Waxing and Eppilation

[Chickens2000]

Why does waxing make the hairs grow back thicker and eppilation, which is really the same thing (pulling the hairs out) make them grow back softer and less of them?

[chazza]

Waxing makes them grow back thinner and finer too. It because they are new hairs that are growing, rather than the blunt end of a shaved hair.

Eventually after years of waxing, your hair will stop growing altogether on the area as all the roots will be "killed"

[Metz]

it's an urban myth about the hair growing back thicker

[zotticus]

its because epilation feeds an electrical current into the follicle, gradually "killing" it over time. waxing just pulls the hair out leaving the follicle intact.