Quote from: ccc on December 10, 2009, 02:02:39 AM
Is there a difference between shaving with a multi-bladed razor, and shaving with a single-bladed razor blade?
Not a huge one, if there's one at all. I think I've noticed a closer shave with both multi-blade razors and straight razors than with single-blade safety razors, but it's probably something only I notice, which means it's possible my eyes could deceive.
If I have time in the mornings, I prefer a straight razor, simple because, as long as you take good care of it, it's a one-time purchase and therefore saves hella money in the potential decades you'll be using it. But I don't often have much time, so I use a multi-blade safety (Shick Quattro with the fifth "detail blade").
Quote from: ccc on December 10, 2009, 02:02:39 AMDoctors say its a myth that when you shave it makes the hair come in quicker, thicker, and darker.. I beg to differ..
Sorry, this IS a myth. What you've noticed is an optical illusion. Every individual; hair on your body has its own "life cycle", of a sort. Each individual hair grows for a set amount of time, then falls out, and as long as the root is still viable, a new one will grow in its place. Hair also grows at a taper, so when you shave it off before its life-cycle ends, it's like when you stand a cont on a table on its widest end, then cut off at the horizon about halfway down.
The hair growth cycle has three phases: Active growth or Anagen, Catagen or a period of transition, and then dormancy or telogen. Now since hair has a purpose of not only added warmth, but protecting the skin, epidermal signals can extend Anagen if the skin signals that the hair has been cut too close to the skin. At that point, Anagen gets a bit of a signal to keep on going, and that gives the hair the signal to grow again. The abrasion of shaving probably helps this "reboot", as well. This is why shaving creates the illusion of thicker hair; waxing and other epilation methods (pastes such as Nad's, plucking, etc...) thus seem to produce "finer" re-growth because you've removed the hair at the root, so it has to start from scratch -- and why repeated implementation of these methods often enough "kills" the root, preventing re-growth.
Quote from: ccc on December 10, 2009, 02:02:39 AMHow often do you shave, if you shave anything at all?
How do you shave, what do you use?
Shave the face two to three times a week (basically every third day). Nair once or twice a month elsewhere, except pits and pubes.
