How to Cut Template w/out Ruining Hair (very short bits hanging off base edges)

[cottonReville]

I have a template but I have the lady who does my hair cut the base for me before attending to the hair style.

I'm confident I can do this myself - but I've heard somewhere (I think in the Lord insturction guide) that you have to be careful not to snip away at any hears, or they'll become odd lookingly short.

How do you avoid this? Is there any easier way to cut the base that doesn't involve potentially ruining the hairs around the edges?

 

[jimlad]

I'll be following this thread with interest. My stylist is exceptionally talented at what he does. Fantastic cut ins -the whole works. The only thing is that when he cuts the base, he cuts through the hairs leaving this weird looking 'stubble' that follows the contours of the base rather than sticking up. It kind of looks like the mm lines on a ruler, and essentially draws a very clear line from where my forehead skin stops and the base begins - it's the one thing stopping my hairline from being totally undetectable.

I find that over time these hairs drop out, but after the initial cut it's a dead giveaway.

 

[J_D_R]

Lace or skin?

 

[cottonReville]

Lace.

 

[cottonReville]

I use a razor and just cut, but I end up getting those short hairs @jimlad mentions.

 

[cottonReville]

The key is to cut very lightly so as to avoid getting at a lot of hairs.

 

[Fanjeera]

Can this be done without a mannequin head? Really don't want such items in my home.

 

[Hair2019]

I already did a thread about this subject about a year ago, which answers all the questions here:

https://www.hairlosstalk.com/interact/threads/need-help-trimming-base-of-new-hair-system-to-size-without-cutting-the-hair-attached-to-it.127137/#post-1870493

 

[cottonReville]

this one is good

 

[cottonReville]

Cutting UTS without hitting the hair is impossible for me. Anyone got tricks?

 

[Noah]

You definitely can cut the base down without cutting the hairs. You just have to be careful and take it slowly. A small sharp pair of nail scissors is the ideal tool. It's much easier to do it when the unit is off your head, and you are cutting it down by reference to a template. You mark the shape of the template on the base, and then you cut around it with small cuts, clearing the hair out of the path of the scissors before each cut. The guys in salons who do the cut-down while the piece is on the client's head are taking a short cut.

Jimlad: it sounds like your guy is also cutting off the factory-made hairline, which also seems wrong. If the piece is well made the factory hairline should have a graduated density, and maybe also single knotting and bleaching, to give the most natural look. He shouldn't be cutting that off.

Noah