Q&A for How to Put up a Mohawk or Liberty Spikes

Those are going to be some long spikes, but it's possible.

It is easiest if your hair has the ability to go down your forehead at least 2 inches.

Yes, certainly. If you're into punk music, then even better.

Many people your age and younger wear liberty spikes, but it's ultimately up to you and your parent(s)/guardian to decide.

Dampen the hair before cutting to make it less frizzy.

Put tape over the strip you want to have as a Mohawk (down the middle of your head), shave the rest off, and style.

You might be able to form the mohawk with gel, but it won't stay up for more than a few seconds without hairspray or some other product to give it hold.

Yes a Mohawk can be made with hair of every length. If your hair is longer, it will be more difficult, take longer and you will need to use more product, but it is possible.

You can definitely do liberty spikes, but you can also do a mohawk. You can just take the hair on the sides of your head and french-braid it to your head in one or multiple braids. Make the braids tight, then it will almost look like your hair is shaved.

Doing a couple of spikes along the strip of hair is far easier than the full Mohawk. This gives you good practice to eventually work up to the full Mohawk. Make sure you tease a lot and it should be fine. Focus on the bases of the spikes/hawk more so than usual because it won’t stand if the proper foundation isn't there. Also, while you have the hair up, watch for doorways (the Mohawk’s mortal enemy).

Just go for it, it'll look dope. Let go of your fears and reservations. If you want a mohawk, do it.

That depends on the school. A school I used to go to wouldn’t care at all, then I switched to a charter school with a strict dress code. They won’t allow dyed hair, or any out of ordinary hairstyle, so I wore my Mohawk down without product or spikes in school, although I did get away with the color.

This depends completely on personal preference, you can shave or trim your goatee if you want.

You can wash your hair. Or, you can dampen your hair and brush out your liberty spikes.

Yes, you can. It's a great hairstyle, known as the Jock Hawk.

Yes, In fact its better to have long/longer hair to achieve a great Mohawk and have more contrast between the buzzed sides and long middle strip.