i have a few random hairs on my cheeks and was wondering if i keep shaving them, will there be even more hairs growing around that area? thanks so much =) have a nice day
2006-06-28 10:54:32 · 9 answers · asked by phil h 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body
no, cutting your hair does not multiply the hair follicles though many people believe that ol' wives tale. It's better though, if you don't shave too closely in case you get hair bumps/shaving bumps.
2006-06-28 10:59:15 · answer #1 · answered by LiRona 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shaving an area does not increase the number of hairs that grow in that area. It does, however, tend to make the hair that grows back appear thicker because the "cut" surface of the hair is blunt and coarse, and oftentimes darker than what was shaved away.
2006-06-28 11:02:35 · answer #2 · answered by MomOMany 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ok the best thing to do is pluck them with a pair of tweezers. If you shave the area the hairs around those "big" ones will grow in again thicker. It won't cause "more" hairs, only fatter ones! So pluck don't shave. You could end up with a beard because you shaved the hairs and they grew back thicker and fuller! Ooops!
2006-06-28 10:59:45 · answer #3 · answered by Fays Daze 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There does seem to be a myth about this, so I'll debunk it in the simplest way I know how;
If the mere act of shaving generated new hair growth, men who are balding and want thicker hair would shave their heads. It doesn't work that way. Stubble is more coarse or pokey than an uncut hair, not thicker or more abundant. If your genes don't support more hair growth, no amount of shaving will change that.
2006-06-28 11:03:35 · answer #4 · answered by Troy S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't shave them anymore get a doctor or beauty consultant to get some hair no more cream and the hair will be gone
2006-06-28 11:00:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No..but it can make the ones you do have come back coarser.
Give it time. Eventually, you'll be wishing you didn't have t shave.
2006-06-28 10:59:30 · answer #6 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am not sure if more grow, but the ones that you shaved will grow back darker
2006-06-28 10:58:37 · answer #7 · answered by ab_oldgal 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing to worry about keep shaving if it visually becomes a problem try laser its worth it
2006-06-28 10:58:51 · answer #8 · answered by usvigyal23 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah...when i was in sixth grade, i thought my arms were hairy, so i shaved them, and now they're hairier
2006-06-28 10:58:29 · answer #9 · answered by flyinsolo_4eva 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋