How To Get Rid Of Facial Hair?

#21
Don't shave your cheeks man. If you have alot then wax it. It doesn't hurt much, girls put up with it so it can't be that painful. The only problem I've had with waxing there is that the area goes red for a while (about 8hrs on me). Then you might get pimples in that area, so pluck what you can, but if its too much then grab the wax.
 
#23
does anybody know if shaving the cheek area increases the amount of hairs that start to gtrow from that area, or does the hair just get thicker each time its shaved?? and also if you do continue to shave cheeks does the hair at any point become recognisable even when the hair is small?
 
#25
Meyer Lansky said:
I like looking scruffy. I hate being clean shaved.
Me too. I do the regular razor underneathe on my neck and electric on my face to keep the 5 o'clock shadow going all day :thumb:


I'd just shave the hair, it's not bad because you've gotta do your face anyway, and unless your hair grows abnormally quickly, then it should be able to be kept tidy
 
#26
^ im 20 and i dont get nothing...youre 14 and get a shadow?!
Any tips on making facial hair grow in faster for ppl who cant grow nothin at all?
 
#28
Glockmatic said:
facial hair doesn't grow in thicker when you shave it, if that was true people who shave their heads would have a hair overload.
hair on your head and hair on your face grows differently.When you shave your face,your facial hair indeed does get thicker.

cookies said:
does anybody know if shaving the cheek area increases the amount of hairs that start to gtrow from that area, or does the hair just get thicker each time its shaved?? and also if you do continue to shave cheeks does the hair at any point become recognisable even when the hair is small?
yes it increases the amount of hair growing and thickness.When you shave hairs,it stimulates the dormant follicles so they will come to life and start to grow.

PELLA said:
^ im 20 and i dont get nothing...youre 14 and get a shadow?!
Any tips on making facial hair grow in faster for ppl who cant grow nothin at all?
you can do a rogaine treatment yourself.but be aware that rogaine has many side effects,including high blood pressure.I know one guy who was doing rogaine and had a heart attack and died.

It will also not only make your facial hair grow,but all your body hairs.you'll be lookin like a gorilla.
 

Glockmatic

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#30
bigmack said:
hair on your head and hair on your face grows differently.When you shave your face,your facial hair indeed does get thicker.
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp

"The part of the hair we style is already dead. The living sections lie below the surface of the scalp. Cutting or shaving the extreme end of the dead section isn't going to have an impact on the parts that are alive. Go forth to shave and trim as much as you like — you will not be affecting the intrinsic nature of your hair"
 
#31
Glockmatic said:
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp

"The part of the hair we style is already dead. The living sections lie below the surface of the scalp. Cutting or shaving the extreme end of the dead section isn't going to have an impact on the parts that are alive. Go forth to shave and trim as much as you like — you will not be affecting the intrinsic nature of your hair"
so what? the site means nothing.get some real medical journals and read up.

when you shave,your get a quick rise in testosterone.testosterone makes your facial hair grow thicker. why is it that women bodybuilders who take testosterone grow facial hair? exactly,because testosterone triggers the follicles in your face to grow hair(and if u already have hair it means that they will grow thicker).

of course this doesnt mean your hair on your head will become thicker too.When you have high testosterone, your body releases DHT to your scalp which will block your hair follicles on your head only,so you will lose hair on your head .DHT doesnt get released on the hair follicles on your face.

i have medical journals with experiments that prove this.
 

Glockmatic

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#32
How does testosterone rise while shaving? Hair is dead, so it doesn't send signals saying that its been cut. Hair LOOKS like it comes back thicker because they're all cut at the same time and they grow back at the same time. Post those medical journals because they sound like bullshit
 
#33
Glockmatic said:
How does testosterone rise while shaving? Hair is dead, so it doesn't send signals saying that its been cut. Hair LOOKS like it comes back thicker because they're all cut at the same time and they grow back at the same time. Post those medical journals because they sound like bullshit
its that simple huh,search google,feel lucky,then take the info as fact.you are repeating everything that was stated on that site.how do you expect your argument to carry any weight or credibility?next time you want to pass some info around,do your research instead of hitting up a search engine.it's for your own good.I mean i'm trying to help you here.

when you shave your face,your facial hairs become even with the openings of the pores.Since the ends become somewhat split,they irritate the openings of the pores.When this occurs,blood rushes up and sometimes to the surface of the skin.You may not see your skin turn red,because the blood might not make it all the way up.Whats important here is once the blood rushes up,it will reach the facial hair follicles which in turn will trigger a part of the brain called the hypothalamus.the hypothalamus then sends a signal to your endocrine system and releases 2 hormones.The follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and the luteinizing hormone (LH).These 2 hormones then influence the production of natural testosterone.Testosterone increases the thickness and growth of facial hair.


And no, testosterone does not affect hair growth on your head,only all the other hairs on your body such as pubic hairs,chest hairs,back hairs,etc...They basically run on the same mechanism.
 
#34
thanks for dropping some knowledge bigmack.

does epilating increase the speed at which the hair grows? does it bring back hair thicker?? cuz im epilating at the moment and i just wanna know
 
#35
cookies said:
thanks for dropping some knowledge bigmack.

does epilating increase the speed at which the hair grows? does it bring back hair thicker?? cuz im epilating at the moment and i just wanna know
absolutely,but not by electrolysis though.

edit: .

when you are epilating ,its gonna take longer for that time only for the hair to grow back.but once you stop epilating,thats when you can expect more thickness to appear. The rate of thickness and speed hair grows depends on your free serum testosterone levels,so if you have naturally low levels,it will take longer than say a person with normal levels.
 
#36
damn :mad: , and fuck electrolysis without being able to afford to pay for it at the salon it wont work at home. and electrolysis takes forever doing:(
 
#37
^ trust me,people think epilating is good at removing hairs,but its only temporary until they stop.thats when the hair goes wild on them.But i must say epilating will make the hairs take longer to grow than conventional shaving.i guess if you dont want to do electrolysis,then keep epilating.
 

Glockmatic

Well-Known Member
#38
post those medical journals you said you read that shit on, because even if you ask doctors they'll say its not true, and that its just an old wives tale.
 

Glockmatic

Well-Known Member
#39
In an article titled "On beards, no beards, and other hairy problems" in the April 1972 issue of Science Digest, Dr. Herbert Mescon, then professor and chairman of the department of dermatology at Boston University was quoted as saying: "There are a number of myths about shaving. It is not true that shaving makes whiskers darker or coarser or grow faster."

In the October 1963 issue of Science Digest, an article titled "What happens when you shave" included the following:

Does shaving make your hair grow faster?

Shaving has no permanent effect on the rate of hair growth, says Dr. Howard T. Behrman. Writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Dr. Behrman notes that although there is an immediate increase in the rate of hair growth after shaving, this increase is followed by a decrease within the next few hours. The net effect of a shave on the rate of growth, therefore, is zero.

Dr. Behrman also says cutting or shaving the hair does not make it darker or coarser. However, a hair shaft is darker and coarser at the root than at the tip, and cutting it near the root makes the hair appear darker and coarser.
 

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