12 Unflattering & ‘Outdated’ Haircuts To Avoid This Summer, Professional Stylists Warn: V-Shape Haircuts & More

One person’s unflattering haircut is another’s best look ever. When it comes to hair, there truly is no right or wrong, but rather, what works for your face shape and style, and what doesn’t. With that said, there are a few haircuts and styles that will often come up when stylists are calling out their least favorite looks. These are the cuts that simply can be better. And here are 12 unflattering haircuts you may want to avoid if your goal is to look chic.

Overgrown Bob

Who doesn’t love a good bob? The classic cut is always a favorite because its chin length flatters so many faces and can be customized in a number of ways. But it’s important to keep up with your cuts because an overgrown bob loses its shape and appears lifeless.

Short Bob with No Layering

A blunt bob can look chic if your hair type isn’t too thin or fine, which can make hair fall flat. Adding layers helps create movement and transforms your bob from a cut to a style.

Long Hair with No Layers

Continuing with the no layers, no good movement (though that isn’t always the case), keeping your hair very long with long strands by your face can drag your face down and make you look older. Add face-framing layers for a lift and extra style.

V-Shape Haircuts

You know the cut: it’s shaped into a V at the back in a way that makes it look much thinner than it is. Giving the ends more of a blunt shape can help make your hair look healthier and thicker.

Curtain Bangs That Look Separate

When curtain bangs are cut into the hair without any additional layering, the effect can be separate and look disjointed from your hairstyle. Keep the curtain bangs but make sure they are layered into the hair alongside other layers so that the effect is seamless.

Thick, Straight Bangs

Speaking of bangs: if yours are thick and cut straight, they may not be adding all that much to your look. Solve that problem by asking your stylist to cut into the bang a bit do that it has depth and dimension.

Spiky Pixie

If you are rocking a spiky pixie and love it, don’t change a thing. But if you feel like your look needs more curved angled and softness, growing the length out just a bit, while keeping the sides short, opens you up to styling options like sweeping the top layers to one side or adding waves.

Perfect Curls

More a styling tip than a haircut one, too-perfect curls can make you look older than you are. By simply loosening the curl or interspersing tighter curls with looser ones and waves, you get a more youthful, playful, and casual look.

Messy Top Bun

The messy top bun has been replaced with the slicked back bun at the nape of the neck. Do with that information what you will.

The Rachel Cut

Jennifer Aniston’s haircut from Friends enjoyed a brief moment when all-things nineties came back in vogue. But the cut seems to be on its way out. The seventies shag continues to enjoy the spotlight, though.

Really Short Bangs

Bangs cut very short rarely look good on most people. Growing them out, even slightly, can shift the focus to your eyes and cheekbones.

Wet Hair Look

Yet another style and not a cut, but many hairstylists are completely over the wet hair look that celebs like Kim Kardashian helped popularize. If you need proof, consider how the voluminous nineties blowout gained fans in recent years - pretty much the opposite look of wet hair.