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Shaving legs with pumice stones
#16
I don't have a pumice stone. Will a coarse whetstone work?
Pecunia non olet
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#17
Quote:I don't have a pumice stone. Will a coarse whetstone work?
Try it!
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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#18
Quote: Yeah. It is a myth that shaved and plucked hair grows back more thickly or stronger..

It isn't a myth if I have the proof.
Moi Watson

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
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#19
Here is a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (1970).
http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v55/n3...18137a.pdf
"No significant differences in rate of hair growth, either in length or weight, and no coarsening of individual hairs"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/27...05267.html
"Conclusion: Tweezing does not cause hair to grow back thicker. Changes in hair texture are likely caused by hormonal and genetic factors."

http://www.skintour.com/in-depth/unwanted-hair
"It’s an old wives’ tale that plucking hair will make it grow back thicker and coarser. The hair doesn’t grow back differently just because you plucked it."

http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/hairgrow.asp
"This belief probably stems from the perception that short hair seems to be tougher than longer hair. Hair expert Philip Kingsley recommends thinking of a bamboo cane: a long cane flexes easily, but the same cane cut short feels harder and tougher. Another reason for the belief resides with the naturally finer ends of uncut hair: compare the end of a long-lived hair with that of a hair recently cut or shaved, and you'll see the one is thicker than the other. That could lead the less-than-careful to conclude that the whole of the hair's shaft became thicker as a result of the hair's being cut (which it didn't) rather than to realize that shaving or cutting results in a blunt termination, whereas natural outgrowth concludes in a tapering."
Author: Bronze Age Military Equipment, Pen & Sword Books
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#20
I still have proof, so perhaps better to leave it there. I never imagined for one moment that you would accept it.
Moi Watson

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, Merlot in one hand, Cigar in the other; body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!
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