# Does shaving increase hair growth??

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 31, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaving-increase-hair-growth/247967 "2004-05-31T21:53:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![KellyM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@KellyM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KellyM)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-shaving-increase-hair-growth/247967/21 "2004-06-02T00:05:31Z")

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> [@Shoeless](#):
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> Here’s why I ask. In my teens and twenties (back when I had more hair 🙂 ) I couldn’t help but notice that my sideburns consisted of very fine and wavy hair while the hair on the rest of my head was straight and thick and wiry.

My beard was a lot thinner when I was 22 than when I was 30. Back when I was 22, I could shave and cover with a simple powder foundation and the cover would last at least 12 hours; by the time I was 30, I had to use heavy creme foundation to cover and the cover only lasted 4 hours or so.

Your beard gets thicker as you age; different parts get thicker at different rates. Has nothing to do with whether you shave or not.

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