Does your hair ever do that weird Princess Diana thing?

later12

I think most men who suffer with this condition will know what I'm talking about.

When I let my hair grow as long as it is now, I develop this really strange whorl, or ruffle, thing at the front and side of my hair, where it should naturally part. This is why I cannot grow my hair very long. I find it rather disconcerting when I walk past my reflection in a shop window and think I have just seen the Princess of Wales looking back at me from beyond the grave.

I am getting too old to be cutting my hair down to the scalp, and I hate putting products in my hair.

Have any other guys found themselves in this fix?

I have developed a paranoia about it frankly. I have to go to work in the morning, and I can't even walk into the breeze without worrying that my hair looks like this

Dravokivich

I get something like that if I'm lucky. Otherwise it's a frizzy afro.

Thoie

That sounds like a cow lick, and unfortunately there's no real solution other than hair product.

later12

Yes I do have a bit of a cow's lick. Do you know of anything to use that doesn't look really artificial? Whenever I've used clay or wax in the past, my hair looks weirdly gunky and artificial, I almost prefer the whorl.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Once you have been licked by a cow there's no cure unfortunately!

Galvasean

I learned to embrace it and transform it into a mighty quiff.

a cowslick? i have one - it was a pain in the backside when i kept my hair short
nothing that can be done unfortunately

it's usually lefties who have them :cool:

OldGoat

You still have hair?

later12

bluewolf wrote: »

a cowslick? i have one - it was a pain in the backside when i kept my hair short
nothing that can be done unfortunately

it's usually lefties who have them :cool:

I am a leftie!

Not in an Occupy Dame Street fashion, of course.

So now adding this horrific whorle to my lefthandedness, this is two incurable conditions I've got

Bad day for later10

Amar J. Klar conducted research to see if there was a genetic link between handedness and hair-whorl direction. He found that 8.4% of right handed people and 45% of left handed people have counterclockwise hair-whorls. His research indicates that a single gene may control both handedness and hair-whorl direction.[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_whorl

i am a leftie too, we're the cool people

Dravokivich

I was born a leftie, but thanks to the intervention of nuns I became a rightie. Seems I have not reaped the full benifits of said intervention.

py2006

Thoie wrote: »

That sounds like a cow lick, and unfortunately there's no real solution other than hair product.

I used to have one at the back of my head just above my neck. I had it shaved off and the hair grew back normally.

later12

py2006 wrote: »

I used to have one at the back of my head just above my neck. I had it shaved off and the hair grew back normally.

I've carried this burden this all my life, despite having shaved my head down to almost nothing. It only happens when my hair is long; so even though I always wanted medium long hair, I've never been able to grow it with this whorl.

I'm seriously thinking of ending it all tonight guys -- I'm going to take a razor to my own hair!!!!!!! I just can't cope with this cowlick/whorl thing anymore:pac:

Cookies.

I'm a lefty and have a cows lick!

Jimmy Iovine

later10 wrote: »

I've carried this burden this all my life, despite having shaved my head down to almost nothing. It only happens when my hair is long; so even though I always wanted medium long hair, I've never been able to grow it with this whorl.

I'm seriously thinking of ending it all tonight guys -- I'm going to take a razor to my own hair!!!!!!! I just can't cope with this cowlick/whorl thing anymore:pac:

Try a bit of gel on it. Not Brylcreem but some of that putty/paste stuff you see everywhere. It might help.

I've got a double cows lick. You should have seen my hair when I was younger, it was ridiculous. I looked like a vampire with my fringe coming together like a V.

It has gotten better over the years, but only because I put gel in my hair, which I've done every day pretty much for the last 6/7 years. I looked like a right eejit back before then.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Would you consider using a hair straightener on it? I know it's a bit metro but it could be a solution. I'm going through the difficult transition from medium lenght to long at the moment and find I have to use the straightener after I wash it to stave off the dreaded whurl look.

later12

I haz shaved.

I took one of those clipper jobbies to it tonight. I look like a convict right now. Badly. But I'd rather look like a criminal than like Princess Di. (Hot stuff that she was)

I might try the straightener thing in future, but generally i don't like my hair to be ridiculously straight. I like there to be a little shape in it.

I know, I'm a difficult man :cool:

Sauve

LT something that adds weight to your hair would help calm it, something like a good straightening serum.
It's also possible to train your hair, Ive done it with a cowslick too- spend about five consecutive nights with it clipped/glued in the direction you want it to go and it should eventually settle. If you wash it beforehand and let it dry while clipped down it's even better.
Just don't get caught, it's not the most attractive look :pac:

Mr. Presentable

I have a similar issue with mine. You just need to go long enough that you can throw it back

MagicMarker

You need to embrace the hair products man, one you find one that works for you then they're as essential as food!!

Here's me without hair product.



Here's me with hair product.

booboo88

later10 wrote: »

Yes I do have a bit of a cow's lick. Do you know of anything to use that doesn't look really artificial? Whenever I've used clay or wax in the past, my hair looks weirdly gunky and artificial, I almost prefer the whorl.

theres are really good hair gel that doesnt give that yuckie muck feeling. fish elastic hair gel its called but dont worry, it doesnt smell like fish:D

later12

MagicMarker wrote: »

You need to embrace the hair products man, one you find one that works for you then they're as essential as food!!

booboo88 wrote: »

theres are really good hair gel that doesnt give that yuckie muck feeling. fish elastic hair gel its called but dont worry, it doesnt smell like fish:D

I think I've had one of the Fish ones booboo, the best I tried was one of those (V05?) ones, with the union jack on the front? I think it was like a gum more than a putty, it used to work pretty well but I used to be self conscious that my hair felt sticky or weird to girls. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions guys, I will give them another try as soon as this bloody thing grows back

Sauve wrote: »

LT something that adds weight to your hair would help calm it, something like a good straightening serum.
It's also possible to train your hair, Ive done it with a cowslick too- spend about five consecutive nights with it clipped/glued in the direction you want it to go and it should eventually settle. If you wash it beforehand and let it dry while clipped down it's even better.
Just don't get caught, it's not the most attractive look :pac:

I am intrugued, but I don't know that you're not just playing a cruel trick on me to get me to glue my hair:pac:

Do you mean glue it with the serum, or....:eek:

Sauve

later10 wrote: »

I am intrugued, but I don't know that you're not just playing a cruel trick on me to get me to glue my hair:pac:

Do you mean glue it with the serum, or....:eek:

No tricks here, you're safe
I didn't literally mean glue it, just load gel or serum or whatever into it to get it to stay in place for the few nights.

booboo88

later10 wrote: »

I think I've had one of the Fish ones booboo, the best I tried was one of those (V05?) ones, with the union jack on the front? I think it was like a gum more than a putty, it used to work pretty well but I used to be self conscious that my hair felt sticky or weird to girls. Anyway, thanks for the suggestions guys, I will give them another try as soon as this bloody thing grows back


I am intrugued, but I don't know that you're not just playing a cruel trick on me to get me to glue my hair:pac:

Do you mean glue it with the serum, or....:eek:

try the elastic gel(i think thats what its called) has a lully smell and no yuckie feeling

Seomra Mushie

I'm probably going to lose a million cool points here for posting this but the OP reminded me of this exchange on 'Friends':

Chandler: I can blow dry it. I can put gel on it. It doesn't matter, I still wind up with this little cowlicky thing on the middle part of my head. It's so annoying. Does it bug you?

Ross: YOU bug me.