Waxing versus shaving - which lasts longer?
Here is an interesting photo (click on the picture to enlarge) from the Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. It is living proof that waxing is much more effective at keeping the hair down than shaving.
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Waxing Scientific
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authors in the study shaved one leg and waxed the other. Then they watched the hair growth over 9 days. You can clearly see that the waxed side has much less hair than the shaved. I suppose we all knew that though. But The Beauty Brains always like to give a little publicity to real science being done in the cosmetic industry.
Can you imagine the person who’s job it is to take pictures and count the hairs on a volunteer’s legs? God I love science!
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Jan Says:
Regardless - the convenience, lack of pain, and not having waiting for regrowth make shaving better for the areas where you really want to be hairless (legs and armpits). I waxed for years and then just decided to stop suffering.
stef Says:
Here is yet another reason why waxing out-rules shaving.
Although shaving is painless, fast and less expencive, you may be putting your self through your life of long, thick, fast growing hair. As i am 13 and started waxing last year, i have discovered that when you first wax, most girls are saying NO WAY, IT KILLS! and they give up and go back to shaving. Well, it doesnt hurt when you can have perfect legs! Knowing that every time you wax you hair takes about 4 weeks to grow back, each hair gradually stops growing becuase you are pulling out the root of the hair. Where as shaving takes 1-2 days to grow back and gets thicker and grows with MORE hair on your legs.
Please take my advice as i have gotten it from a beautician who knows most about these kinds of things.
Thanks.
Regards,
Steph Rinaldi
thebeautybrains Says:
Stef,
Thanks for your comments. Waxing may work better for most people (it certainly lasts longer) but it is just not true that shaving will make your hair grow back thicker or faster. This is a myth, despite what beauticians might tell you.
You should always question the source of your information. For example, a beautician makes money off of people who wax but they don’t make anything off of people who shave. This could be motivation enough to propagate the myths about the “evils” of shaving.
Sarah Says:
I have heard that, contrary to popular belief, waxing actually causes hair to grow back thicker and more coarse because the root is damaged over and over… So, though the waxed hair takes longer to grow back, it will be more thick and coarse than shaved hairs. Any insight on this, has anyone heard anything about this from a reputable source?
Left Brain Says:
Sarah,
There is no proof that waxing will make hair thicker. If this were true, salons would start offering waxing services for people with bald heads.
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Sarah Pippermule Says:
You should always start out waxing in my opinion. When you shave, your poures get bigger which makes it hurt more when you shave. My frinds shaved and then started waxing and it hurt them more than me because I hadn’t shaved yet.
superstar Says:
hey im so confused! do u guys reccomend shaving the stomach…ye i am REALLY hairy!
Kathryn Says:
waxing hurts, but the results are worth it, since shaving, my armpit hair has got thicker, when you wax, the hair becomes more fine. as a qualified beautician who does not lie to people, i know this.
Samantha Fox Says:
Im 12 and am really hairy and want to shave but am having second thoughts and am having second thoughts about waxing too because the way there describing it semms like it really hurts. Plus my mom just got her eyebrows waxed for the first time and you should have seen her reaction i swear she was about to cry so i cant imagine what waxing my legs would fell like, so can someone help me?