# Circle cowlick on male hair?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 29, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016 "2004-03-29T04:06:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Extrovertive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Extrovertive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extrovertive)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016/1 "2004-03-29T04:06:35Z")

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I happen to have some sort of cowlick near to the right center of my head. It’s sort of like a curl but the cowlick creates a circle appearance on my short hair. I’ve been told that there’s a meaning for it. I personally don’t think it’s not cowlick, but symbolizes something. Anyone know?

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**Author:** ![Ludicrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@Ludicrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludicrous)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016/2 "2004-03-29T04:22:05Z")

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Yeah, it means you’re going to be using a lot of hair gel throughout your life.

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**Author:** ![Extrovertive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Extrovertive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Extrovertive)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016/3 "2004-03-29T04:29:58Z")

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> [@Ludicrous](#):
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> Yeah, it means you’re going to be using a lot of hair gel throughout your life.

It’s not an ordinary cowlick. Been the only part of hair that sticks up and form a circle near the front center.

Of course, your post wasn’t meant to be serious. 😛

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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016/4 "2004-03-29T04:38:20Z")

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It is a genetic indication of left/right handedness.

[Handedness equals hairstyle](http://www.nature.com/nsu/030901/030901-7.html)

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> More than 95% of right-handers’ hair whorls clockwise on the scalp, he found. The locks of lefties and the ambidextrous are equally likely to coil either way.

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**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016/5 "2004-03-29T04:53:27Z")

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My honey’s hair whorls counter-clockwise, and he’s right-handed.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/circle-cowlick-on-male-hair/237016/6 "2004-03-29T06:08:32Z")

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> [@Jenaroph](#):
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> My honey’s hair whorls counter-clockwise, and he’s right-handed.

Destroy the mutant freak!