No, not elastic, some have a thicker banding on the inside, I believe it's meant for sweat, not sure what you mean by "the band that goes around the front is sick" unless you mean the design itself, which I like, yes, (unless there was a typo and you meant something else), so is it all just one fabric with no added lining around the inside band? Sorry, it's an important factor to me and many of the older do rags don't have them, but many are starting to come out with more like what I'm talking about and they make a big difference in comfort and for other reasons!! Do you know what I mean? I don't know if I'm explaining it right!! LOL!!