Shaving

[Rick]

My wife has a thin amount of hair on her lip. I have suggested
to her that she shave it off, She says if she does it will grow back
thicker. I think this is a wifes tale. Who is right? We have a big
bet riding on this (sorry...I cannot tell you what we bet...well if
you ask I might).

[Wayne Dyer]

<sigh> This has GOT to be in a FAQ somewhere.

1. Shaving does not induce hair growth. Otherwise it would be a cure
for baldness. Related fact: shaving does not cause hair to darken.

2. Hairs are tapered. Thick at the base, thin at the end, like a fishing
pole.

2a. When you cut the hair short, it will feel thicker because it's
short hairs aren't as flexible as long hairs. Just like when you
mow a lawn: the cut grass feels "harder".

2b. Since you've cut off the tapered end, as the hair grows
longer, it will feel thicker because the shaft has lost its taper
(so in a sense it is marginally thicker, but no thicker *at that
length* than it would be if you still had the whole hair) until:

3. The hair will eventually fall out (unless it's growing to great
lengths now), and when a new hair replaces it, it will have the
same tapered shape as the hair it replaces.

So the answer is no, it won't grow back thicker, but you'll have to live
with stubble until the hair grows back, and by then you'll be back where
you started. Alternatives include stuff like Nair (which avoids the
stubble phase), bleaches (which make the hair less obvious), plucking
(ouch!), and electrolysis (ungh!).

Urban Legends of women who shave in order to grow beards are exactly that:
legends. Hormones yes, shaving no.
--
Wayne Dyer :: dwd...@eskimo.com :: http://www.eskimo.com/~dwdyer/
Add the ash to the contents of the crucible by gentle
shaking and the final use of the feather

[Plato]

Well where did those bearded ladies in the old circuses come from?

Plato

[Maggie Newman]

[Answers a question about hair removal, and discusses alternatives:]

>
>>So the answer is no, it won't grow back thicker, but you'll have to live
>>with stubble until the hair grows back, and by then you'll be back where
>>you started. Alternatives include stuff like Nair (which avoids the
>>stubble phase), bleaches (which make the hair less obvious), plucking
>>(ouch!), and electrolysis (ungh!).
>

You forgot waxing.

Maggie "ouch" Newman

[le...@pacificrim.net]

In article <5phunk$10...@nntp6.u.washington.edu>,

pl...@mt.olympus.com wrote:
>
> dwd...@eskimo.com (Wayne Dyer) wrote:
> >Rick wrote:
>
> >> My wife has a thin amount of hair on her lip. I have suggested
> >> to her that she shave it off, She says if she does it will grow back
> >> thicker. I think this is a wifes tale. Who is right? We have a big
> >> bet riding on this (sorry...I cannot tell you what we bet...well if
> >> you ask I might).
>
> ><sigh> This has GOT to be in a FAQ somewhere.
>
> >1. Shaving does not induce hair growth. Otherwise it would be a cure
> > for baldness. Related fact: shaving does not cause hair to darken.
>
> >2. Hairs are tapered. Thick at the base, thin at the end, like a fishing
> > pole.
>
> >2a. When you cut the hair short, it will feel thicker because it's
> > short hairs aren't as flexible as long hairs. Just like when you
> > mow a lawn: the cut grass feels "harder".
>
> >2b. Since you've cut off the tapered end, as the hair grows
> > longer, it will feel thicker because the shaft has lost its taper
> > (so in a sense it is marginally thicker, but no thicker *at that
> > length* than it would be if you still had the whole hair) until:
>
> >3. The hair will eventually fall out (unless it's growing to great
> > lengths now), and when a new hair replaces it, it will have the
> > same tapered shape as the hair it replaces.
>

> >So the answer is no, it won't grow back thicker, but you'll have to live
> >with stubble until the hair grows back, and by then you'll be back where
> >you started. Alternatives include stuff like Nair (which avoids the
> >stubble phase), bleaches (which make the hair less obvious), plucking
> >(ouch!), and electrolysis (ungh!).
>

> >Urban Legends of women who shave in order to grow beards are exactly that:
> >legends. Hormones yes, shaving no.
>
> Well where did those bearded ladies in the old circuses come from?
>
> Plato

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[Helen]

Maggie Newman wrote about the after-effects of hair removal.

I don't ordinarily take it upon myself to unsolicitedly suggest in to
other people what they should buy; I don't feel that that's my roll in
this world. However, on a rare occasion like this one, when I've come
across a product that I feel would be genuinely helpful, keeping the
information to myself seems like selfishness.

Maggie, I strongly recommend the product TendSkin. (tendskin.com) I've
tried it, and was amazed. Not only does it make ingrown hairs pop out,
but it works faster than I ever expected, costs less than twenty-five
dollars and comes with an unconditional guarantee. I think you'll find
this product to be effective in treating ingrown hair, and find it
overwhelmingly outperforms any other suggestion.

For the record, I am a professional Æsthetician & CIDESCO Diplomate, not
in the employ of TendSkin or it's minions in any way, nor do I recieve
any type of monitary (or other) compensation for my suggestion. (But
maybe I should. I'll give them a call.) ;)

Helen

[Shea F. Kenny]

The following message from bj...@aol.com (Bjork), tested positive for the
threadmonella virus:

}<Well where did those bearded ladies in the old circuses come from?>
}

}Ohio.

Uh, I'm pretty sure it was Ballard. Most think it was Alaska, but
that's only where they moved up from.

$hea F. Kenny (Graveyard chairman, Big Bucks rights committee)
Phd, $quiggly line theory
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