Shaving question

[scottie]

I have always heard that if you shave with a razor, the hair will come back thicker and darker. Is this true?

[Browser]

Often. I wouldn't make such a sweeping generalization, but it was true for me.

[ensekofti]

thats true! but does this happen with the haircutting machine??? (it leaves hair 2-3 milimiters long, it cant shave it)

[Codemonkey]

Though I have no proof, I've read that it's just an urban legend, physcological kind of thing. Just remember Seinfeld.

[thetease13]

It's not true. http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp

You basically think it does because you've been looking at this bare spot on your body somewhere and of course it's going to look "thicker" or "different" when you have new hair because you're not used to seeing something there.

I'm a girl. I've been shaving my legs since I was a teen. Even when I let it grow out for awhile, and shave it, it doesn't come out thicker or courser than normal. And I've been shaving "down there" for a couple years now and I think it's actually less course and thicker now than it was when I didn't shave.