What hairstyle looks best on guys?

There is no way to know the current length or style and reference point for what is then considered a "fairly short hairstyle." A fairly short style could be an ivy league or crew cut to one guy and an early Beatles style to another. The general idea with a guy's short to medium style is to maximize and minimize the volume of hair in various areas of the head to create the illusion of a perfect oval face shape with a sort of more boxy than rounded masculine skull shape, when viewed from the front. The regular barber shop styles-regular layer/ taper cut and the short pomp(pompadour) styles such as a crew cut, ivy league(long crew cut), flat top crew cut- can achieve these goals for most guys. A fad style like a faux hawk cannot. A ridge of hair down the center of the top of the head can achieve these goals for very few combinations of male face and skull shape. The central ridge can make even a perfect oval face shape appear to be diamond shaped with a peaked skull shape. The ridge needs to be turned ninety degrees and placed at the front hairline. A barber with a good aesthetic sense can usually design a regular layer/taper cut or one of the short pomp styles to fully suit most high school guy's head shape, face and neck shape, frontal hairline and facial features. Start with a longer style and then if you want a shorter style, try it next haircut. If you need more photos of any of the styles below, let me know.

regular layer/taper cut:

somewhat wavy hair...

http://i53.tinypic.com/2cr0ihh.jpg

shorter, somewhat wavy hair...

http://i54.tinypic.com/1445gn5.jpg

straight hair....

http://books.google.com/books?id=SyvUJSdj4aAC&lpg=...

ivy league(long crew cut):

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/d2e97250e0614ff6_...

medium crew cut:

http://books.google.com/books?id=x0EEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=...

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/ae218215599f9a96_...

short crew cut:

http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/dfbf10e504bce8a1_...

Pg 27, two sixteen year old guys with crew cuts; pg 26, same guys with regular layer/taper cuts:

http://books.google.com/books?id=Xg6dEKlEnr4C&lpg=...

Search the internet for images of soccer stars Steven Gerrard and Lukas Podolski for numerous examples of the ivy league and crew cut style. A minute dab of control wax will keep the hair looking well groomed at crew cut and ivy league length. I prefer krew comb, jar variety. A butch comb also helps with grooming the short pomp styles- the small, flat, plastic, oval, pocket brushes that one finger fits through and barbers sell for about a dollar. A boar bristle military brush is usually available for a few dollars and while too large for a guy to carry in his pocket, is nice to have at home.

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The answer at the following link will further explain the short styles:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylv=3?qid...

Good Luck!