How to trim my lionhead’s extremely furry face?

[mrobinson]

I’ve noticed that our sweet little lionhead, Basil, has been crashing into things lately, and I think it would benefit him to have some of that excess fur around his face trimmed off. I’ve already trimmed his little mohawk [which was flopping over and sometimes poking him in the eyes] and that greatly improved his line of sight. I think if I could just do the same to his cheeks, then he’d be golden as of right now, I’m just lightly wetting that fur with water and brushing it into submission. He doesn’t run into anything while his fur is like that. I don’t want to keep regularly wetting his face though…. pretty sure that could turn into some sort of health hazard :/

So any advice on how to effectively trim without snipping off his whiskers? I heard those were important, so I’d like to keep them intact as much as possible.

Thanks for taking the time to read! Looking forward to getting ya’lls feedback.

[Mocha]

I don’t have any tips but just to not cut the whiskers haha. Mkae sure he doesn’t have any eye problems though.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

I do this! She hates it but she really can’t see otherwise. When I notice the fur is long I take scissors and trim, just watch that you don’t poke her eyes (they move around) and I do slow snip-snip-snip so you aren’t moving quick or hard-If that makes sense? Like I go really slowly and gently so there is no chance I’m trimming something sensitive like skin!

[jerseygirl]

When I’ve had to cut matts out, I’ve used those scissors that come in first aid kits. They’re small with round tips but sharp enough.

Have you got someone who could hold him still on a benchtop while you trim the fur?

Maybe if you comb the hair backward, the whiskers would spring free first.

I’d love to see a before and after
He sounds really cute!

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