Understanding Cowlicks

[zakaryjmartin]

I thought I was going bald lol for like 2 years and it was just a cowlick on the back of my head I’d never noticed pushing my hair the opposite way I wanted it to (like you mentioned) making it look like I was thinning in one strange line. This is the best video on Cowlicks ever made. Thank you for helping me with my extreme ocd hair issues. This was great!

[NickSibz]

Cowlicks are absolutely evil and I'm so jealous of people without them haha

[TimDawes]

That was terrific on both the level of styling and in terms of being happy with what I have. Thanks

[ImHelpingMen]

Really great video, Andrew, thanks. I was forced to learn so much about hair when it came wanting to style my own because I have a very tricky head of hair to cut and style. I have a double crown and straight hair with multiple partings, and I had a slick back hair cut for many years which i only recently changed. But I was able to learn so much about hair simply because of how tricky my hair is to style. Your videos helped so much with that.

[martindegn]

Honestly thank you, that last bit of advice was just what I needed to hear 💙

[jrambo]

Those s little dummy heads are so adorable!! I hear braces in your voice.

[Fevermn]

I don’t actually mind my cowlicks from a looks perspective cause they add a bit of volume to my fine hair. My issue is literally how they feel to my hand and how the make my hair feel. I get anxious BFRBs (body focused repetitive behaviors) and one of mine is not being able to tolerate the way my cowlick separates my hair and how it feels to my hand. My cowlicks in the back result in me fussing with them for HOURS uncontrollably because I just can’t stand that they exist. My hands will start to hurt from messing with them and I get so frustrated at times I just wanna rip my hair out from that spot. I regret shaving my head only because growing my hair long again has just brought to my awareness what a sensory nightmare my hair is.

So I’m trying to reduce my cowlicks so I can literally reduce my mental distress and the physical discomfort of my focus on them. This video was really helpful, thank you! At least I understand them now.

[kardos]

that last bit helped more than u can imagine <3 thank you

[ts]

one of the best videos on hairstyling i have ever seen. no joke

[elizabethbrown]

I love this video. It's so positive, informative, easy to understand, and sensitively created. God bless you. 🙏💖

[steelsteez]

You are the cowlick whisperer. Thank you so much for this.

[AmedamaCherry]

Cowlick is such a cute word!!! In German we just call them "whirl". My husband has about 4 cowlicks on the back of his head and is very frustrated 🙈 He basically styles his hair just wildly to cover up the cowlicks with their different directions!

[FezCaliph]

This video is so darn good. The nails in wood example is great! I can’t express how much I enjoy this video and the information it provides!

[annikabannah]

Thank you! This was very helpful, I have long hair and a very strong cowlick that I've managed my whole life... now dealing with a little boy who has a cowlick on the hairline and in his crown I've been unsure about how to cut it. Looking forward to continuing to grow his hair a little longer in those areas to get a bit more control :)

[andrewistall]

I have a cowlick, this will help a lot, thank you Andrew,

Andrew.

[greg]

so weird. i didnt have cowlicks until one summer when I was 12 I shaved my head down to a 1. When it grew back cowlicks everywhere. I've been maintaining for over 20 years but its probably because I never let my hair get long enough to be able to style it again. I guess one thing about covid is I have it longer than ever and I can style it like I used to.

[TeresaAndrews-cn]

I mainly cut kids hair and deal with interesting growth patterns. Parents ask me all the time "will it go away as he grows!!" I have to educate parents every day on explaining this is where his hair wants to live, you cant force it the opposite way. Having two swirls on each side in the front hline is the trickiest for boys and most like it short. The bones in the nape can also be a challenge and cause a flare when a person is upright, chin down it lays. Unless the hair is long you have to do a tight taper. Thanks for posting this video. So much education on this subject that should be taught in schools. Thank you!

[GaleGarces]

I have a cowlick right in the front where my mother wanted me to have the the the straight flat bangs that were fashionable at the time. She finally gave up and grew them out.

[neekeshpradhan]

You explained it in the most simplest of the ways. Kudos!

[johntate]

My hair grows in one massive clockwise swirl. It looks like a galaxy from above.