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In another thread, someone asked several questions including a question about tweezing and the restarting of the anagen phase. That question was never really addressed and I thought it was a really good question. So, I would like to ask it again. If you tweeze or wax hair, the roots of the hairs are pulled out. So, when hair grows back, will that all be hair in the early part of the anagen stage or does the hair regenerate itself in the phase that it was in when it was yanked out?
If it does restart (so, to speak) the hair, then waiting 6 weeks after doing it will pretty much guarantee that those hairs are in the active phase of growing, wouldn't it??

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In another thread, someone asked several questions including a question about tweezing and the restarting of the anagen phase. That question was never really addressed and I thought it was a really good question. So, I would like to ask it again. If you tweeze or wax hair, the roots of the hairs are pulled out. So, when hair grows back, will that all be hair in the early part of the anagen stage or does the hair regenerate itself in the phase that it was in when it was yanked out?
If it does restart (so, to speak) the hair, then waiting 6 weeks after doing it will pretty much guarantee that those hairs are in the active phase of growing, wouldn't it??

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whatever hair is actively growing is in anagen. i.e. if you wax, whatever comes out of the skin right afterwards is in anagen for several weeks until it passes into the resting phase.

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So, it would seem to me that if one waxed about 6 weeks before the first LHR session, then all of the hairs are in the active growing phase. Therefore, it seems that this would be an easier way to get the LHR treatments in sync with a person's hair growth cycle. Or does this make any difference??

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In theory, it sounds logical, but it was tried several years ago when the 2nd generation of lasers came out. The problem is this, the hairs that are wax, regardless of what stage they are in, when they do regrow, they will be in anagen. But, at the time you wax, about a third of the hairs are under the skin and not removed by the wax, and then another third of the follicles are in the resting phase. So in a few days from waxing, you will have thosee hairs popping out and by the time the waxed hairs return and are in anagen, the other 2 thirds of the hairs will be out of anagen. So, it doesn't really help. And, if it's facial hair, it can actually do more harm, stimulating new growth. If the new growth is dark, sure the laser can take care of it, but it can also stimulate blond hair, which will require electrolysis.

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Thank you. That certainly makes sense.