does hair grow faster if it's cut or shaved often?

Answer 1

shaved often....I believe that upon the first shave, the hair grows twice as fast

Answer 2

Hair grows at the same rate whether it is cut or not. The "hair" itself is not growing. The hair folicle is producing more hair from the bottom up. When it is shaved and then grows back, it feels stiff because it is so short and it appears to be growing faster because it goes from zero to something whereas the noticable difference is less when it starts from a few inches long and grows a tiny bit.

All of our hair is falling out after a certain time. That is why is seems like it quits growing after it gets to a certain length. It hasn't quit growing. The "oldest" and longest hairs are just falling out.

Answer 3

There is absolutely no scientifc evidence supporting this myth. One poster hit on the reason.

The hair shaft (the hair that is cut upon shaving / cutting) is a dead structure that extends out of the follicle. Note, the follicle is the living portion. To make any sort of anatomical changes to growth speed you would need to distrub the follical; which is completely unaffected by shaving / cutting. The colour, growth, location and thickness of hair is mainy dependant on genetics and hormones.

After shaving there is an illusion of growth - which continues to help propagate this myth. The shortness of the shaft after shaving or cutting allows changes in length to be more noticeable. Additionally, the short hair shaft may be more noticeable as it grows out because it has a blunt tip instead of the normal tapered tip. At this time the hair may also appear thicker or darker; it is merely an illusion and nothing more.

That's all there is to it.

Answer 4

Hair is made at the base of a hair follicle. Shaving only cuts off the hair and has no effect on the follicle. Hair feels more coarse because the tip of the regrowing hair will be blunt instead of tapered. Shaving won't make hair come back faster or thicker.

I also shave often and have not noticed a difference in the growth rate. The physiology of hair growth is not affected by shaving.

Answer 5

My hair stylist told me that you should get it trimmed every 2 months or so...she said that once its "freshly trimmed" it should grow to 1or 1 1/2 inches long..if you wait a long time to get it cut...it wont grow at all.

Answer 6

when hair is shaved.the hair will regenerate causing it to grow faster and thicker...