Bald Filter: See What You Would Look Like Bald

The bald filter edits your own photo so your head looks freshly shaved with a razor. It removes the hair on top and at the sides, draws in the scalp with natural light and shadow, and leaves your eyebrows, beard, face, clothes and background as they were.

Three steps:

• Upload a selfie: front-facing, good light, hair pulled away from the face if it is long.
• Keep "Shaved bald" selected (it is the default on this page) and tap Try it.
• Look at the preview: your first one on this device is free, in low resolution with a watermark. If you want to keep it, unlock the same image in HD for 25 credits.

Hats, hoodies and heavy fringes make it harder for the AI to guess where your scalp is, so a clear forehead gives the most believable result.

Mostly it comes down to your head shape, your ears and your brow line, which is exactly what hair usually hides. A bald preview puts all three on show at once:

• Head shape: a smooth, even curve at the top and back is what makes a shaved head look intentional. Flat spots or ridges show more without hair.
• Ears: with nothing around them, ears look bigger than you are used to. That is normal for the first few days of looking at yourself bald.
• Brows and beard: strong brows and some facial hair give a bald head a frame. If your preview feels "empty", a beard often fixes it.

Give the preview a minute before deciding. Most people's first reaction to seeing themselves bald is surprise, not dislike.

If you are on the fence, compare both on the same photo. The style buttons above include a classic #2 buzz, a burr cut and a skin fade as well as fully bald, so you can see whether a little stubble on top looks better on you than smooth skin.

A shaved head tends to suit people with a well-rounded skull and a strong jaw or beard. A short buzz is the safer step when your scalp has uneven spots or you are not ready for the razor. The buzz cut filter page explains the clipper guard lengths if you want to tell your barber exactly what you saw.

If your hair is thinning or your hairline is moving back, a bald preview answers a practical question: would shaving it all off look better than holding on? For many people with a thinning crown or a receding hairline, a clean shave removes the contrast that makes thinning noticeable.

The filter shows a fully shaved head; it does not simulate gradual hair loss, and it cannot predict how your scalp will look after years of sun. For questions about hair loss itself, a dermatologist is the right person to ask.

This bald filter runs in the browser on your phone or computer. There is nothing to install and no social media account to link, and you can use your camera or an existing photo.

Your photo is uploaded only when you tap Try it, is used to make your image, and is deleted along with the result within 24 hours. It is not added to a gallery and not used to train models. Save the image you like before you leave — it is not kept in your account.

Each device gets one free preview, shared between this page and the buzz cut filter: a 512-pixel image with a watermark, which is enough to judge the look. Unlocking the full-resolution version without a watermark costs 25 credits and gives you that same image, not a new attempt. After the free one, each new HD image costs 25 credits and needs a sign-in. If an image fails, you are not charged.

Yes. Choose "Woman" and the filter shaves the head while keeping earrings, makeup and everything else exactly as it is. Many women who are thinking about a full shave try the bald preview and a bleached buzz side by side; the bleached option is in the same style list.