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BUSTED Comprehensively false

Hair Grows Back Thicker After Shaving

Shaving has no effect on hair thickness or growth rate

✗ The myth everyone repeats

Shaving your legs or face causes the hair to grow back thicker, darker, and faster.

✓ What is actually true

Shaving does not affect hair growth rate, thickness, or colour. The blunt edge created by shaving may appear darker or thicker initially due to the blunt tip reflecting light differently than a tapered natural hair end. Hair continues growing at the same rate as unshaved hair. Dermatologists confirm that shaving is purely a surface-level action.

Believed Since 1900
Year Revised 1970
Why Changed Discovery
Confidence Fully Debunked
Region Worldwide

Reception

8/10
5/10
The receipts 2 sources
  1. Shaving Myths - American Academy of DermatologyPRIMARY
  2. Snopes: Hair Grows Back ThickerREFERENCE

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