Hairstyles

thumb|Chinese woman with an elaborate hair style, 1869 thumb|right|nihongami|Traditional hairstyle of a Japanese bride

thumb|right|A man shaving his neck using a straight razor thumb|A woman leg shaving using a razor thumb|right|Cartridge razor with two blades

thumb|287px|Roman tonsure (Catholicism) Tonsure () is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility. The term originates from the Latin word '''' (meaning "clipping" or "shearing") and referred to a specific practice in medieval Catholicism, abandoned by papal order in 1972. Tonsure, in its earliest Greek and Roman origin, was used as a sign or signifier for slavery. Tonsure can also refer to the secular practice of shaving all or part of the scalp to show support or sympathy, or to designate mourning. Current usage more gen

thumb|right|Plains Cree people|Cree chief [[Poundmaker with locked hair, 1885]]

thumb|Mathabar Singh Thapa, shown with sideburns of the style worn by [[Hindu Kshatriya military commanders in the Indian subcontinent.]] Sideburns, sideboards, or side whiskers are facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven.

shaped cutting of the front part of the hair so that it lies over the forehead

thumb|A woman's ponytail A ponytail is a hairstyle in which some, most, or all of the hair on the head is pulled away from the face, gathered and secured at the back of the head with a hair tie, clip, or other similar accessory and allowed to hang freely from that point. It gets its name from its resemblance to the tail of a pony.

type of haircut having the hair shaven on both sides of the head and a noticeably longer strip of hair in the center

thumb|225px|Musician Billy Preston with an afro in 1974 The afro is a hair style created by combing out natural growth of afro-textured hair, or specifically styled with chemical curling products by individuals with naturally curly or straight hair. The hairstyle can be created by combing the hair away from the scalp, dispersing a distinctive curl pattern, and forming the hair into a rounded shape, much like a cloud or puff ball.

any hairstyle where the head hair is allowed to grow past the shoulder but no longer than the waist

Sidelocks, often anglicized as () or (), are sidelocks or sideburns. ''Pe'ot'' are worn by some male adherents of Orthodox Judaism based on an interpretation of the Tanakhic injunction—in Leviticus 19:27—against shaving the "sides" of one's head. The singular form of the Hebrew ''pe'ot, pe'a'' (), means 'corner', 'side', or 'edge'. There are different styles of ''pe'ot among adherents of Haredi Judaism and Hasidic Judaism, as well as among Yemenite Jews, and Chardal Jews. Yemenite Jews call their sidelocks simanim'' () because their long, curled sidelocks serve as a distinguishing feature in Y

hairstyle characterized by short hair at the front and sides and long hair at the back of the head

any hairstyle for medium-length hair where the hair is cut along a circular line around the head, letting it cover the ears and hang above the shoulders

hair that artificially adds length and fullness to human hair

any hairstyle made by treating the head hair with chemical substances to have a long-lasting wavy or curly effect

thumb|1869 depiction of Sviatoslav I, the [[prince of Kiev from 945 to 972]]

practice of shaving the hair from a person's head, for practicality, convenience, religion, culture, or aesthetics

hair wrapped in a circular coil around itself, otherwise tangled clump of hair, usually at the crown, above the nape of the head

Fictional North Korean government propaganda campaign

women's hairstyle with hair pinned in a knot at the nape of the neck or at the back of the head

thumb|upright|A 19th-century samurai with a The is a type of traditional Japanese topknot haircut worn by men. It is most commonly associated with the Edo period (1603–1868) and samurai, and in recent times with sumo wrestlers. It was originally a method of using hair to hold a samurai kabuto helmet steady atop the head in battle, and became a status symbol among Japanese society.

type of hairstyle characterized by cutting the hair along a circular line of a hypothetical bowl placed on the very top of the head, so the hair not covered by the bowl is removed

any hairstyle where the hair is shaved along a circular line above the ears

head completely shaved by electric hair clippers, otherwise any variety of short hairstyles designed with electric clippers

formation of hair

thumb|233x233px|American basketball player Gary Thompson (basketball player)|Gary Thompson sporting a flattop haircut, c. 1958

variant of female crop haircut where the hair is left slightly longer at the front and top of the head while the hair at the back and sides is cropped

type of hairstyle commonly worn by bald men to cover the baldness

thumb|upright| Queen Mary II of England wearing fontanges and a frelange, 1688 (mezzotint made 1690s)

thumb|225px|A mid-1970s example of the pageboy haircut. The pageboy or page boy is a hairstyle named after what was believed to be the haircut of a late medieval page boy. It has straight hair hanging to below the ear, where it usually turns under. There is often a fringe (bangs) in the front. This style was popular in the mid-to-late 1970s and 1980s.

hairstyles for children in Ancient Egypt

haircut where the hair is left slightly longer at the front and top of the head while the hair at the back and sides is shaved or cropped

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hairstyle for long straight hair characterized by medium-length sidelocks and additional bangs

lock of hair left unshaved on the crown of the head that Hindu men worn since birth in a gathered but not braided way to protect the crown chakra called Sahasrara

thumb|One of ''Sachsenspiegel's illustrations. A Wend stands at the left, gesturing that he does not understand the speech. He has a halfshaven head and characteristically wrapped legs, like all the Wends in the Sachsenspiegel''. thumb|Henry I the Bearded and [[Jadwiga of Andechs wedding, 14th century Poles are on the left, with halfshaven heads. Medieval Poles didn't like long hair: Henry's beard was so strange to them that he was even called "the Bearded".]] thumb|Stanisław Koniecpolski, 17th century|alt=Stanisław Koniecpolski thumb|The Last of Nieczujas The czupryna, also known as the Polis

thumb|Tutsi man with Amasunzu hairstyle Amasunzu is an elaborate hairstyle traditionally worn by Rwandan men and unmarried women, with the hair styled into crests, frequently described as crescent-shaped. The hairstyle indicated social status, and men who did not wear Amasunzu were looked on with suspicion until the 20th century. The style was also worn by unmarried women after the age of 18–20 years, indicating that they are of marriageable age.

thumb|Queen Marie Antoinette shown wearing a pouf created by her hairdresser Léonard Autié (1775)

type of hairstyle characterized by cutting the hair to a regular fade with the bangs or fringe cut horizontally straight

thumb|A fairy-lock in the mane of a horse.In folklore, fairy-locks (or elflocks) are the result of fairies tangling and knotting the hairs of sleeping children and the manes of beasts as the fairies play in and out of their hair at night.

hairstyle where the hair on the sides of the head is completely shaved while on the top the hair is trimmed and left slightly longer

hairstyle for short to medium-length hair characterized by parted bangs and cropped or shaved sides and back of the head

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variant of the bob cut where the hair is long enough to be at shoulder level

Korean traditional knot of hair arranged on the very top of the head

method of styling hair with a crimping iron in the sawtooth or zigzag form

synthetic hairstyle mimicking dreadlocks

any haircut worn by boys or men with the head hair cut close to the ears, usually without letting it cover the ears, just to have hair to comb on top of the head

thumb|right|Silent film star Mary Pickford in 1919 Frizz is hair that does not align with the surrounding hair, but stands up or curls independently, creating a fuzzy or irregular texture. The three main causes of frizz are genetics, hair damage, and humidity. Frizzy hair can be seen as a positive or a negative trait depending on the current fashion and one's personal preference. Many hair products, such as gels, pomades, and hair waxes, are designed to reduce frizz.

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any hairstyle with little length of the head hair, varying from the helix of the ear to the earlobe, otherwise the chin; it might be perceived differently according to sex/gender, culture, history

type of medium-length hairstyle characterized by retouching the hair unevenly to somewhat sharpen hair tips