I was wondering how long it takes for a hair to regrow. On average, how long after being plucked is a hair expected to pop up over the skin’s surface again? Is it the same length of time as for a hair that was treated with electrolysis (assuming it was in the wrong growth cycle and wasn’t permenantly removed)?
I think for plucking it’s about two weeks.
This depends on the hair growth cycle, which depends on a specific area since various body areas have different hair cycles. What area are you treating? 2 weeks would be too early for most areas. It’s usually at least 4 weeks, which would be for the face.
Plucking regrowth is one week on face for me (chin, eyebrow, upperlips). Waxing regrowth two weeks on legs and arms. I have no idea about electrolysis regrowth.
127, those numbers are not correct. It’s not physically possible for the hair to be developed and come out of the skin in such a short period of time on those areas. If this happens within only a week, that means the hair wasn’t properly plucked with the root and broke off on the way out instead.
lagril, I really wish this was true for me. I will be very happy if I have to thread my eyebrows and upperlips once in a month. But somehow it is not the case with me. Maybe 9/10 years of threading have made my hair so stubborn that they pop out so soon. Or maybe its because of genetics (I am indian and we have a lot of hair). It is possible that hair just break off on the way and reappear after a week when I thread them. But if I don’t thread them for another week then I have so much hair that It seems to me that all of them have grown back. So, i would say 2 weeks is maximum for my upperlips.
I am talking about facial hair. I was wondering whether I would be able to remove all the hairs above my lips before they start regrowing. This area is very sensitive and I am hoping I can get it cleared once before it starts regrowing (so the insertion points have enough time to heal). I think 4 weeks - 4 appointnments - should take care of most of the hairs there. Thank you!
Perhaps what you are seeing are hairs that look like they are the same but actually different hairs. I know I have one stubborn hair on my chin that comes out about once every month or month and a half. I was just wondering whether electrolysis has a longer lasting affect on how quickly or slowly the hair regrows back.
A hair removed via electrolysis that was treated properly is gone and gone for good (as long as it was in the proper phase). On the other hand, when you first start, you still have hairs that are below the skin’s surface that will be visible in 3 days to 3 weeks, depending on how your body works.
Since I clear men’s upper lips in a session or two, women’s upper lips are easy for me to clear before the next phase starts, so we can maintain it. I would think that it would not be all that hard to do for most, once they get to first clearance.
Yes, hairs that are treated properly should be gone for good. If they’re coarse and very stubborn, they may come in again later a bit thinner and will need to be zapped again. However, you shouldn’t see the same hair back for at least a month or two.
Just because you see hair in one week does not indicate “regrowth” from the last plucking (or waxing). Hairs are in an inconsistent and non-synchronized cycles of growth. When you pluck a hair - it might take weeks to months for THAT hair to re-grow. What you are seeing in one week are hairs that were tweezed or waxed during prior grooming sessions.
I thought my chin hair regrew right away as well, but as I began shaving the hair for my electrolysis appt. >tomorrow< I began to realize that there are in reality A TON OF HAIRS! Wow, I had no idea, I thought the same hair was growing in every 3 or 4 days, but, the truth is that those were just right next to each other!!! I am sooo excited to get my first appointment tomorrow! I can’t wait to be hair-free!
Guys …
I have one thing to say about Epilation - take is, destroy it, throw it in the garbage. Not only is it extremely addicting as people keep feeling to have to us it even if their legs are swelling up with bumps.
1st - the first sign of disaster pending - is itchy legs. that means there is hair under your skin, that is trying to get out but can’t - which means you will be irritating your skin itching in vain.
2nd - epilation increases your hair - personal experience 5 years ago. i still have the problem, not that menacing but my legs are still messed up.
3rd - epilation thickens and rounds off the tp of your hair which means it cant push though your skin.
4th - the constant scrubbing and exfoliation that you use to clear your skin, creates even thicker skin with time…kind of like they tell you not to over do it on your feet, else you get thick callous…the skin makes up for the lost dermis by overproduction…
5th - the worst part of epilation is what it does to the hair follical which waxing does not do - it bends it, messes it up, changes the shape of the hair follical…if you imagine your hair follical as a little cup that is sitting upward, now that you used epilation that little cup is maybe upside down, or sitting sideways and this is why you get those bumps…because the hair is growing into the wrong direction. This is the main cause of epilation ingrowns. This is almost unfixable even if you try and grow out your hair because you already bend and messed up the little cup’s shape.
alas…i am sorry guys you are facing this, i have had it for soooooo long and am still paingin about it. I started waxing 4 years ago, but since i messed up the hair follicle even waxing causes ingrowns now. fo rme its not as bad as it used to be, but my skin is not clear and I dont know when I am going to have clear legs again. I am now considering to use laser and simply deactivate all the hair follicels as possible the only option left.
What has been working for me
Throw out the epilator, i know its hard. throw it out and never use it again.
buy lavender oiled sea salt and scrub your legs with it once a week.
let your hair grow out and eat some birth control pills to reduce hair production.
every night rub your legs with glycerine, second option is baby oil. It softens the skin so that the hair that can grow out from the top, can come out.
stop using needles to get out your hair, i know its tempting. We become pethetic needle addicts. i know this because I know others who resort to this.
take regular bath or go to the steam room to soften your legs and scrub them gently. make sure you dont scrub yourself silly. remember what i said about overscrubbing…
good luck
love
oh…and remember…some people dont have legs.