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Best men's hairstyles for a oblong face.
If your face reads oblong, these are the cuts that balance it. Each one links through to a full guide with barber instructions and styling steps.
Brush Back
A brush back sweeps all the hair on top backwards, away from the forehead, with no part and no shine. It is the matte, textured cousin of the slick back. How much lift you build at the front decides whether you are wearing the loose, the short or the voluminous version.
Business Scissor Cut
A business scissor cut is a short, tidy cut done entirely with scissors and comb — no clippers. It leaves a little natural length everywhere, so nothing looks machine-cut.
Buzz Cut
A buzz cut clips the whole head short with clippers. There is nothing to comb, nothing to dry and no product to buy. The only real decisions are the guard number and whether the sides get faded or left uniform.
Caesar Cut
The Caesar cut is short all over with the top combed forward into a straight, blunt fringe across the forehead. It is one of the oldest and simplest men's haircuts there is.
Crew Cut
The crew cut keeps the top short, a bit longer at the front and shorter towards the crown, with tapered sides. That front-to-back graduation is the whole cut. It is tidy, it suits most Indian hair, and it needs almost no styling.
Curtains
Curtains are medium-length hair with a middle or off-centre parting, so the front falls in two soft panels on either side of the forehead. The length usually reaches the eyebrows, and on longer versions the cheekbones.
Fringe
A fringe is a haircut where the front hair is left longer than the sides and worn over your forehead, across it, or pushed back off it. It is one of the easiest ways to change the shape of your face, and there are five main versions to choose from.
Side Part
A side part is a short cut with a defined parting on one side and the top combed across. It is the standard office haircut in India: clean, neat and hard to get wrong. It works on almost every face shape and is one of the few cuts that genuinely helps thin hair.
Textured Crop
A textured crop is a short haircut with a choppy, uneven top worn forward as a small fringe. The texture is cut into the hair, so it looks messy on purpose. It is one of the easiest cuts to live with on thick Indian hair.