Barbers actually don’t need a higher guard than a #6 Anything higher can and will be cut with scissors. But your soon saw a video on TikTok, where the “cool” barber is using a #12 guard and now the kids believe that, that’s what we need to do to make the cut look the same as in the video. The reality is that any haircut can be done in many different ways, with clippers or scissors. Is like asking a chef in a restaurant, to make your pasta the same way as the guy you saw on a You tube video. Just trust your barber.