Haircut using the strand-to-strand method: in what cases will the hairdresser need it?

The essence of the strand-to-strand method. Before starting the haircut, the hairdresser sets the length of one control strand, onto which all the others will subsequently be superimposed. All strands, except the control one, must be combed with partings (depending on the model, the hair strands may be in different directions) and cut exactly at the control level.

The control strand can be determined along the line of the lower contour (as in a bob haircut), or it can be formed at different stages of the haircut or in different areas of the head. In this method, the length of the hair depends on the angle of tension of the strands in relation to the control. If the tension angle is gradually increased, the upper strands will be shorter than the lower ones.

It is also important to remember that if you do not apply a tension angle when cutting using the strand-by-strand method, then after drying the hair will rise slightly and the upper strands will also be shorter than the lower ones.

Using the strand-to-strand method, a hairdresser can create one cut line for all hair.

In order for the lower contour of the haircut to represent one line, the strands are cut with zero tension.

The first strand should be combed with a horizontal parting so that the hair lies strictly along the neck, without separating by a single degree. And then the next strand needs to be combed straight down, without creating an angle between the strand and the head.

Cut the second strand not exactly along the cut line of the first strand, but 1 mm lower. Then the same needs to be done with each subsequent strand up to the very top of the head.

It is important for the master to remember that hair cutting using this method is performed only on damp hair, which must be moistened evenly.

Precision cutting methods can be performed using different techniques, using both straight and thinning scissors.