Myth: Shaving at an early age causes thicker and coarser hair to grow later in life:It is a myth that shaving at an early age causes thicker, coarser hair to grow when one is older. The appearance and texture of hair is strictly determined by heredity. When hair begins to grow back, it appears to be thicker and coarser, however, if allowed to grow, it will take on its original appearance and texture.
Myth: Shaving can cause hair to grow faster: Shaving does not promote faster growth of hair. This is strictly determined by heredity.
Hairy facts:An average man has 25,000 whiskers on his face, and facial hair grows at a rate of approximately five to six inches a year.
Barbarian means unshaved. As shaving spread through societies, men in unshaved societies became known as “barbarians” meaning the “unbarbered.”
An average man will spend in excess of 3000 hours of his life in the act of shaving!
Why should you try not to shave first thing upon awakening in the morning? Decreased body fluids!
LONGEST BEARD–LIVING FEMALE!
The living woman with the longest beard is Vivian Wheeler of Wood River, Illinois. Her beard wa smeasured at 10.5 inches at the Guinness World Records Experience in Orlando, Florida on May 19, 2001.
