Shaving Your Body Hair Doesn’t Make it Grow Back Thicker

Scientists in North Carolina just debunked the myth that if you shave your body hair it will grow back thicker.

According to Scientific American, scientists at a hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina just proved we have all been believing a myth.  Shaving or waxing your hair does NOT make it grow back thicker.

They say people believe the myth because shaving can make your hair seem thicker, because the little stubble that's left is darker or coarser than the hair before it's cut.

But shaving doesn't have any effect on how the hair grows back.

Their study also found shaving doesn't make your hair grow back faster either, that's a myth too.