We've all seen an undercut haircut like Brad Pitt's Fury or Peaky Blinders style and wondered how cool it would be to have that haircut. But did you know that once you get a haircut, growing it out can be a nightmare?
Regular visits to the barber for this style will leave you looking fresh and clean, but if your undercut is cut so bad that you decide it no longer suits you, you may want to try a new style. It may take much longer than usual to switch. . So it's important to be aware of this before jumping into a severe severed undercut if you don't want to commit to it long term.
However, once you decide you want to keep your undercut, there are some tips you can follow to maximize your chances of getting a fresh new style.
1. It takes longer than normal haircut time
As mentioned earlier, extending an undercut can take longer than trying to switch styles after connected styles, such as fades.
The amount of time it takes depends on how harsh and extreme the undercut is and the length of your hair. However, a good rule of thumb is to take twice as long as you normally would for a haircut.
If it normally takes 4 weeks, visit your barber after 8 weeks to give your hair a little more length and let it settle in. You may still not be able to get the style you want, but this will definitely help your hair tame. That means it's a little longer.
2. The top hair on the sides is the most important.
The hair on the top of the sides is often the part that looks weird when the undercut grows out, and there's a good reason for this. This area of hair on the rounded top of the head is the main area for barbers to blend the sides and top.
As the undercut grows out, this area becomes even more noticeable because it is unblended, starts to get thicker and heavier, and is no longer hidden by the top of the hair as much as it was when it was short.
As Dan always says in our videos, “If you can thread the hair through your fingers, you can connect the hair.” What this means is that if you can connect that part, the barber will be able to connect the side. It means you can blend it into the top so you can get some kind of connected style.
It may not be the look you want just yet, but you can get rid of the undercut and go for a slightly different look.
3. Be realistic
Next, some more general advice, but perhaps the most important. If you want to grow from a long style on top, high grades on the back and sides to medium in overall length, this cannot be done quickly. It will probably take 6-12 months of uncutting the shortest parts of your hair before you really start to see results.
So it's important to be realistic about what you have, and be aware that having that undercut can hinder your chances of achieving your desired style for a while. Please.
However, that doesn't mean you need to just keep at it, it might mean doing something between the next few haircuts and working long term to get what you want. No.
4. Communicate with your barber
Unlike going for a regular haircut every few weeks, growing out an undercut will be a long-term project and may require several trips to the barber over an extended period of time (unless you want to shave it off).
Therefore, to achieve your wishes, you will need to work with your barber over one or more haircuts, and sometimes three, four, five or six haircuts. desired hairstyle.
Especially if you want something of average length all over, and the top of the sides extends from something very short.
Next, we'll explain the styles you can choose from and how long it will take to get them.
There are actually three basic options when it comes to growing from a severed undercut.
1) Please make it loud. Although the most extreme solution, it solves the undercut problem almost instantly.
However, this is too short for many people, but if you are tired of having to stretch it out and don't have the patience, it's a quick fix.
2) Keep it short. This is likely to be the option that the majority of men choose after deciding to switch from a severed undercut. As we say, all you need for the top of the sides is a finger length, and depending on how even the cut is, your barber should be able to do something with this.
It may take 1-3 months to actually get what you want, but that's not that long if you can't get the haircut you want. This means choosing something like an ivy league haircut, a crop, or a simple short haircut with a textured back and sides with a fade.
3) Nurture. The best way to ensure you get what you want is to grow it. However, this will require a lot of patience and will probably mean a very awkward stage that is not for everyone. The problem with harsh undercut haircuts is that the hair isn't cut in a natural way to grow well into different styles, so it won't grow into any element of the style.
However, if you want to grow your hair from an undercut to medium length or longer styles, growing your hair out can be beneficial as it allows for more play. However, for six to 12 months, you might not like your style and end up visiting the barber from time to time to get your hair styled without having to grow it out too long.
Watch the video below to learn how to grow out a severed undercut.