Not Shaving My Legs

[IgnatiusofLoyola]

I'd already gone through puberty, though, when I shaved for the first time.  I'm not even sure if it was 14.  I think it was closer to 15.  I know it was right before high school (here, 9th grade was still middle school until I was in the 12th grade).  ;)

 

Yes, puberty changes the hair on your legs. But, even after puberty shaving your legs does nothing to make your leg hair thicker or darker, but shaving makes the hair regrow with a blunt edge so it feels that way.

 

Here is a brief article from WebMD that addresses that subject:

 

The Big Shaving-Your-Legs Myth Thicker, darker hair…all from a razor? A dermatologist separates fact from fiction.

By Susan Davis

 

Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD

 

WebMD The Magazine

 

 You’ve heard the adage: Shaving your legs makes hair grow in thicker and darker. But is it true?

 

No, says Tulane University dermatologist Ron Davis, MD. Your hair grows in follicles beneath the skin, and nothing you do to your leg hair on top of the skin  can change its diameter or the number of follicles present, he says.

Shaving does do something that affects the perceived texture of your leg hair though.

"When you shave, you chop off the naturally tapered end of the leg hair, which creates a blunt end," Davis says. This can feel prickly when you run your hand over it.

When you wax your hair or use a depilatory, your hair feels softer when it grows in simply because it doesn't have that blunt end anymore. 

Hair that grows in after you shave -- especially in summertime -- may indeed be darker, but that's because it hasn't yet been exposed to the lightening effects of the sun, Davis says.

 

Source: webmd.com

Edited February 11, 2014 by IgnatiusofLoyola

[mortify ii]

If you are a woman that has committed yourself to Jesus then do not worry, your spouse does not care... but for the rest of you, please shave.

 

Kind regards,

Mort

[MIKolbe]

I guess I'm weird...

good guess.