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if you shave, does hair grow back thicker?

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Stojakapimp

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So my friends and I were just having a debate on whether or not it is true that when you shave, your hair grows back thicker. Some people say that it just appears to be thicker because the base of the hair is thicker, while others say that shaving causes some sort of gland stimulation that makes more grow. So does anyone know for sure what the answer is? Any reliable sources would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
 
Nope. Not thicker but it does grow back.

Hair follicles don't care if they are cut 1 inch out or 1/100 of an inch out. It's all dead material either way.

P.S. Psychic hair glands, hehe.
 
i think the whole thing with them coming back faster is a matter of perception, as is growing back thicker... it seems thicker cuz the hair is really short, and when it's really short, it's "stiffer" because there's less room to bend...
 
so let me get this straight, more hair doesn't grow back and it also doesn't appear thicker? It will just look as it did previously? So pretty much nothing will change?
 
Originally posted by: Stojakapimp
so let me get this straight, more hair doesn't grow back and it also doesn't appear thicker? It will just look as it did previously? So pretty much nothing will change?
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well, instead of having the nice soft ends that naturally grow you get sharp cut ends instead, which is why it might appear thicker.
 
newly grown hair, as in fresh folicles are soft. but old hair is thick. when you shave, what grows back is old hair, which is thick. so short and thick means it's going to be stubbly and appear to be thicker. this means a perfect hair which has never been severed has a slight taper to it.
 
The reason it seems thicker is that when you shave it, the base of the hair grows out and isn't worn down, so it just seems thicker.

Ryan
 
Originally posted by: Stojakapimp
so let me get this straight, more hair doesn't grow back and it also doesn't appear thicker? It will just look as it did previously? So pretty much nothing will change?
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I think the main reason this myth prevails is because people start shaving when puberty starts and you hair will naturally get thinker whether you shave it or not.
 
so I have another question. Since it seems thicker because it's the base of your hair which grows out and it is more course and less finer than the tips, doesn't that mean that after you shave once, then it will always be coarse? Or does it start to thin out when it grows longer? I do believe that that is the right answer, but wouldn't the base just continue to get bigger and bigger, and then eventually your head would be one big pore
 
It's an illusion. After shaving for a while your hair can grow back at a sharper angle. This feels rough and stubbly, which is why people may believe it is thicker.
 
Originally posted by: slikmunks
i think the whole thing with them coming back faster is a matter of perception, as is growing back thicker... it seems thicker cuz the hair is really short, and when it's really short, it's "stiffer" because there's less room to bend...
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Also, hair reaches a stress point where it falls out, but by shaving you're preventing the hair from falling out on it's own, so you end up with a higher hair count.
 
i wonder if anyones brave enough to wax their face🙂


i know i'd love to test it out on terrorists and stuff🙂


kinda like how i sometimes want to throw the car into reverse while going forward just to see what might happen🙂
 
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