How to Use a Tapered Comb With Clippers
Cutting your own hair with clippers can seem intimidating, especially if you want to taper your hair. Tapering your hair is the process of gradually fading your hair from longer to shorter, or vice versa. To taper your hair with clippers, use the provided comb attachments. Using a comb attachment gives you more control of the direction and flow of the taper you put in your hair. If you have never tapered your own hair before, review a few simple tips to help you get started. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Attach the left taper comb to the clipper blade. Often, two taper combs are included with clipper kits: a left taper and a right taper. The left taper comb tapers longer from left to right, and the right taper comb tapers longer from right to left.
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Position the clippers at your bottom hairline behind your left ear. Most commonly, the hair behind the ears needs to be tapered, but the same process is used to taper each section of your head.
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Press the taper comb attachment flat to your head. You should feel it touch the back of your ear.
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Cut along the backside of your ear, from bottom to top. Keep the taper comb pressed against the back of your ear. As you move the clippers around your ear, the taper comb cuts the hair shorter at the bottom of your hairline, and tapers longer toward the middle of your head.
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Remove the left taper comb. Attach the right taper comb.
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Position the clippers at your bottom hairline behind your right ear.
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Press the taper comb attachment to your head and cut along the backside of your ear from bottom to top.
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