hmm.. shaving .. Options

[Listelle]

From what I'm reading, when you remove hair from your body, like from your legs, it looks thicker when it comes back, right?

That's almost true. When the hair comes back, the part that comes just above the surface of your skin, the first part that you see and feel is the thickest part of the entire hair. Technically, your hair has not grown thicker, it's just your only seeing the fattest part. If you grew it out all the way, it would be exactly the same thickness as it was before you took your hair off. But I don't know why you would want to do that since this whole thread is about getting rid of hair.

I just wanted to clear that up because one of my friends believed that shaving off hair makes it come back in thicker, so she said she was going to shave her head.

I just wrote that in another thread. The 'come back thicker' is a myth. Maybe it'll convince your mom?

[xbellaxbellax]

my mom let me shave in 5th grade... she also bought me nair for my arms .. and it works rlly good but i was allergic to it and it cut my arms up and left like scratches or sumthing like that.. at first she thought it was my dog scratching me til we kept doing it...
then i gave up and i started shaving my arms.. which prolly isnt very good but im very self-concious and i dont do it ne more.. but i mite try that bleach stuff... i used to get made fun of a lot bc of my arm hair bc its dark dark dark brown and its like all over the place.. =[=[
but idc ne more ! =]

[*WHIMSICAL 0NE*]

^^ I always thought it was kind of weird when people would shave their arms.
This is girl I knew in 6th grade used to do it, but then her arms were like all shiney. And people would talk about her behind her back, 'cause guys thought it was weird.

Sometimes when people shave their arms MORE hair grows... when it comes back. Weird.

[lovescream]

^ lol. shiny arms.. roooofl. that's just.. weird. shiny legs seem better though. But I wouldnt have it blindingly shiny.

Thanks Listelle. now I think about it.. that makes a whole lot of sense. I can tell my mom that. =P She probably will let me do something about my leg hair afterwards. The lotion cream that removes it is sounding good to my mom. She's "thinking about it." hehe. bleaching is my next option if she says no.
THANK YOU GUYSSS. XD

Also how old are you?
Perhaps that will make us understand why your mom thinks your to young?

I'm thirteen >_> in 8th grade. rofl. I dont know if it's too young to be shaving because my other friends' parents seem to let some of them. But they have less leg hair than I do.. so I'm just too self-concious about my own leg hair.

[mylittleMiracle]

^^ I always thought it was kind of weird when people would shave their arms.
This is girl I knew in 6th grade used to do it, but then her arms were like all shiney. And people would talk about her behind her back, 'cause guys thought it was weird.

Sometimes when people shave their arms MORE hair grows... when it comes back. Weird.

i wish i was that girl!aii...after shaving...more hair grows...so annoying.... but i dont wanna to wax. (sounds hurt)

[xrainwhispersx]

My mom used to be the same way. Eventually, she let me, though. I think I was in 6th grade when I started.

Anyway, it's a myth that hair grows back thicker and darker. When you shave, you cut the hair at it's lowest and thickest point, therefore giving it the illusion that it's darker and thicker when it grows back. Everyone's hair grows at different rates. Mine, for example, grows quickly. I start to see stubble a day after I shave. I know people who can go a week without shaving and it doesn't look bad at all. But if I go a week without shaving, it's bad. It just depends on the person.

[huihead]

NO DON'T USE VEET. i tried it before, and yes it's a lot easier than shaving or waxing or whatever, but it's scary. there's a reason they WARN you not to leave it on too long because there are so many harmful chemicals in veet. after i used it, my legs were scarily smooth [the chemicals!] and they could get bruised easily. shaving isn't that bad as long as you don't do it TOO often.

[AimeeLynn]

well... my mom doesnt want me do it either because some filipino thing idk, but i did it anyways. She was mad but what can she do now?
and for me when i shave it doesnt get thicker,
well... i hope not
o0o yea NAIR sucks it doesnt work, it burns, and smells bad =P

[helloxtine]

shaving... it does make the hair grow back faster... try veet or nair and shave when you really need it...

[Synthetic.Love]

I use the Venus razor, and it's the only razor I'll stick with.

I've tried to use Veet, but it was horrible. It made my legs sting for about two days and there were red bumps on my skin. The worst part? It didn't work, at all. I had to revert to my old razor.

The hair does grow back darker and thicker, but you're gunna have to start sooner or later.

Waxing is an option, but it's costly and kinda painful. Go for shaving.

There are some shaving creams that are supposed to reduce the growth of hair a tad. I believe Noxema has one.

Personally, I use a Venus razor with Skintimate shaving cream. Those are the best, in my opinion.

[Stefanny]

That's exactly how my mom is too, until she found out about hair removal cream.

I use Veet now, and the results last for a week or so. The hair does grow back darker, but not thicker. It's pretty sharp, though.

[orgasm]

shaving... it does make the hair grow back faster... try veet or nair and shave when you really need it...

No, it doesn't.

Gah. I think I've said this a million times in a million other threads... NOTHING can make hair "grow faster." An unhealthy or bad diet might SLOW hair growth, but there is no product, no razor, no nothing that can make hair grow faster. Period.

Stop posting up "facts" that aren't really facts.



And once again,

shaving does NOT make hair grow back thicker or darker or whatever. Hair is the color it is due to melanin production and other things that are beyond our control. It only APPEARS to be thicker because the tapered off ends are cut off when you shave, thus it starts from the middle of the hair, but whoever tells anybody that hair gets thicker as it grows... is wrong. Wrong wrong wrong.

[c.moore]

This post has been edited by c.moore1982: Nov 28 2006, 09:26 PM

[cheri_pi]

I had the same problem last year when I was in gym, and I was totally self-concious all the time and finding ways to sit on my legs so people couldn't see them... It was awful.

Here's what you HAVE to do:
Sneak some into the grocery cart next time you go shopping. Just find a way to do it. You won't regret it. Once you have them at home, you're home free! (No pun intended)

[orgasm]

I read this last night in the Girls Resource Center you should read it

QUOTE
It's just an illusion, according to Dr. Kitha Griffin, an Atlanta dermatologist. "New growth is often sharp-tipped and stubbly, depending on the removal technique," so it may appear bristly, she says. Hair grows independently, unaffected by anything external. Dr. Griffin adds that if this myth were true, all men would have thick dark beards.

Taken from CNN
Wikipedia restates this fact.
QUOTE
Some hold the belief that, once shaving commences, the hair will grow out more thickly. However, this bit of conventional wisdom happens to be false. The resulting stubble only makes the hairs seem to be thicker. Because a shaved hair has a blunt end (versus the tapered end of an unshaven hair) and because hair is often darker in color near the root, there is a widely held belief that shaving causes hair to grow in thicker and faster. Clinical studies have demonstrated that shaving does not have an effect on hair growth rates or density (see medical data below).

exactly!

I wish more people would check their facts before posting. A year ago, I would have thought that what they said was true, but taking Anatomy & Physiology really changed that. Ah, I love that class.