Men's Faux-Hawk Hairstyles

The faux-hawk or fohawk is a much tamer version of the Mohawk worn by Indian tribesmen of the Iroquois nation in North America in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Mohawk was brought back to popularity by the punk subculture in the 1980s and has continued to be a popular hairstyle. Many people then wonder how to cut a faux hawk.

The principle difference between the Mohawk and the faux hawk is that a true Mohawk calls for the sides of the head to be shaved leaving only a strip of hair up the middle and back to the nape of the neck. With a faux hawk, the sides of the head are not completely shaven.

It is a fairly easy matter to cut a faux hawk. The sides of the hair are cut shorter while leaving a strip of longer hair spiked up the middle. The hairstyle can be worn for formal occasions and restyled into casual spiky at night.

For daytime wear, at work for instance, the hair can be combed down, parted in the middle works for most. The style does not appear that different from any other generally acceptable hair cut that is worn in an office environment.

The key to the faux hawk is in the styling. When one is ready to change to the more daring fohawk hairstyle, all one need do is comb the middle crest of longer hair toward the middle and up, creating spikes or a more even stand of uniformly longer hair. This is then held in place with the aid of styling gel or wax.

Overall, cutting the hair is no more difficult or time consuming than any other hairstyle. It is much less permanent than a true Mohawk, and can be worn to work in places where a Mohawk would get one terminated on the spot.