Comments on: Skin Care Myths: Plucking Hairs Makes Them Grow Back Thicker

By: Dr. Benabio

Dr. Benabio — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:22:04 +0000

It is false. Repeated plucking eventually leads to less and less hair, never more hair and never thicker hair. When hairs first start to regrow they can appear thicker (but then thin out). This is why this myth lives on — people often make up theories to explain what they see.

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:59:41 +0000

Dr. Benabio,
Could you please confirm whether this statement is true:

“Plucking can work very well for some women whose hair growth is NOT hormonally-driven. The hair may well come back a bit finer. However, where the hair growth is hormonally-driven, plucking can have the opposite effect as blood rushes to the site of the plucked hair in an attempt to repair the follicle. The blood carries with it an increased amount of androgens which affect the surrounding follicles also, stimulating male-type hair growth.”

Thank you!

By: maybe...

maybe... — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:22:32 +0000

maybe you just have to keep on plucking it and aggravating it until it’s fed up and stops growing.

By: didi

didi — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 17:02:28 +0000

the hair looks thicker is just because the skin gets darker due to sunburn since the skin has less protection after shaving.thats all.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 11:12:24 +0000

This question is for the DermDoc

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:52:13 +0000

I plucked some of my blonde upper lip hair and some of the hairs broke off and weren’t pulled from the root. Will they grow back in blonde the same color they were? I’m so worried and i just want my upper lip hair to grow back the way it was and i’m not going to mess with it again. Pleasr give me some advice and hopefully good news!

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:05:17 +0000

So what happens if you use an epicare? I just brought one but I’m nervous because I don’t want to end up with a full blown mo!! It’s one of those new things that you roll between your fingers and it’s suppose to remove facial hair just like ‘threading’ … I’ve never had hair above my lip it’s only just starting to come through, I’m 30 and I’ve had a few comments about it so I want to get rid of it. A friend of mine suggested waxing because it worked for her but I don’t want to end up with ingrown hairs and … like I said… a full blown mo. HELP!!!! What do I dooo…??? I’ve been researching over and over and I wish I could afford laser surgery. I considered bleaching, waxing, hair removal cream and looked into laser treatment (which sounds like the best idea but waaaaaaaay too costly) I don’t want to tweeze because who the HELL has the time to stand there tweezing everything!!?? Doing my eyebrows is time consuming enough! Bleaching and hair removal creams scare me because I don’t want to end up with some kind of bad reaction or pigmentation so I decided I’d settle for this solution instead. Any advice or has anyone had any experience with one of these epicare things?

By: Ashlan

Ashlan — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:22:24 +0000

Last time I checked, he was the dermatologist. Now let me think, who am I going to trust when i read these comments? Oh yeah! THE DERMATOLOGIST.

You people really need to get a hobby rather than trying to argue and tell your silly stories, do you think he cares? No. Because he’s a dermatologist and he’s rolling in the big bucks while all of you probably have no jobs (and no life).

By: ann

ann — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:25:09 +0000

Why do they say that plucking eyebrow hair causes cancer? Is this true? I know the question sounds silly but I really would like to know since this person keeps bugging me saying it does…

Thanks

By: tj

tj — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:11:50 +0000

It will not make them come back thicker. It may look thicker if you did not pull it all the way out. plus if you continue to pluck them right then you will remove the hair follicle and the hair will not come back.