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- From: alan@osf.org (Alan Hamilton)
- Subject: Re: Leg hair...
- In-Reply-To: an5155@anon.penet.fi's message of 24 Jan 93 23:26:48 GMT
- Message-ID: <ALAN.93Jan25163355@pluto.osf.org>
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- Sender: news@osf.org (USENET News System)
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- References: <1993Jan24.233630.261@fuug.fi>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:34:00 GMT
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- an5155@anon.penet.fi writes:
- > I shaved my legs for Halloween. Since then the hair has
- > grown back nearly completely. I had very hairy legs, but
- > now, although the length of the hair is very nearly what it
- > used to be, the hair is only about 75% as dense as it used
- > to be. Does anyone know if this'll change?
-
- According to an electrolysist I once visited, hair grows in major and
- minor cycles. The major cycle is:
-
- Start growing, grow, stop, fall out, start growing, grow, stop, fall out, ...
-
- The minor cycle (during grow) is:
-
- Slow down, pause, speed up, slow down, pause, speed up, ...
-
- Probably a significant percentage of the hair on your legs before you
- shaved was either in the "slow down" or "stop" stage. In either of
- those, the hair is still there, but is not growing (or not very fast.)
- So when you shave it off, it either does not grow out again or does so
- very slowly. When those hairs reach either the "start growing" or
- "speed up" stage, your legs should fill in as they were.
-
- -Alan
-