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There is no scientific evidence that shaving causes hair to grow back thicker....

It only appears that way because the natural tip of any given hair has a long taper to a very thin point at the end. When you shave off the thin tip of the hair, the rest of the piece that has kept growing will now appear to be thicker by comparison because it is now more easily visible. But the actual hair width is the same.

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