Most men experience thinning hair as they age and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. After all, everyone gets older and our bodies change. Even young men may suffer from thin hair, so we have collected 85 transforming hairstyles for men of every age to try. Wave goodbye to thin locks!
# 1 Basic Medium Brush with Beard
Hide the fact that your hair is thinning by ensuring your head is fully covered. Grow your hair long, past your ears, and leave it unstyled so it looks natural. Fill out the look with a thick beard to show your hair isn’t thinning all over.
# 2 Forward Brushed Curls
Curls add volume to all hair types. Consider getting a loose perm that you can brush over any areas where your hairline is receding — honestly, nobody will notice your thinning hair with this look.
# 3 Subtle Comb-Over
A comb-over is often obvious, but it’s done right here. Have it so your hair combs over farther back, and leave a small amount to fall over your forehead to draw the eye away from the thinner hair.
# 4 Short Cropped with High Fade
There’s no better way to hide thinning hair than to have less of it. Go ultra-short on top but textured enough to add interest. The high fade on the sides gets rid of thinning there entirely.
# 5 Side Sweep with Hard Part
A hard parting makes it look like flashes of skin are a stylistic choice. Give the front of your hair some volume as you sweep it to one side, buzz a line into your parting, and shave the sides to ease your worries.
# 6 Gently Spiked Forward Bangs
Go short with your hair growing longer from back to front, so you can gently spike it. Long bangs over the forehead keep the eyes off thinner areas.
# 7 Volume-Touched Small Quiff
Add some volume to thin hair by having a semi side-swept quiff with lots of gentle volume. Keep it textured enough and nobody will notice it’s thinning.
# 8 Greased Backsweep
Greased hair looks thin no matter how thick it is. If you add grease and sweep all your hair back, keeping it relatively long, people will think the thin appearance is a style choice.
# 9 Messy Side Quiff
This quiff adds tons of volume so the hair appears thicker than it is. Adding more texture to make it look full, a slightly messy look towards the back keeps the hair dynamic.
# 10 Slick Pompadour
A pompadour adds tons of volume, so give yourself a side-rolled pompadour with a fade on the sides. Fades are naturally light so people can’t tell your hair is really thinning.
# 11 Faded Sides And Spiked Pompadour
It sounds elementary, but if your hair is thinning on the sides, why not choose a razor fade to draw attention away from it? In this picture, the fade draws attention to the upper locks, which have been styled in a smart pompadour-inspired brush-up with spiky tips.
# 12 Temple Fade
Temple fades like this can work well to cover up receding or faded hairlines. This medium-length side comb-over has been given a modern twist with a razor fade alongside a high parting.
# 13 Tapered Back Comb
Some men start to experience hair thinning as early as their late twenties and they need a hairstyle that covers the problem while still looking youthful.
In this hairstyle, volume has been created with a tapered back-comb that curves up, drawing attention away from the problem areas.
# 14 Leo’s Brush Over
Even Academy Award winners can’t stop the aging process, but they have found styles to cheat it. In this picture, Leonardo DiCaprio has a high side parting with a rounded shape; this allows for more length to compensate for thinning.
# 15 Eye Magic
This look has all the elements needed to create a flattering hairstyle for an older gentleman. Height is created on the upper locks and eyes are drawn into the thickest section of hair by a ruler-straight, high side parting.
The beard helps balance this look and the graded undercut gives it a trendy edge.
# 16 Curl Champ
If you have naturally curly hair, then you already have a step up on thinning hair. The bounce and volume created by well-positioned curls helps smooth out thinner sections. Give it structure by adding a brushed-up front portion.
# 17 Smooth Brush Back
If you have problem areas around the sides of your head, why not opt for a slick brush back like this with tapered sides? It draws the eye back and covers imperfections like a charm.
# 18 Silver Fox
Gray locks are everywhere and people are clamoring to achieve them, so don’t be afraid to wear your natural salt-and-pepper hair. Give it a modern twist by choosing an on-trend hairstyle like this with high sides and lift in the front.
# 19 Two-Step Undercut
Dapper hairstyles are a top choice for stylish guys, and if you have thinning hair, it’s no problem. Here, a two-step undercut tidies up patchy sides and the front flip draws attention upward.
# 20 Blonde Brush Back
In this picture, the hair has been cut into a step style at the back with longer locks on top. These have been swept back, but not slicked down, so they create volume to combat thinness.
Adding in ash blonde streaks (or any light color) also helps add dimension and body.
# 21 Flattering Choppy Sides
Getting older doesn’t need to mean losing your looks – you just need to find flattering styles. We love the distinguished look of these choppy brushed-back sides and pompadour-inspired lift in front.
A thicker cut on the sides showcases the hair’s condition – perfect for smoothing out areas with thinner hair.
# 22 Counter Effect
When your hair starts to thin, you need a cut with texture to counter the effect. In this example, chunky snips throughout the upper hair add plenty of volume and are offset by the neatly tapered sides.
# 23 Flow Back
Men’s hair generally starts to thin along the sides first, and that’s why this type of skin fade is perfect if you are feeling a little self-conscious. Draw attention upwards by adding a flowing coif over the top.
# 24 Turn Up The Volume
Finger combing and tousling your upper locks will help disguise problem areas, but be sure to finish it off with a holding product so you can maintain it all day.
Team your look with short sides that connect into your facial hair to balance the style.
# 25 Beckham Knows Best
Thin hair? What thin hair? David’s beard helps balance his pompadour-inspired rise on the upper locks. A short, off-center parting has been used to add structure and a neatly graded fade extends down into the neck.
# 26 Vintage Duck Tails
The ducktails of the ’90s are back, but this time, they are slightly different. In this example, the razor undercut has shaped the hair into a V-shape at the back and the front hair has been slicked down and swept back.
# 27 Making Waves
Curly quiffs are cool and sexy, perfect for relaxed weekend looks. Get awesome curled-up front locks like these by blow drying and keeping the sides slightly shorter. You can also finish it off by joining the sideburns to the beard in a neat line.
# 28 Comb Over Precision
Perfect for thinning hair around the temples, this haircut cleverly uses angular lines as a base. The hard parting draws attention to the finely combed brush-up on one side and a precise razor fade on the other.
# 29 Going Up
Just because your sides are thinning doesn’t mean you need to lose your long locks completely. In this picture, the upper hair is medium length and has been combed up to create height with a lock gently curled over.
# 30 Daring Disconnection
Young men can also suffer from thinning hair, and that’s no reason to have an out-of-date hairstyle. Funky modern styles like the one you see here add plenty of volume by providing height and lift with disconnected waves.
# 31 Retro Mohawk
Age is just a number! Even older gentlemen can be trendy with the right hairstyle. If you feel bold, why not try this take on a Mohawk? Here the uppermost hair has been grown out and brushed up and to the side rather than straight up.
# 32 Just Concentrate
Mushroom cuts create a thicker concentration of hair on top, which is just what thinner hair needs. Team these locks with sparse sides to provide contrast.
# 33 Blonde Streaks
If your hair is starting to thin above the temples, you need a hairstyle that will draw the eye up. In this example, the blonde streaks that stretch back from the front move the eye quickly towards the back, glossing over imperfections.
# 34 On The Side
In this style, a messy side parting gently divides the hair and shows off the soft slope of the undercut and the bouncing locks on the uppermost hair. Destructured partings and finger combing quickly bring any hairstyle up to date.
# 35 Currently Trending
Side-swept locks and high sides are the bases for this type of modern dapper style. There is more movement in the front in a pompadour fash