At Ultra Scalp Ink, we try to debunk some myths that we have heard through the years We hear loads of different myths about losing your hair, hair growth, the SMP procedure. One myth we hear often “Does Cutting Or Shaving Your Hair Make It Grow Back Thicker?”
No, your hair does not grow back thicker after you cut or shave it. Getting frequent haircuts does not make your hair grow thicker, but it’s easy to see how this particular myth came around. When hair is cut short, it gets scratchy like sandpaper, and when you run your fingers through this itchy hair, it seems thicker than it did before. It’s not thicker, just shorter. Hair grows on average at a rate of
approximately 12.7mm per month. It grows at that rate or whether you get it cut daily or once a year.
There are a few optical illusions that does not help with the spread of this particular myth. One of them is the fact that the longer you don’t shave, the more the sun can make your hairs appear lighter and thinner. That means that when you do shave, the remaining hair is suddenly a lot more noticeable against the skin. Another occurs because hair is naturally thicker at the root than it is at the tip. That is why brand new stubble looks more conspicuous when there is no thinner hair to offset it. In reality, it is impossible for hair thickness or colour to be impacted by shaving. After shaving, the hair grows back with a blunt tip and typically feels stubbly and coarse, which is why it can sometimes appear thicker. Plus, the sun and other chemical exposures have not yet lightened the new hair, making it appear darker or thicker.
Hair growth is completely different. Immediately after you shave, the tip of your body or facial hair may feel coarse, This makes the hair appear thicker and darker, but, in reality, it’s not. Cutting part of the hair does not change anything about the regrowth process, and there is no science behind hair growing back thicker or darker after shaving.The act of shaving removes the dead portion of hair, not the living section lying below the skins surface. This is why it does not affect the rate or type of growth.
These are most likely the origins of the myth that hair grows back thicker after shaving. Hair growth, thickness, and colour are all controlled by genes. How often you shave will not effect this. The reason why people may believe shaving encourages thicker, coarser hairs is down to the angle the razor cuts. Your razor cuts your hair at a blunt angle. This will make the hair appear much thicker when it starts to regrow. Hair may appear to be thicker after you shave any part of your body. When the hair begins to reemerge from your skin after shaving, the blunt end where the razor cut it can make it look thicker and darker, but it is still exactly the same strand of hair that was there before, completely unchanged.
