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Bald Filter

See the shaved version of you before the clippers come out, so you can make the change with confidence instead of discovering the wrong look in the mirror. Your head shape and skin tone stay recognisably yours, and it runs in the browser without an account.

Before / after

One man, with and without the hair

A real shave, rendered by the model this page uses. Drag the divider and watch what holds still: the same face, the same beard, the same grey t-shirt, the same light. Only the hair goes, into a scalp rebuilt so naturally that the man in the photo still reads as himself.

Bald filter — same man with a shaved head
After — shaved clean
Bald filter — original photo with hair
Before — full head of hair

Drag to compare before and after

AI photo tool

What is an AI bald filter?

It takes one photo of you and removes the hair from your head, rebuilding the scalp underneath so it reads as a real shaved head rather than a smudge where the hair used to be. People run it before the clippers come out, while deciding whether to stop fighting a receding hairline, before treatment changes their hair, or just to make the group chat erupt.

Image tool

People arrive here from three directions: someone deciding whether to stop fighting a receding hairline, someone whose treatment is about to make the decision for them, and someone who just wants the picture for the group chat. All three want the same output: their own face, no hair, right now. The shave runs on the Nano Banana image model in the browser with free credits to start.

Upload a clear photo, pick the format, and the credit estimate updates before you commit. It can also stop short of a full shave — ask for a buzz cut or a receding hairline if you want to keep some coverage.

Creative engine

How the preview works

Upload a photo, say how short you want to go, pick the format, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.

1 photo
Photo in
No app
To install
Credits back
Render errors
The scalp is rebuilt, not erased

The scalp is rebuilt, not erased

The head shape and skin tone are reconstructed from your own photo, with a natural shadow where the hairline used to sit. A version that simply removes hair leaves a pale flat dome, which is the giveaway in every cheap attempt.

Nothing to install

Nothing to install

It works in the browser with free credits: no camera app, no account wall before you see a result. What decides quality is the source — a straight-on photo with the forehead visible gives the model the skull it has to finish.

Any length from a full shave up: ask for a buzz cut, a receding hairline, or a fully clean scalp. If seeing it convinces you to keep your hair, the hairstyle changer tries a different cut on the same photo, and the hair growth clip runs the bald filter backwards as video.

How to use

See the shaved look in three steps

From one photo to a believable preview, with the cost shown before you commit.

  1. Take a straight-on photo

    Face the camera in even light with your forehead visible and no hat. The front of your head is the part being rebuilt, so it needs to be in view.

    Take a straight-on photo
  2. Say how short to go

    Ask for a fully shaved scalp, a number-one buzz, or a shaved crown with the sides kept — every length costs the same, so run two and compare. Add "visible stubble shadow and natural skin texture" for a scalp that looks freshly shaved.

  3. Check credits and generate

    Generate, then decide whether the clippers are actually coming out. The credit estimate is shown before you commit, and a failed run is refunded automatically — you only pay for the previews you actually get.

    Check credits and generate
Who it's for

Who runs this before the clippers

The clean break from a receding hairline, the nerve to face the clippers, or the photo nobody in the group chat is ready for.

Before you shave it off

Before you shave it off

Hair grows back slowly. Seeing your own head first is cheaper than finding out in the mirror three seconds after the first pass.

Deciding whether to keep fighting it

Deciding whether to keep fighting it

If the hairline is going anyway, compare the thinning version with the clean version on your own face — on plenty of faces, losing the hair reveals a stronger jaw.

The group chat

Run a friend's photo, send it, deny everything. No app install, no account before you see the result.

Answers

Shaved head preview FAQ

Common questions about the bald filter and what it does to a photo on Kavel.

Yes, and long hair is often easier than a short crop, because the outline of your skull is clearer to the model when there is a definite mass of hair to remove. What matters more is whether your forehead and hairline are visible — hair swept forward over the brow hides the exact edge the scalp has to be rebuilt from.

Yes, unless you ask for it to go. Facial hair is left alone by default, which matters more than it sounds: a beard is the strongest signal that the person in the result is still recognisably you, so keeping it in the frame makes the preview far more convincing.

Yes — say which one you want. A number-one or number-two buzz, stubble on the crown, a shaved head with the sides kept, or a fully clean scalp are all different prompts, and each one costs the same to run. Trying two lengths and comparing them is the usual way people use this.

That is the whole question this answers, and the useful part is that it answers it on your head rather than someone else's. What decides the result is not the hair coming off but what is underneath: the shape of the skull, how far the hairline has already moved, and whether the scalp is a different tone to the face. The preview renders all three, which is why people are sometimes surprised — a shaved head reads as a stronger jaw on some faces and a longer head on others, and you cannot predict which from a mirror with hair in the way.

It is an estimate, not a scan. The model infers the skull underneath from the outline of your hair, your ears and your brow, which works well from a straight-on photo in flat light and less well from a low angle or a heavy side profile. It is close enough to answer the question you came with — it is not a measurement.

Technically yes, and this is where it is worth pausing. Editing a picture of a friend and sending it around is normal; publishing an altered photo of someone who has not agreed to it is a different thing, particularly on a subject as personal as hair loss. Use the same judgement you would with any photo of another person.

A real shaved scalp carries faint stubble shadow, pores and a slight sheen, and you can ask for all three. Start from a sharp, natural photo rather than a beautified one, and add "visible stubble shadow and natural skin texture" to the prompt for the most convincing finish.

The estimate follows the format and resolution you choose, so you see the cost first. Failed runs are refunded automatically, and new accounts start with free credits — enough to see yourself without hair before spending anything.

Your upload is used to produce your image, and the privacy policy has the specifics on retention. Worth reading before you run someone else's picture: a hair-loss preview of a friend is exactly the kind of image people would rather decide about themselves.

One purchase, and everything you make here is yours to post

Any plan or pack — even a $19.90 one — unlocks a clean copy of every image you have made here, starts each new run instantly, and refunds one that fails.

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See your own head without the hair

Say how short to go and the question stops being hypothetical. Nothing is committed, and nothing grows back slower for having looked. New accounts start with enough free credits to see yourself without hair before spending anything, the cost shows before you generate, and a render that errors out hands its credits straight back.