If you shave will it grow faster?

Question

right one of m mates is only 15 and has alot of facial hair and when i asked him he said that he just shaves every now and then and if you shave with a razor it grows alot.

Answer 1

depends, i'm 21 and barely shave, get **** all stubble etc, but mates get full beards. some people grow more, it's just one of those things, not really huge though....

Answer 2

Total nonsense.  

Answer 3

It grows back darker and thicker.

I'm not sure about faster.

Answer 4

it grows thicker not faster

Answer 5

it doesn't make any difference, color, amount of hair, and rapidity of growth is all determined by your genes.......

Answer 6

yes...it sucks.

i actually think they grow

faster on legs..ugh

Answer 7

Ugh!! Shaving hurts so bad with a cheap razor!! OOOW! They should just cut the sh*t and make an 8 blade razor. F*ck the two blade..oouch.  well if you think about your question this way...theres no way shaving could make it grow back faster. How could your body know the hair was shaved? unless your nerves become more sensitive due to the new irritation on your naked skin, which causes your body to produce more hair to replace the lost hair? When i think about it, i see it the same as when you cut a forest. The stumps are the only thing left. The stump (base of tree) is the thickest part. So as it grows the thickest part is now the top. So naturally it would seem to grow back thicker and faster because you cut it at the base, cutting the thin pliable ends of the hair off. What your left with are stubbles until that hair is replaced(which you'll probably shave). Short hair always seems to grow faster but does it really? I doubt it. If hair grew back thicker and faster when you shaved it, lots of older men would be shaving instead if using high priced shampoos and treatments right?

Answer 8

Is this old chestnut still going the rounds, I heard it sixty years ago...

Answer 9

I hear that if you put fertilizer on it, it grows even faster.

Answer 10

yes he's about right the more you shave the thicker and faster it grows  so delay shaving for as long as possible

Answer 11

Darker, thicker, faster -- it's all fake legend.

Answer 12

cut your p***s off it will grow faster too.

Answer 13

Yeah

My brother in laws mate shaved form like 13

Even when he didn't have much hair

And his is a bush like everyday nah.

Answer 14

if you shave, the hair will grow back thicker. not necessarily fasterr. but thicker.

Answer 15

no it won't. there was an episode of the tyra banks show that said that the myth is not true. it's the same as before you shaved.

Answer 16

when you shave it does grow back (why do you think we are constantly shaving our faces each day to keep the it how it is)

Answer 17

when you shave it makes it grow back thicker, not actually faster.

Answer 18

Oh yea. once you start shaving you cant go back it just gets ticker and darker and is even more of a pain to shave.

Answer 19

Facial hair growth is dictated by your hormones.  Shaving or not shaving will not make it grow faster or slower.

Answer 20

It's like your hair, it grows a lot short and then as it gets longer, the growing process slows

Answer 21

Once you start shaving it does grow faster yes, but it's really all just part of growing up so don't worry.

Answer 22

Mmmhmm. When you shave hair tends to grow back darker, thicker and a little faster. But i wouldn't recomend shaving the way your friend does. Shaving too frequently will damage your skin. And if you don't have any facial hair to shave yet, don't shave haha, also bad for your skin.  

Answer 23

This is a very long standing old wives tale. When you remove hair with a razor, you are only cutting though fibres that are already dead. This has no effect on future growth, either with regards to it's quantity nor the type of hair you grow.

Answer 24

yes if you shave often it will grow more vigiorus say you shaved your arm it would be darker and more thick.

Answer 25

Hey Hooman !!!

Yes it will but not right away.  For now it will only stay the same but as U mature, the more U shave the thicker and faster it will start 2 grow.  

+ it does not matter if U use a razor nor an electric one, the results will be the same.

When I was U're friends age, I use 2 shave maybe once a week or so & today I shave everyday & sometimes twice a day.  The more U sweat, the more it will grow as U get older.

I notice that some of the people in here gave U some bad advice, so don't listen 2 those morons okay.

I hope that gives U an idear &.

U're pal;

Yar

Good luck & take care my friend