Another huge difference between a low and a high fade is how much length can be kept on top with each style. Since low fade hair is shorter, it involves more frequent visits to the barber.

This fade starts just above the ears, neither high nor low, making it a traditional medium fade. Here, the skin is shaved down to the fade with the smallest clipper guard sizes.

In this instance, the Low Skin Fade refers to how high up the head the blend occurs. For a Low Fade buzz cut, the shortest section will begin just above the ears, dropping down on the nape of the ...

Zayn Malik is a man of many hairstyles, but perhaps one of his most famous is his high fade. We got Blind Barber's Julien Howard to recreate it step by step on our not really Zayn-looking test ...

As with any hairstyle, nailing the fade haircut is about knowing exactly what to ask for at the barber. Whether you go high or low with the fade, and how you style the hair on top, can change ...