hair
February 10, 2007 12:38 PM Subscribe
my hair on the front of my head on my right hand side has always stuck up, it never ever goes down. why?
The cowlick "explanation" is a little tautological. Yes, of course it's a cowlick, but that's just a succinct label for the (weird) phenomenon. WHY does it happen?
Actually, there was an Ask Yahoo about this, which has a decent expalanation:
Each hair on our heads leaves its follicle at a "definite and predetermined angle." The characteristic patterns and swirls our hair forms are caused by these angles. A cowlick occurs when these hair "streams" form a spiral pattern, usually circling in a clockwise direction.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 1:33 PM on February 10, 2007 [1 favorite]
Actually, there was an Ask Yahoo about this, which has a decent expalanation:
Each hair on our heads leaves its follicle at a "definite and predetermined angle." The characteristic patterns and swirls our hair forms are caused by these angles. A cowlick occurs when these hair "streams" form a spiral pattern, usually circling in a clockwise direction.
posted by synaesthetichaze at 1:33 PM on February 10, 2007 [1 favorite]
Lomazzo, translated by Haydocke, describes how to paint them: "the lockes or plaine feakes of haire called cow-lickes, are made turning vpwards."
posted by chudder at 4:29 PM on February 10, 2007
posted by chudder at 4:29 PM on February 10, 2007
The stork brought you early, a cow licked the morning dew from your brow before your mother found you in the meadow.
posted by hortense at 7:33 PM on February 10, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by hortense at 7:33 PM on February 10, 2007 [1 favorite]
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posted by fire&wings at 12:46 PM on February 10, 2007