India, Aug. 7 -- 50% of you has looked at Gigi Hadid's chic bob all year and wondered if you should lop off your locks too; but the other 50% of you fears that you'll end up looking like Tom Cruise from Magnolia. Maybe 50% of you is considering bangs like Daisy Edgar Jones, but the other 50% has also seen Nathan Fillion in Superman and shuddered. Maybe there's no 100% guarantee when it comes to a radical hairstyle change. Maybe we can cheat a bit.

Gourav Bhardwaj, celebrity hairstylist; and Laukik M Shah, creative head and balayage expert at LS Salon Academy, hot-comb the pain out of the calculations, so a drastic change of look comes at a lower risk.

Do not DIY. Forget what the TikTok girlies are gushing over. Twirling the hair around ...