# What's the deal with Christina Ricci's hairline? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184 "2001-12-06T06:31:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Taste](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Taste](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taste)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/1 "2001-12-06T06:31:31Z")
I take it that I’m not the only person to notice this. I read that in her early teen days, she would cut herself with razors. Has she graduated to compulsive hair pulling now? I find it hard to believe that a 21-year-old female would have a hairline that’s receded that much already. ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/2 "2001-12-06T07:58:03Z")
Wow, you’re right… Maybe her and her family were once poor, and unable to by a TV, so they projected stuff on her head. Despite her head, anyone think she’s pretty? ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/3 "2001-12-06T08:16:40Z")
I think she has a widow’s peak hairline, and maybe that makes it look like it’s receding. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/4 "2001-12-06T11:49:56Z")
I don’t think it’s receding. I just think she has a monstrously huge forehead. She always has. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/5 "2001-12-06T13:23:29Z")
Yep. Christina, Tyra Banks, and Shirley Manson all have the Forehead that Ate Miami. Not that that’s a bad thing, mind you… ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/6 "2001-12-06T13:51:38Z")
helen hunt ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/7 "2001-12-06T14:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Myrnalene \* > \*\*I don’t think it’s receding. I just think she has a monstrously huge forehead. She always has. \*\* I believe the term you are looking for is “fivehead”. It’s one bigger. ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/8 "2001-12-06T14:35:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Munch \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Myrnalene \* > > \*\*I don’t think it’s receding. I just think she has a monstrously huge forehead. She always has. \*\* > > I believe the term you are looking for is “fivehead”. It’s one bigger. \*\* I have a large forehead, too. (It’s not receding; my hair is thinning, but that’s another thread.) I’ve been told I have an “eight-head,” which is, of course, twice the size of a forehead. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Earthworm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Dirty\_Earthworm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Earthworm)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/9 "2001-12-06T17:44:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MyFootsZZZ \* > \*\* > Despite her head, anyone think she’s pretty? \*\* I think she’s gorgeous, and she is the subject of many of my sexual fantasies. Oops … TMI. -Syko ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/10 "2001-12-06T17:58:55Z")
Another chance to namedrop! When I interviewed Christina Ricci, she told me that she, indeed, always had a big forehead, and her brother teased her that he could play tennis on it. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/11 "2001-12-06T18:25:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > \*\*I’ve been told I have an “eight-head,” which is, of course, twice the size of a forehead. \*\* Brother, you don’t _know_ from eight-head. Don’t even try to represent what you ain’t. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/12 "2001-12-06T18:41:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Olentzero \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Montfort \* > > \*\*I’ve been told I have an “eight-head,” which is, of course, twice the size of a forehead. \*\* > > Brother, you don’t _know_ from eight-head. Don’t even try to represent what you ain’t. 😉 \*\* As mentioned, there’s a big difference between a big forehead and a receding/balding hairline. I happen to have the former. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/13 "2001-12-06T19:25:12Z")
[Franz Schwarzenegger] You don’t haff a beeg forehead, you haff a tiny little GIR-ly forehead! [/Franz Schwarzenegger] The recessive portion only covers a mere 25% of my total forehead area. Even if I had my original hairline it’s still an eight-head. 😃 Back on topic: So I took a look at some photos of Christina Ricci, and she got a big forehead too. But it’s all natural - it’s pretty much the same as when she was in _The Addams Family_. Not that she does much for me, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/14 "2001-12-06T20:08:42Z")
I just wanted to chime in to say ick. I think she’s gross but Mr. Sunshine thinks she’s just beautiful. Yuck! I look nothing like her! How can he think we’re both attractive? ---
**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/15 "2001-12-06T21:18:23Z")
I never noticed Ricci’s hairline. I find it difficult to take my eyes off her boobs. (I REALLY wanna see _Prozac Nation_, which has her first nude scene.) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/16 "2001-12-06T23:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jab1 \* > \*\*I never noticed Ricci’s hairline. I find it difficult to take my eyes off her boobs. (I REALLY wanna see _Prozac Nation_, which has her first nude scene.) \*\* woah, really ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/17 "2001-12-06T23:49:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*jab1: \*\*I never noticed Ricci’s hairline. I find it difficult to take my eyes off her boobs. Judging from [this picture](http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/images/future_plumpers/christina_ricci/cr_mvl03.jpg), you might be being ‘nudged’ in that direction. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/18 "2001-12-06T23:59:53Z")
Hey Larry, that URL has her in: /future\_plumpers how come? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/19 "2001-12-07T00:22:40Z")
I found the pic through a [Google image search](http://images.google.com/images?q=%22christina+ricci%22&num=20&hl=en&imgsafe=off&start=20&sa=N). The site it’s at seems to cater to the “big is beautiful” crowd. [“Fat Sims”](http://www.dimensionsmagazine.com/Weight_Room/Sims/), anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Lady\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f1d935/32.png) [@Lady\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lady_Ice)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184/20 "2001-12-07T00:26:17Z")
I have a huge forehead. I have the same hairline as my dad. Only on him, people think his hair is receding. It’s not. It’s that far back in his Senior picture. On their first date, my mother accused her friend of setting her up with “an old man”. He’s only three years older than her. Mine used to be worse. When I started school, my hairline went back to my ears. Thankfully, my mother made me wear bangs. Now it just looks like a balding man’s widow’s peak. I think it even goes back a little further than Ricci’s. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-christina-riccis-hairline/97184.md?page=2)