haircut is short and quickly grows out of its precisely-cut shape, maintenance haircuts are required every 2-3 weeks, and some flattop wearers get haircuts once a week. ![]() Certain straight, coarse hair textures do not require product to maintain their hold. įlattops are typically groomed with wax pomade (known as butch wax in the 1950s), hair spray, mousse, gel, or cream-dependent upon hair texture and personal preference regarding rigidity and sheen. Regardless of the form, the flattop is usually cut with electric clippers, using both the clipper-over-comb and freehand techniques on the top and detachable blades on the back and sides. military shaves the hair to the skin from the highest point of the crown all the way down the back and sides, often with lather and razor, leaving only a small amount of remaining hair in a flat horseshoe shape on top (a “horseshoe flattop” or “shoe”). A variant form known by several names including flattop with fenders and flat top boogie has long sides known as fenders with or without a ducktail. Other versions popular in counter-culture are cut longer on the top, often upward sloping to the front to 2-3 inches, or with modified back and sides, either left long or shaved to the skin. ![]() The ears are neatly outlined, and the sideburns are squared just above the orifice of the ear. The back and sides are cut to about a quarter of an inch (the same length or slightly shorter than the length of the shortest hair on top) and tapered into the upright hair on top. The shortest portion of hair on top, occurring at the highest point on the head, is typically cut to about a quarter of an inch, resulting in the hair at the front being cut to about 3/4 to 1-1/4 inches long, depending on the roundness of the head, in order to maintain flatness from forehead to crown. In the most classic and mainstream style of flattop for men and boys, the hair on top of the head is cut level from front to back before contouring to the back of the head. Tennis player Tony Trabert wearing a flattop.Ī flattop is a type of haircut where the hair on the top of the head is cut and styled upright to form a flat profile when viewed from the front or side. For other uses, see Flat Top (disambiguation). ![]()
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