Why do some bald players have those straight lines on their head?

[Westbrook0]

What are those?

http://wagesofwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/al_harrington.jpg

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.aolnews.com/media/2010/12/shane-battier-1210-307.jpg

[Pushxx]

I've wondered myself.

[Cowboy Thunder]

The are indentions from all those fancy designs they had shaved into their head as youngins

[Westbrook0]

http://media.katu.com/images/1010930_greg_oden.jpg

[LBJMVP]

The are indentions from all those fancy designs they had shaved into their head as youngins

im not sure what causes it, but i know for a fact this isn't it.

[Westbrook0]

I never thought about this before, but could it be indentations from cornrows they left in too long when they were a kid and their head was growing? And the cornrows prevented the scalp from growing out properly and evenly?

[ClutchOver9000]

i think its just excess skin

[ClutchOver9000]

I never thought about this before, but could it be indentations from cornrows they left in too long when they were a kid and their head was growing? And the cornrows prevented the scalp from growing out properly and evenly?

the fact that Battier is in it makes your theory invalid...lol

i could be wrong tho...

[Phong]

http://www.uh.edu/engines/forcepsdelivery.jpg

[pegasus]

That's a sign of cocaine use during pregnancy. Their mothers must have snorted straight lines of cocaine.

[DStebb716]

These are, in fact, from child cornrows that were either top tight or left in too long. Battier had them as a child.

Cornrows also lead to balding or awkward hairlines so that is why some of these people don't try to hide the goofy lines with hair.

[inclinerator]

the force of the buzz cut shaver forced upon their scalp many times

[TrueRob]

Excess skin. It's similar to when a person gets deep lines/waves on their forehead when they raise their eyebrows.

[Zackmorris]

I never thought about this before, but could it be indentations from cornrows they left in too long when they were a kid and their head was growing? And the cornrows prevented the scalp from growing out properly and evenly?

Always that it was this