How to Cut Hair With a Buzzer

Buzz your own hair at home.

Once you buzz your hair, you must trim it frequently to keep the close-cut shaping. Cutting hair with a buzzer, also called a clipper, is simple enough that a friend can do it for you at home. You can even learn to buzz your own hair. Invest in a buzzer with at least three guards, or length options, and you can maintain the cut for free.

Things You'll Need

• 3-guard buzzer

Instructions

1. Set the buzzer to Guard No. 3. Rest the buzzer flat against your forehead.

2. Turn on the buzzer and slide it back across your hair to the crown of your head. Repeat this motion, beginning at a different spot on your forehead each time. Clip the entire top of your head this way.

3. Set the buzzer to Guard No. 2. Position it at the bottom of one of your sideburns, turn it on, and move it up the side of your head to meet the top section. Repeat this motion all the way around your head.

4. Position the buzzer at one of the lines where the top and side cuts meet. Move it gently, back and forth over the line in a rocking motion, blending the two sections together. Repeat on the other side.

5. Set the buzzer to Guard No. 1. Position the buzzer beside one of your ears, beginning at the sideburn. Trim the area around your ears and on the edges of your hairline at the sides and back of your head.

Tips & Warnings

• Buzz hair when it's clean and dry.

• Cut against the growth direction of hair. If you have places where the hair changes direction, make several short swipes to constantly cut against the grain.

References

• Cool Men's Hair; How to Give a Buzz Cut; September 2009

Resources

• Wahl Home Products: Haircut How-To