Does Shaving Make Your Hair Darker and Thicker?
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Jacek Chabraszewski/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When faced with a patch of unruly hair on your body, it’s tempting to grab a razor and cut it down to size. But should you think again before reaching for the blade to solve your over-active follicles?
Dr. Debbie Yi, an Emergency Medicine and Neurology physician at the Hospital of UPenn, cuts this myth down to size. Dr. Yi asserts that our hair is a lot like grass: thick at the bottom and thinner towards the ends.
“So when we shave, all you’re doing is causing a cut, that makes the hair more coarse and more stubbly. So it might appear to be darker, and might appear to be thicker, but sadly, it actually isn’t,” Dr. Yi says.
So the next time you reach for that razor to get rid of unsightly hair, never fear, the hair that remains isn’t thicker or darker — it’s just an illusion.
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