One photo in · A short vertical clip out · Cost shown before you generate
AI Hair Growth Video Generator
Upload one photo and watch a giant dome of hair sprout in seconds — keep the face, set the style, and see the credit cost before you generate.
Upload a clear picture and the model sprouts the hair upward and outward into a huge volume — while the face and the expression stay unmistakably yours.
A tight afro dome, wild curls, a slick mane, a rainbow bouffant — describe the look and the clip follows that brief instead of guessing.
The credit estimate appears up front, and a failed generation is never charged, so a second style is free to try.
AI Hair Growth Video Generator
What is an AI hair growth generator?
It is a tool that takes one still photo and animates the joke everyone is posting right now — a bald or close-cropped head that erupts into an absurd, oversized dome of hair in a couple of seconds, usually with the person grinning at what just happened. Nothing is being cured or predicted here: it is a comedy effect, the video equivalent of a cartoon wig dropping on someone's head, and it belongs next to the other meme transformations rather than anywhere near a clinic.
On Kavel it runs image-to-video on Veo 3.1 — you upload the picture, describe the hair you want, and the model grows it on the same head while keeping the face recognisable, which is the entire reason the gag lands. We ran it ourselves before writing this page: a plain bald studio portrait went in, and a giant black dome came back with the subject laughing, in one pass and one prompt.
That is the honest ceiling of the effect today — it is very good at sprouting volume on a head that is already facing the camera, and much less reliable when the hair has to interact with a hat, a hood, or a crowded background. Start from a clear, front-facing photo with the head fully in frame; the flow defaults to image-to-video, and the credit estimate updates before you commit, so a run that fails costs nothing but the time. It suits someone making a birthday roast, a creator chasing the format while it is still moving, or a friend group that just wants to see what the joke does to their own faces.
Upload one clear photo and the model reads the head, then sprouts the volume upward and outward from it.
Describe the look — afro dome, wild curls, rainbow bouffant — and the clip follows that brief.
Check the credit estimate and generate; a run that fails costs nothing, so a second style is free to try. This one is deliberately absurd; when you want the believable version of the same idea, the hairstyle changer and the long hair filter work from the same photo.
Creative engine
How the clip comes together
Upload a photo, describe the hair, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
A real run, start to finish
This clip is not a stock example — we generated it on Kavel with the same free-tier model and the same one-photo flow this page hands you, specifically to see whether the effect actually holds up. Every result is AI-generated, so yours will vary with the photo, the prompt, and the style you set; treat this as the shape of the gag, not a template you get back exactly.
Bald portrait to giant dome, one pass
A plain bald studio portrait went in and this came back — the volume sprouts upward, the face carries over intact, and the reaction sells it. One prompt, no editing, no second pass. It is also where the limits show: the effect is strongest on a clear, front-facing head with room above it in the frame.
Open the video studioBuzz cut to a rainbow dome, same one-photo flow
The second run, to see how far the look can be steered: a buzz-cut portrait and a prompt asking for enormous rainbow curls. The volume and the colour both landed, the face carried over, and the laugh came free. Naming the reaction in the prompt is what makes it read as a joke rather than a wig.
Try your own styleMake the clip in three steps
From one plain photo to a short vertical clip, with the cost shown before you commit.
Upload a photo
Add one clear picture with the head fully in frame and some empty space above it — that space is where the volume has to go. A sharp, front-facing shot on a plain background gives the model the most room and the best chance of holding the likeness.
Describe the hair
Set the look: a huge afro dome, wild curls, a slick mane, a rainbow bouffant, and how the person should react. Naming the reaction matters as much as naming the hair — the grin is what makes the gag read.
Check credits and generate
Confirm the estimate, generate the clip, and download it to post. If a run fails, it is free, so you can adjust the brief and try another style.
Who makes one of these
Different people, the same one-photo clip, one simple workflow.
Roasts & group chats
Drop a friend's photo in and send back the clip — the joke lands because it is unmistakably their face under the ridiculous volume.
Creators chasing the format
Make a vertical clip in minutes while the format is still moving, rather than filming a setup and editing a transition by hand.
Effect FAQ
Common questions about the dome clip on Kavel.
No. It is a comedy video effect — an absurd, oversized dome sprouting in two seconds, which is not what any real process looks like. It predicts nothing, diagnoses nothing, and should not be read as a preview of a treatment or a transplant. If you want a realistic new look instead of the gag, the hairstyle changer restyles a still photo believably; this tool is here for the joke.
A sharp, front-facing shot with the whole head in frame and empty space above it — the volume needs somewhere to grow into, and a tight crop leaves it nowhere to go. Plain backgrounds beat busy ones, and a bald or closely cropped head reads more dramatically than one that already has volume.
This page makes a clip of the hair growing, which is the version people share. If all you want is a single still with more hair on it, that is a different job and a cheaper one — use the image tools instead, where you upload one photo and get one edited photo back. Come here when the motion is the point.
That is the whole reason for starting from a real photo — the model keeps the face and the expression while it grows the hair on top. A clear, well-lit original holds the likeness best; a dark or low-resolution one gives it less to work from, so the closer the input, the closer the result.
It comes back as a short vertical clip, which is the format the joke travels in. You can steer the look by describing it — a tight afro dome, wild curls, a rainbow bouffant, and the reaction you want. A specific brief lands closer than a vague one, so it helps to name the hair, the speed, and the expression rather than leaving them to chance.
Free credits arrive with the account, and this runs on Veo 3.1 — a free-tier model — so you can try it without a subscription. The estimate is on screen before you press the button, and a failed run is never charged, so you can keep adjusting the brief until the gag lands without watching a meter tick up on every attempt.
Hats and hoods, for one — the model has to decide whether the hair goes through them, and it usually picks wrong. Busy backgrounds, heads cropped near the top of the frame, and profile shots all cut the hit rate too. If a run comes back mushy, the fix is almost always a cleaner source photo rather than a longer prompt.
Kavel Pricing — Credits for AI Image and Video Generation
Kavel pricing — pay only for what you generate
One credit pool covers Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video. The cost shows before every run, and failed jobs are not charged. Use a subscription for ongoing work, or a one-time pack when you just need to top up.
Starter
What's included
- 33,500 credits per year
- Works with Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video
- Cost preview before you generate
- Generation history
Creator
What's included
- 89,700 credits per year
- Access to Seedance 2.0, Fast, and Mini
- Nano Banana 2 generation and editing
- Priority credit top-ups
Studio
What's included
- 166,800 credits per year
- Built for high-volume Kavel generation
- Plenty of room for 4K rendering
- Available across the supported models
Credit packs
One-time top-ups — buy extra credits any time you run low.
Credit Pack 1500
What's included
- 1,500 credits
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
Credit Pack 3600
What's included
- 3,600 credits
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
- Use for both video and image generation
Credit Pack 9000
What's included
- 9,000 credits
- No ongoing subscription
- Handy for Seedance 2.0 final renders
- Valid for 365 days
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One credit balance for every Kavel image and video model
Use one balance across the supported image and video models (Nano Banana 2 / Nano Banana Pro / Seedance 2 / Veo 3.1), and check the credit cost before each request.
Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
What each model costs in credits
You're only charged for successful generations. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | 5s 720p image-to-video ≈ 188 credits; text-to-video ≈ 308 credits. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 5s 720p text-to-video ≈ 248 credits. Mini is cheaper still. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video (Lite). About 34 credits at 1080p, about 23 at 720p. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. About 8 credits per 1K image, 12 at 2K, 18 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. About 12 credits per 1K or 2K image, 21 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant. About 8 credits per image. Start here to test. |
Explore more of the studio
The believable version of the same hair growth idea, and other ways to transform a photo.
Grow an absurd dome on your own photo
Upload a photo, describe the hair, check the credits, and a short vertical clip comes back in one pass.