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Old 11-25-14, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by coasting
shaving makes it grow back thicker.
Myth
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Originally Posted by coasting
shaving makes it grow back thicker.
It may appear so at first because the short hairs are stiff until they grow out.
But the hair is growing below the skin, so you are just doing the same thing as a haircut, not affecting growth inside the follicle.
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it is not myth. it's true.
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No No No needed???
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Originally Posted by coasting
it is not myth. it's true.
Maybe for you Limey's. I hear you're a stubbly bunch.
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Old 11-25-14, 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by coasting
it is not myth. it's true.
mmmmm'kay

I read on the internet that you are wrong, so there !
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
Is citing an actual scientific authority in the road forum some sort of violation of BF's terms of service?

Somebody ask a mod...

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Old 11-25-14, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by achoo
Is citing an actual scientific authority in the road forum some sort of violation of BF's terms of service?

Somebody ask a mod...

Sorry

I have edited my post
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that settles it. i'm going to crash my winter bike right now.
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Originally Posted by mtalinm
maybe you're right, I'll ask the doc. facial hair grows apace. top of the head is thinning for sure.
Yup. That settles it. You're an egyptian woman.
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Originally Posted by coasting
shaving makes it grow back thicker.
No it doesn't. It may feel coarser as it grows in, but that shaving makes it thicker is an old wives' tale. Hair grows from follicles and shaving doesn't generate follicles.
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Just make sure that the carpet matches the drapes.
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Originally Posted by coasting
shaving makes it grow back thicker.
That's because you're shaving off your virgin hair.
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Originally Posted by mprelaw
No it doesn't. It may feel coarser as it grows in, but that shaving makes it thicker is an old wives' tale. Hair grows from follicles and shaving doesn't generate follicles.
does so.
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Originally Posted by coasting
does so.
Nu-uh!
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Originally Posted by Homebrew01
It may appear so at first because the short hairs are stiff until they grow out.
But the hair is growing below the skin, so you are just doing the same thing as a haircut, not affecting growth inside the follicle.
Exactly right. This is misunderstood by nearly everyone (except you and me it seems).
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Originally Posted by Kingpcgeek
Just make sure that the carpet matches the drapes.

Man... i must be missing out. mine doesn't have a carpet
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I still have bald spots on my knees and the side of my shins where road rash did a number on me. If the pavement has surgically removed the follicles, then it might not come back!
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Originally Posted by jerrycan42
I still have bald spots on my knees and the side of my shins where road rash did a number on me.
Try riding recumbents. If you inadvertantly clip out, it's easy to take off all the skin off your shins on the bars. Seems to me that not much hair grows there anymore.
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