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Old 12-22-2007, 12:54 AM  
UniversalPassLorence
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Originally Posted by MattO View Post
The thing with the shaving, I think this is why people think it grows back thicker:

Natural hair is of differing lengths, and falls out randomly and is replaced by new hair, so the feel of it will be of a mixed texture, some long hairs, some shorter, etc.
When you shave that area, all the hair starts out at the same, and grows out all at once, so it might feel like there's more there, since the individual hairs are all now the same length.
That makes sense. Here is their logic:
It has no effect on the thickness or rate of hair regrowth, studies say. But stubble lacks the finer taper of unshaven hair, giving the impression of coarseness.
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