Widow's peak - attractive or not so much?

[alyanna]

I have one and I love it. I wear my hair back a lot and I think it makes my hairline prettier. I know in the U.S/Canada a widow's peak is sometimes considered a flaw, but where I come from, it's a sign of beauty.

I am unable to get a perfectly centered part, but I just part my hair behind the peak.

[MaryMarx]

I have one, I'm okay with it. But it's tricky to wear a middle parting, so I part slightly off center when I want a 'center' part.
I wish I could show it off by wearing my hair back...wards more, but the hair at my temples is so thin and short so it's hard to get them in the updo, and sometimes I kinda look like balding.

[shutterpillar]

I don't have one, but I always wished I did because I love them. My husband has one and I think it's very attractive.

[Natalina]

I don't have one, but I think it looks good on most people, depending on their other facial features though. I know if I had one it probably won't suit me very well.

[Hiriel]

I only have the slightest hint of one, but almost all the men on my mother's side of the family have really pronounced ones.

I don't really think the widow's peak is nice or bad looking in itself, to me it's like hair colour or length - some faces look best with short hair, some with long, some people look best with black hair, some people with red. Same with widow's peaks, in some faces it looks really nice, in other faces I don't really notice it.

[heidr]

I have a widow's peak and I like it. It runs in my family.

[Bene]

I used to hate it! I even tweezed my peak for a while after I learned that (her name escapes me at the moment) an black and white movie star had her hair line redone with electrolosis to get a more anglo look. She had a slight peak that was completely removed by the time she became mega famous. Gosh, what's her name?!

Rita Hayworth!


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I don't have one, I don't think of them as attractive or unattractive.

[clioariane]

I love them too!

[mamaherrera]

I have one, I'm okay with it. But it's tricky to wear a middle parting, so I part slightly off center when I want a 'center' part.
I wish I could show it off by wearing my hair back...wards more, but the hair at my temples is so thin and short so it's hard to get them in the updo, and sometimes I kinda look like balding.

That's my thought exactly. Maybe it comes with having a widow's peak, that we have temple areas like that. Bangs help with that, no???!!

[neko_kawaii]

There is my rather pronounced widow's peak.
My hairs at temple are slightly thinner and slower growing than most of the rest of my hair, but they are long enough to make it into an updo. The broken hairs at temple from my glasses are another story.

I hate having hair on my face so I haven't had bangs since junior high. If I know I'll be out in the wind I wear a bandana to contain the little whispies that with the help of the wind break free from their longer neighbors and start smacking my face.

My son also has a widow's peak but he has a different growth pattern at his hairline. ALL of the hairs along the hairline, about half and inch deep, are either super slow growing or have incredibly short terminals. They are about an inch long while the rest of his hair is about five inches long.

Not all widow's peaks share the same hairline traits.