How's my hair???!!!

[fire2flame]

For the ongoing posts that will indefinitely revolve around the issue of ...ahem, hair growth for vampires, I've created this sub-board. Please come here for all of your questions/ needs.

[Brian Lynch]

I love your hair.

[merso]

Mine is falling out

[Ethros]

My crude brain thinks of that classic scene in Robocop
"There's more hair... down there!"

[buffysmglover]

Are people mad that he thinks he has to shave or that his hair is growing? Both seem correct. He has to shave. He's human now, right? Hair grows.

[henzINNIT]

Think the problem is that being alive hasn't changed anything. Vampire hair has been seen to grow.

[CowboyGuy]

I assume Angel always had someone else shave for him. Most barber shops still shave your face if you want 'em too.

[irishrose]

I just assumed that after a couple hundred years, Angel had enough practice to be able to shave himself blindfolded, backwards, and upside down.

[Emmie]

this topic just keeps making me laugh...i hope someone asks joss this question at a comicon

lmao still ;D

[Rachster]

i love in season 1 when willows looking at angels non reflection and she says angel how do you shave

[Spike's Slayer]

i love that part, lol.
I agree that by now, angel would have learnt to shave expertly lol.

[piratequeensusan]

so, did they like forget that Angel's hair grows or am I missing something?

[Skytteflickan88]

The hair definitly grows. Although Angel comes back well groomed from the hell-demension in season 3, I blame that on the demension itself, not bad writing or make-up planning... I guess.

But why the hell didn't Spike get a beard for the beginning of season 7? Lots of roots, but no beard. Weird.

And if I remember correctly, when Angel lived on the street, there were no beard, but long hair.

Perhaps the characters are suppose to be unable to grow a beard, and the few times I've seen that Angel and Spike need to shave(often to be smooth like a baby in the next scene) it's because the director/actors, etc didn't think about sending them to make-up for a shave, to fit the characters beardlessness.

[itmustbebunnies418]

I just assumed that when he was a vamp, his hair didn't grow. But, now that he's human, he had to shave/cut his hair because to help with the illusion that he's still a vampire.

[irishrose]

Interesting conversation!

Maybe they can't grow a beard. But they can grow a mustach. Remember Angel's little mustache in some of the flashbacks?

[Spike]

Didnt Angel have a beard in "Amends" back when he was in Ireland in the early 1800's?

Also the human body carries on growing hair and fingernails for up to 2 years after the body is dead, which I assume is when the scalp etc are all dead, since Vampires don't decompose I assume there hair growth cells stay put giving them the ability to still grow hair beard and fingernails.

[Lord of Southside]

This is truly the topic that won't die. Im with Emmie though -- somebody is going to have to spring this question on Joss.

[Rogue]

Apr 6, 2008 0:03:33 GMT -5 Spike said:

Also the human body carries on growing hair and fingernails for up to 2 years after the body is dead, which I assume is when the scalp etc are all dead, since Vampires don't decompose I assume there hair growth cells stay put giving them the ability to still grow hair beard and fingernails.

Not true

www.snopes.com/science/nailgrow.asp

[Emmie]

Perfect Angel quote for this topic:

"But a clue nonetheless. Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair!"

[Ethros]

Apr 29, 2008 13:09:52 GMT -5 Emmie said:

Perfect Angel quote for this topic:

"But a clue nonetheless. Perhaps the whole point of this experiment is hair!"

And a perfect picture