Also, the razor blunt-cuts the hair, so that all the hairs growing back at the same rate, at their adult thickness, may SEEM to be thicker and darker. This is an illusion. With waxing, a new hair has to grow, and it starts out with a soft tip which you may not notice until it is sun-bleached, and many of the hairs around it may not grow back for some time. Shaving does not affect the growth of the hair one way or another. Often done on hormonal hair, typically on the chin.
Some women have fair skin which shows the hair before it has even broken the surface.
This gives her a dark shadow which she can do nothing about. Other women must tweeze so much that they bruise, giving the chin yet another cosmetic problem. A depilatory is an alkaline substance that is spread on the skin. The depilatory dissolves any hair with which it comes into contact. It also dissolves skin, as hair and skin are both made of keratin.