Does my bfs hair look fine? He feels insecure..

Hes been trying to grow it out so that he can put his hair back in a pony tail. His hair is very fluffy and curly. I attempted to put his hair back but since it's still in the growing process some of the bottom hairs didn't want to stay up under the bottom of his head. Does this look fine? I used gel and also tried to define the little curls that came out of the bottom. I showed him pictures of what it looks like and he thinks it looks stupid.

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