The Best Slimming Hairstyles for Chubby Male Faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

What are the best slimming hairstyles for chubby male faces? There seems to be an endless number of hairstyles for women and only a few variations for men, naturally as men tend to have shorter hair. It’s important to note that not all hairstyles fit different face shapes equally.

Generally, there are five different face shapes that can be seen across all cultures and ethnicities; oval, round, diamond, square, and heart.

Slimming Hairstyles for Chubby Male Faces

If you have a chubby, round-to-square face shape you might find it more difficult to find a flattering haircut as many styles tend to bring more attention to the weight on your face. The only ways to change the shape of your face would be to lose a good amount of weight or get plastic surgery.

Or you can always get on the Gua Sha Face Massage train. While these are most likely out of the realm of what most are willing to do, changing your hairstyle can have a great impact on the appearance of your face.


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Slimming Hairstyles for Chubby Male Faces

Faux Hawk

Slimming Hairstyles for Chubby Male Faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

Like many of the slimming haircuts for chubby faces you’ll see here today, the trick is to go UP. The taller your hair is the more elongated your face will appear. A well styled faux hawk will create the angles and height that will make your face appear slimmer and have more shape to it.

Spikes

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for men with chubby faces

Gel-hardened, spikey hair may be a look we all left behind in high school but it can still work as an adult. The key is to keep the product at minimum and if possible, refrain yourself from frosting them blonde, unless you’re a natural blonde. A short, messy but styled spike hairstyle will add just a bit of height to your face and create more texture to your head to help offset the round, softness of your face.

Side Part

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

Changing the part of your hair can instantly change your whole look. Try it. Go to the mirror and flip your hair a totally different way. It always seems wrong at first. A center part or no part at all can leave a flatness to the hair and draw more attention to the roundness of the face.


A side part helps the face look more sharp, giving it more angles instead of just being round. You can style it with a little blow out heat and volume or have more of a sleek, but still voluminous, polished down look. Somewhere in between would work best.

Crop Haircut With High Drop Fade

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

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A crop haircut can work well with a fatter face so long as the sides are keep short and high with a bit more length on top. The volume at the top and sleekness of the sides will give an illusion of a longer, skinnier face. Just try not to go to straight and bold with the front hair line. Very little product is need to have that tussled, just rolled-out-of-bed but still polished look. If there is a little curl to it, even better.

Modern Quiff

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

A modern quiff is a slimming haircut for men with chubby, round faces. The trick is to keep your hair looking effortlessly styled, clean, and with a lot of volume. The fluffiness of the quiff gives the face a smaller, more angular appearance. You can grow your hair out a bit longer on the sides or have a disconnected, tapered fade. Just try not to go too much on the skin fade so it’s not just a mop of hair on top with shaved sides.

Messy Fringe

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

If you prefer to wear your hair longer and covering your forehead and brows, a messy fringe can definitely make your face appear smaller and more youthful. It’s just logic, the less of something that can be seen, the smaller it’ll appear. It’s important to keep a little bit of volume and messiness. A straightened, flattened fringe make draw more attention to how large the face is.

Bearded Styles

slimming haircuts for men with chubby faces

slimming haircuts for men with chubby faces

Another instant way to make your face appear slimmer is to grow a beard. A little 5 o’clock shadow to a full viking beard will immediately hide a round face. Typically for rounder faced men, bald or a buzz cut is your worst enemy. But once you slap on a beard, it totally changes the look.

Or pair the beard with any high volume hairstyle to fully complete the illusion if a slim, angular face. If you’ve unsuccessfully tried many different hairstyles and still feel like you have a fat face, give the beard a try.

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

Most men try only 2-3 different hairstyles in their life time before they settle on their every day look. Sometimes what’s trending or the norm in a professional work environment isn’t going to work for your face shape.

Figuring out what is your face shape and the most flattering cut will help push you to the next level. The goal is not to completely change what you look like or mask your face. You want to find the right style that will enhance your features.


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What Hairstyles Are Bad For a Chubby Face

Stay away from styles that are too slicked down on your head. The flatness of the style will make your cheeks appear rounder and gives your face more of a bulging effect.

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

Stay away from middle parts unless you wear your hair past chin length. Most middle-parters don’t grow their hair past their eyes which creates more of a cheek-popping effect where their front bangs end. For longer styles where the cheek bones are covered by hair, it can create a slimming, oblong effect.

slimming haircuts for men with chubby faces

slimming haircuts for men with chubby faces

While having more taller, voluminous hair is essential for making your face appear slimmer, too much volume, especially on the sides will over all just make your head look big and blocky. Shorter sides will always give the appearance of a thinner, more angular face.

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces

slimming haircuts for chubby male faces


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Mark Lim

Hey there, I'm Mark Lim! My journey began with a passion for helping people become the best versions of themselves. As a personal trainer and dietician for 10+ years, I've had the privilege of guiding countless individuals on their health journeys. From designing tailored workout routines to curating personalized nutrition plans, I've seen the transformative power of a holistic approach to well-being. I'm an avid reader and love to cook. I try to live my life as natural and clean as possible and am all about the synergy between health, intellect, and style. Traveling is another hobby that I don't get to enjoy enough anymore. I cherish the days of my early 20s backpacking Southeast Asia and hope to explore more countries soon.

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