Skin Fade: What It Is, How It's Cut, and Why It Remains One of the Most Requested Styles

Skin Fade: What It Is, How It's Cut, and Why It Remains One of the Most Requested Styles

Himani Parmar
Published on: 06/06/2026

The skin fade, sometimes called a bald fade, graduates the hair down to the skin at the sides and back. It is one of the most technically demanding and most commonly requested barbershop cuts. This covers how it's done and what makes a skin fade clean versus rough.

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