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Hello, I’m Dr. Neal Schultz
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and welcome to DermTV.
Hello, I am Dr. Neal Schultz, and welcome
to DermTV. Most women are afraid
to shave unwanted hair because they are afraid
that shaving actually causes
the hair to grow in thicker. I assure you
that it does not, but I can show
why people think that it does even though
it really does not. This is the
surface of your skin and this is a hair, a
natural hair that is growing. As
it is growing from below the surface from
the hair follicle, it comes above
the surface and you see this natural, tapered,
wispy tip which all new
natural hairs have. But as it comes up, you
can then also see the thickness
of the hair shaft below the tip. When you
decide to shave or cut that hair
at the surface, in a few days the hair is
going to continue to grow, and
when it does, this is the tip that you have
now, it is rectangular. It is
coarser than the tip that you originally had.
But take a look at the hair
shafts, both of those hair shafts are the
exact same thickness. So, the
reason that shaving makes you think that the
hair is getting thicker is
just because the very top of the hair is no
longer thin and tapered, but
rectangular. But if you are shaving regularly,
you are not causing those
hairs to get any thicker, and shaving really
is a very easy and convenient
form of controlling unwanted hair. Please
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I am Dr. Neal Schultz, and thank you for watching
today.