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Last updated: October 14, 2024

How To Create a Natural Bald Fade on Different Head Shapes

4 Customization Tips for Medium Bald Fades

It’s not uncommon to receive requests from male clients for a bald fade—even if this style is second nature to you behind the chair, it’s important to know how to customize this look to account for head shape and unique features—like flatter occipital areas.

 

Below, learn how to approach a bald fade on any head shape along with the fading basics you need to know with Wahl Educator Rory Sevajan (@fadedinc). Read on for his key tips to know and click here to watch the full process.

 

4 Quick Tips For Customization

1. Create a baseline to map out the haircut: “I like to put in the baseline and map it out first before we get into detail work. I want to roadmap and then I’ll go back in and I’ll detail.” Rory shares.

 

2. How to decide where the bald fade begins: “That baseline that I’m going to put in, we want to measure from the middle of the ear, corner of the eye and recession. I’m going to place it in on a 45-degree angle and arc it around the ear, and then I’m going to drop it down to a diagonal back.” Click to see his technique in action!

 

  • Pro Tip: For this step, Rory does not use a guard and has his Wahl Pro 5-Star Vapor™ set to zero. “The F32 FADEOUT™ blade is super cool because I can go super tight for a bald fade,” Rory shares. “This thing cuts smooth. It’s the lightest clipper I cut with and it’s got the most powerful motor out of all my clippers. It’s really cool for coarser hair because it has an adaptive sensor in the motor that pushes more torque if it rides up against hair that’s thicker.”

 

High-powered motor, rapid precision balding blade: You need the 5-Star Vapor clipper in your kit!

 

3. Use two hands with tension for control and consistency: Stretching the skin with your thumb to create tension while placing the clipper against the scalp will allow you to target what hair you want to remove, creating consistency throughout the haircut.

 

  • Pro Tip: Rory switches to a No.1 guard on his 5-Star Vapor™ when creating the second baseline. 

 

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Photo Credit: Instagram via @fadedinc

 

4. Account for differences in head shape around the occipital: The goal for any fade is to create a natural, rounded look. If your client has a flatter occipital area, be careful of placing your fade line too high. “If you drop it down lower, you’re creating the illusion that that skull is shaped a little bit more rounded and not as flat,” Rory explains.

 

Click here to watch Rory’s bald fade process from start to finish!

 

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