Sunday, August 29, 2010

Does facial hair removal cream make hair grow back thicker?

Q: I used to use facial hair removing cream on my upper lip, my hair was horribly thick enough but i think it has made it thicker, but i thread now, i want to start waxing but im not sure if the wax is strong enough to pull out thick facial hair?

A: As a retired nurse epidemiologist you need to know that hair of any kind grows from a follicle. No matter the method of hair removal, the follicle is going to start the process of generating a new hair. Different factors play in to changes in our body hair like when women get older, their estrogen level goes down and their testosterone level goes up and hence forth comes whiskers on their chins and upper lip. The hair follicles were already there at birth but hormone levels kept them dormant. As hair/whiskers growing out thicker is due to the testosterone but, there is no new follicles growing or multiplying.