Buzz cut

The buzz cut rose to popularity with the advent of manual hair clippers by the Serbian inventor Nikola Bizumić in the late 19th century.{{cite book |author=Scali-Sheahan, Maura |author2=Roste, Leslie |author3=Linquest, Linnea |author4=Burness, Amy |author5=Mitchell, Dennis |year=2017 |title=Milady Standard Barbering |edition=6th |location=New York |publisher=Cengage Learning |page=20 |isbn=978-1-305-10055-8}} These clippers were widely used by barbers to chop hair close and fast. The clipper accumulates hair in locks to rapidly remove the hair from the head. This type of haircut was normal where strict grooming conventions were in effect. Buzz cut styles today include the brush cut, crew cut, and flattop.{{cite news|last=Goodman|first=James|date=2020-08-01|title=50 Best Buzz Cut Styles For Men|url=https://www.menshairstylestoday.com/buzz-cut/|work=MHT|access-date=2020-12-13}}

The top of a buzz cut style may be clipped a uniform short length, producing a butch cut, or into one of several geometric shapes that include the crew cut, flattop, and other short styles. Also known as a fade haircut, the back and sides are tapered short, semi-short, or medium, corresponding with different clipper guard sizes.{{cite news|last=Chris|first=Wright|date=2020-08-01|title=Men's Fade Haircuts|url=https://www.menshairstylesnow.com/mens-fade-haircuts/|work=MHN|access-date=2020-12-13}}{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9Z6vCGbf66YC&pg=PA75 |title=Encyclopedia of hair |author=Victoria Sherrow |isbn=9780313331459 |year=2006|publisher=Greenwood Publishing }}{{cite book|title=The Art and Science of Barbering |author=L.Sherman Trusty |publisher=Wolfer Printing Co |year=1971}} Buzz cuts can make the face look more defined and are popular with men and boys who want a short, low-maintenance hairstyle, as well as those with thinning or receding hairlines. However, thanks to the popularization by public figures like Sinead O'Connor, Natalie Portman, Amber Rose, and Willow Smith, the buzz cut has also become a popular haircut amongst women. It has also become a symbol of protest - going against society's standards of feminine beauty.{{Cite web |last=Dolan |first=Leah |date=2023-07-28 |title=The last beauty taboo: A history of the buzzcut |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/sinead-oconnor-buzzcut-history/index.html |access-date=2023-07-31 |website=CNN |language=en}}

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In countries such as Australia, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, military recruits are given buzz cuts when they enter training; this was originally done to prevent the spread of head lice,{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/19/style/view-crew-cuts-forever.html?pagewanted=1 |work=The New York Times |title=Crew Cuts Forever |author=Stephan Talty | date=April 19, 1998}} but is now done for ease of maintenance, cooling, and uniformity.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s6WHuw7_L3UC&pg=PA94 |title=The Real Insider's Guide to Military Basic Training |author=Peter Thompson |publisher=Universal-Publishers |isbn=9781581125979 |date=February 2003}}{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KkoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA89 |title=The Men 300,000 New Sailors Will Make Navy Their Career Life Oct. 28 1940. Includes photos of WWII Era Navy Induction Crew Cut, Great Lakes Training Center.|date=28 October 1940}}

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