# Hair Regrowth finer - wax versus tweezing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-regrowth-finer-wax-versus-tweezing/192988>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 4, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-regrowth-finer-wax-versus-tweezing/192988 "2003-08-04T22:36:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hair-regrowth-finer-wax-versus-tweezing/192988/1 "2003-08-04T22:36:59Z")

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I have heard that using wax for hair removal makes it grow in finer. I have not tried it (successfully) for myself to know first hand whether that is true. However, I do tweeze, such as eyebrow hair, and those grow back at least as thick, if not thicker, than before. In this thread, bendeymonkey confirms at least in her experience that waxing = thinner regrowth. [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202069)

Both tweezing and waxing use the same principal to remove the hair - rip it out by the roots - so why would waxing make hair finer when tweezing doesn’t?