Even his grizzled hair slanted forward in a stiff cowlick over his forehead, and his face bristled sharply with his gray beard.
The cowlick where his hair parted kept a stubborn wisp of brown hair in rebellion, and it shook amusingly when he spoke earnestly or laughed.
The person addressed swung back the rebellious cowlick from his forehead, as if to clear his thinking faculties from a load while he considered the grave question.
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Their features matched and both had the same scar orcowlickat the top of their forehead.
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Both men and women have cowlicks, which can be covered by longer hair so the whorl is not visible.
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There are several methods of taming an unrulycowlick.
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The most common site of a humancowlickis in the crown, but they can show up anywhere.
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One theory is that acowlickstems from a circular arrangement of the collagen fibers in the cranial fascia of the area of thecowlick.
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He has dark-blond hair that is slightly up at the front in a kind ofcowlickfashion and has green eyes.
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Hair whorls in horses are also known as crowns, swirls, trichoglyphs, or cowlicks and can be either clockwise or counterclockwise in direction of growth.
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When left too long thecowlickwill create a flat spot, when left too short it will stand up.
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Electrology, waxing, and even cosmetic surgery can be used to more permanently correct thecowlick.
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Whorls, cowlicks, and irregularities of the scalp can be addressed by shear point tapering techniques.
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Because its stems are weak, the wind and water action can bend the grass, creating the appearance of a field of tufts and cowlicks.
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When combed against the grain of the hair, the hair in the center of thecowlickwill stand up straight.
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The boy may have the world's strangestcowlick, but he sure can roll with the punches.
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For people more serious aboutcowlickmanagement, more drastic measures may be used.
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After the mushroom incident of the anime, hercowlickshrinks and in order to appear as if nothing has changed, she wears a wig to mask it.
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