# Claude — hairstyles, raw output

- Date: 2026-09-14, sent 16:43 (+07), answered in ~30 s. Model Sonnet 5, Medium (the free plan's default; run from a paid account in an incognito chat - not saved, no memory, not used for training, per the page footer). Brief in English with `fixtures/face.jpg` attached via the composer's file input.
- Capture: `get_page_text`. The collapsed thinking summary on the page read "Spotting signs that the submitted photo is AI-generated" - Claude noticed the synthetic face and did not mention it in the answer.
- First read: face "oval-ish with a fairly strong jaw"; hair "naturally wavy/curly dark, dense at the crown"; three cuts with guard numbers and lengths in inches; **no image** - says plainly it cannot generate or edit a photo of the face and offers reference photos instead. Nothing invented about the photo.

## Answer

Looking at your photo: oval-ish face with a fairly strong jaw, medium forehead, and naturally wavy/curly dark hair with noticeable density at the crown. That combination gives you a lot of flexibility — here are three cuts that would work well, described the way you'd want to relay them to a barber.

1. Textured Crop with Fringe

Barber instructions: Clipper guard #2 on the sides and back, blending into a scissor-over-comb taper at guard #4 through the mid-length. Leave 2–2.5 inches on top. Cut the fringe with point-cutting shears to break up the ends and let the natural wave fall forward. No hard line — a soft, disconnected taper rather than a skin fade. Texturize the crown with thinning shears to reduce bulk since your hair has natural density there.

This works well because it uses your wave pattern instead of fighting it, and the shorter sides balance out jaw width.

2. Classic Taper with Side Part

Barber instructions: #3 guard on the sides blending to #1 at the neckline, skin taper at the temples. Top left at 3 inches, cut with a razor part on the left side (natural part visibility due to your hairline). Comb through with a light pomade for a defined side part; blow-dry with a round brush to control the wave into a smoother finish, or leave slightly tousled for a more relaxed version.

More polished and professional — good if you want something styleable for work but still low-maintenance day to day.

3. Curly Shag / Textured Crop, Longer

Barber instructions: Sides and back cut with clippers, guard #3, blended upward with shears — no fade, keep some weight through the sides. Top length 3–4 inches, cut with deep point-cutting throughout to create separated, piece-y texture rather than a blunt cut. Leave length around the crown and fringe area to let the curl pattern show. Minimal thinning — you want the wave to have body, not be stripped out.

This leans into the curl fully and reads more modern/relaxed — good if you don't want to fight your texture every morning.

A note on the "show me on you" part: I don't have a way to generate or edit a realistic photo of your face with these haircuts — I can't produce that kind of image manipulation. What I can do is pull reference photos of each style on similar hair types/face shapes so you have a visual anchor. Want me to do that?