How long does it take your leg hair to completely grow back?

neeb
neeb Posts: 4,473
edited October 2010 in The bottom bracket
This summer was my first hairless season, but I am growing it back for the winter.

It must have been at least 6 weeks now, and while my legs are hairy, they still have that slightly sparse bristly look. I reckon that the individual hairs are still only about 1cm long on average.

How long does it take for them to reach maximum length and full furriness? I didn't measure them before shaving them for the first time of course... :wink:

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  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    Leg hair doesn't grow back.

    You're supposed to keep what you shave off and glue it back on later. Don't you know anything?
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    Damn! So there is no hope then? I can't even get a hair-graft from my beard or armpits?
  • SimonAH
    SimonAH Posts: 3,730
    Depends on how long you want it I guess. Fully plaitable might take a while.
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  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    About 3 days. It's a nightmare.
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  • Sirius631
    Sirius631 Posts: 991
    This is one of those 'how long is a piece of string' questions, isn't it? I can't be sure that my leg hair has stopped growing before I get sick of the fuzziness and shave it all off again, so I wouldn't know what constitutes 'fully grown back' in the context of leg hair length.
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  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    There must be an average maximum length for each hair before it falls out and starts growing again, otherwise people would be tripping over their own leg hair... :wink: If you leave it for a year I guess it must be completely grown back. But I guess it's quite a lot ess than that. I'm going to hazard a guess at about 4 months before it's at its absolute maximum length...

    As I know the approximate rate of growth, all I need to know is the maximum hair length. Maybe someone who is reading this completely unshaved could measure ten hairs and provide an average... or maybe they have better things to do... :D
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    It takes a fair while to get back to before, as the hair has to all grow out as the ends will feel really sharp until they've fallen out and regrown...
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    the equation is Man / Gay = leg hair growth

    so

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    divided by

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    equals

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  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    Extra points if you know who Travolta is....
    Extra gay points or extra man points? :)

    Looks a bit like David Cameron after a few pies...
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    Ok, I'm off to do an hour on the trainer at 90% of HRmax, based on the above that should make'em grow by at least a cm...
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    I am growing it back for the winter.
    why? what's the point of only doing it for summer??
    Silky smooth, all year round. It's the way forward.
  • White Line
    White Line Posts: 887
    Cleat Eastwood wrote:
    Extra points if you know who Travolta is....
    That would be that Nap D fellow. :wink:

    I'd say that the average leg hair of an average male is about 17 to 25 mm long, depending on where it is positioned on the leg.
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  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    depending on where it is positioned on the leg.
    I get weird really short hairs on some parts of the upper leg. Always wondered if it's due to pressure/abrasion from trousers that stops them growing properly.
  • Smokin Joe
    Smokin Joe Posts: 2,706
    neeb wrote:
    depending on where it is positioned on the leg.
    I get weird really short hairs on some parts of the upper leg. Always wondered if it's due to pressure/abrasion from trousers that stops them growing properly.
    Urine running down the leg stunts hair growth.

    A bit of personal hygiene wouldn't come amiss, neeb.
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    And I thought it acted as fertilizer to help them grow properly - lots of nitrogen and all that. Maybe my leg hairs are more acidophilic, like rhododendrons.
  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    i think about two months and they are nearly back to full length however i also find that having shaved them, the hair grows back more bushey like

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