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Haircuts for long faces

What it looks like
Clearly longer than it is wide, with a high forehead.
The goal
Add width at the sides so the face doesn't look even longer.
What to ask for
Little height on top, some length at the sides and bangs that shorten the forehead.
What to avoid
Very tall styles and fully shaved sides.
Women · Long face
Men · Long face

Cuts that flatter you

Textured crop with fringe, on the seaside boardwalk

Men · Square face

Textured crop with fringe

Classic side part, at the wine bar

Men · Long face

Classic side part

Long shag with curtain bangs, at the flower market

Women · Oval face

Long shag with curtain bangs

Wavy lob, at the bookstore

Women · Square face

Wavy lob

Blunt bob with bangs, at the art gallery

Women · Long face

Blunt bob with bangs

Platinum side-swept pixie, on a café terrace

Women · Oval face

Platinum side-swept pixie

Long pixie with side bangs, outside the movie theater

Women · Long face

Long pixie with side bangs

Wavy bixie with bangs, on a lisbon street

Women · Oval face

Wavy bixie with bangs

Short curly afro with bangs, at the pottery studio

Women · Long face

Short curly afro with bangs

Copper layered bob, at home

Women · Square face

Copper layered bob

Chocolate bob with curtain bangs, at the train station

Women · Long face

Chocolate bob with curtain bangs

Curly shag with bangs, at the record store

Women · Square face

Curly shag with bangs

Long black hair with heavy bangs, at the recording studio

Women · Long face

Long black hair with heavy bangs

Sleek low bun, leaving the museum

Women · Oval face

Sleek low bun

Burgundy bob with bangs, in the garden

Women · Oval face

Burgundy bob with bangs

Sleek mahogany bob with blunt bangs, at the design store

Women · Long face

Sleek mahogany bob with blunt bangs

Messy black hair with bangs, at the cove

Women · Oval face

Messy black hair with bangs

Long brunette hair with thick bangs, in the orchard

Women · Oval face

Long brunette hair with thick bangs

Long copper waves, in the greenhouse

Women · Round face

Long copper waves

Long curls with bangs, in the park

Women · Oval face

Long curls with bangs

French crop with gray hair, at the barbershop

Men · Square face

French crop with gray hair

Short texture with a messy fringe, at the cocktail bar

Men · Square face

Short texture with a messy fringe

Silver side part, at the ski lodge

Men · Long face

Silver side part

Surfer medium-length hair, at the beach

Men · Square face

Surfer medium-length hair

Shoulder-length waves, on the rooftop terrace

Men · Long face

Shoulder-length waves

French Micro Bob, on a sailboat deck

Women · Oval face

French Micro Bob

Curly Pixie Cut, on a rooftop bar in austin

Women · Oval face

Curly Pixie Cut

Glass Bob, in a bright co-working space

Women · Oval face

Glass Bob

Hime Cut, at an alpine hiking hut

Women · Oval face

Hime Cut

Ghost Layers, in a tailor's shop

Women · Long face

Ghost Layers

Long Layers with Curtain Bangs, in a chocolate shop

Women · Oval face

Long Layers with Curtain Bangs

Blunt Collarbone Lob, at a bookshop café

Women · Long face

Blunt Collarbone Lob

Soft Mullet, in an orange grove

Women · Long face

Soft Mullet

Round Curly Cut, on a lake jetty at dawn

Women · Oval face

Round Curly Cut

Curly Lob with Bangs, in a kitchen making pasta

Women · Long face

Curly Lob with Bangs

'90s Blowout Layers, at a pottery wheel

Women · Long face

'90s Blowout Layers

Birkin Bangs, at a windy coastal lighthouse

Women · Long face

Birkin Bangs

Buzzed Pixie, at a hollywood hills viewpoint

Women · Oval face

Buzzed Pixie

Flipped Bob, at a cliff café in santorini

Women · Oval face

Flipped Bob

Stitch Braids, at a braiding salon

Women · Long face

Stitch Braids

Afro Puff, at a natural hair expo

Women · Oval face

Afro Puff

Sleek Short Bob, backstage at a conference

Women · Square face

Sleek Short Bob

Natural Curly Bob, at a bollywood dance class

Women · Oval face

Natural Curly Bob

Long Voluminous Curls, at a savannah garden club

Women · Oval face

Long Voluminous Curls

Bob for Fine Hair, at a wine bar in napa

Women · Long face

Bob for Fine Hair

Jellyfish Haircut, at a taipei night market

Women · Oval face

Jellyfish Haircut

Long Shag with Bangs, at a café in bogotá

Women · Square face

Long Shag with Bangs

Korean Two-Block Haircut, in a modern climbing gym

Men · Oval face

Korean Two-Block Haircut

Korean Wave Perm, next to a vintage motorbike

Men · Long face

Korean Wave Perm

Slicked-Back Undercut, on a balcony over mexico city

Men · Long face

Slicked-Back Undercut

Ivy League Haircut, at an outdoor cinema

Men · Long face

Ivy League Haircut

Textured Caesar Cut, at a neon-lit gas station

Men · Long face

Textured Caesar Cut

Men's Textured Shag, at a bowling alley

Men · Long face

Men's Textured Shag

Man Bun, at a boxing gym

Men · Square face

Man Bun

Long Curly Hair for Men, in a tea house

Men · Long face

Long Curly Hair for Men

Salt-and-Pepper Crew Cut, at a cocktail bar

Men · Square face

Salt-and-Pepper Crew Cut

Buzz Cut with Full Beard, at an outdoor yoga class

Men · Round face

Buzz Cut with Full Beard

French Crop with Blunt Fringe, in a greenhouse café

Men · Oval face

French Crop with Blunt Fringe

Comb Over with Drop Fade, at a café in beirut

Men · Square face

Comb Over with Drop Fade

Hard Part Side Part, at an art gallery in chicago

Men · Square face

Hard Part Side Part

Edgar Cut with Taper, at an east la taquería

Men · Oval face

Edgar Cut with Taper

Thick Wavy Hair with Taper, at a cricket ground

Men · Square face

Thick Wavy Hair with Taper

Haircut for a Receding Hairline, on a manhattan rooftop

Men · Oval face

Haircut for a Receding Hairline

Cornrows for Men, at a philadelphia block party

Men · Long face

Cornrows for Men

Afro Taper, outside an atlanta barbershop

Men · Oval face

Afro Taper

Korean Dandy Cut, in a seoul convenience store

Men · Oval face

Korean Dandy Cut

Gentleman Cut with Side Part, at a bangalore startup office

Men · Square face

Gentleman Cut with Side Part

Long Straight Hair for Men, at a mountain lake

Men · Long face

Long Straight Hair for Men

Curly Quiff, on a terrace at sunset

Men · Oval face

Curly Quiff

Better to avoid

They can look great on other faces, but on a long face they tend to throw off the proportions.