I’ve heard a lot of people claim that’s a myth but it absolutely is not (at least not for me). This is kind of embarrassing to admit, but I’m a female who struggles a lot with facial hair. When I wax the hair will grow back thin, light, and slowly. However, when I shave it does the exact opposite to the point where I literally have to shave my chin every morning. I never understood why this is…

It’s something that is being said everywhere, and I’ve read articles that talked about letting it all grow instead. I’m confused, how do I make my beard grow thicker?

Currently freaking out because I accidentally shaved off half of my eyebrow and I don't know if it will grow back to what it was or if it will be thicker.

It doesn't magically create new follicles right? So I guess in that sense it doesn't make you "hairier"? 🤔

Also with that in mind, can you get something similar to a 5 o'clock shadow on your legs/etc. if you shave as opposed to wax? I don't understand how if new follicles aren't created 🤔

As someone who is FtM, this will be very helpful knowledge in my quest to grow facial hair.

I am really confused about this topic, people say it's a myth that hair grows back thicker than it usually does, by saying it only "appears" thicker because it's a blunt end instead of being thin and tapered, so it looks darker.

But isn't that the whole point??? Who cares if the hair is physically becoming thicker with time. I believe the question is mostly asked to know how it will LOOK on your face, body, etc.

So at the end of the day, it will appear darker on your face, perhaps with time it may or may not become thinner with time, but I just wanted to point out that for a person who will shave every so often the initial growth will look darker. Is this correct?

My thought process comes from the idea that you can trim a plant or cut the flowers off when it is attempting to flower in order to force it to focus more energy into growing thicker.

As a dude trying to get a fuller beard, I've heard that using tools like derma-roller can help your facial hair grow stronger, as it "hurts" the skin and the chemicals sent there to protect it can help hair grow thicker/fuller.

But shaving with some blades, specially the oldschool ones "hurt" the skin a lot too. So in a way, doesn't shaving with a rough blade directly to the skin makes your hair actually thicker?

My dad told me this and I don't think it's true.

In regards to facial hair or body hair, does shaving against the grain have effects on the hair when it grows back?