Shaving makes hair thicker?

[shybearuk]

I've always held to the belief, contrary to most people, seemingly, that the only reason people think that shaving makes your hair grow thicker, is that, most men start shaving around the time that our facial hair is starting to get thicker and darker due to puberty. Having had many of my other notions contradicted by answers on here, am I wrong, and does shaving actually make a difference to the thickness of the hair?

[priveet]

It is not true that shaving makes the hair grow thicker. Most of your body hair will get thicker naturally as you mature, but not as a result of shaving.

[templeman]

You are correct that your hair will start to thicken at the time of puberty, which is the time that most people will start to shave any of their body hair. Hair that has been cut with a razor will look and feel thicker because it has been cut at an angle. Neither the amount of hair or it's growth rate is affected by shaving.

[melandraf]

NO. The end of each hair will have a flat tip (stubbly) instead of the soft and tapered tip it had before. Stubbly hair may look a little thicker even though it is not.

[Nelli]

Yep the above! When you shave hair, you cut the follicle off Bluntly, making hair feel thicker when it grows back.