How Hair Grows
Who absolutely dislikes the stubble’s you get the very next day after you shave?
A little Background of Hair
The “black dot” is actually the bulb of the hair that is left over in the follicle. Hair follicle is the “pore” or opening that your hair grows out from. The bulb is at the end of your hair, similar to a “root”, one that receives nourishment from the papilla. Papilla supplies blood and nourishment to the bulb or root of your hair. 
For people who have thick hair, your bulb will most likely be still visible even after you shave. Shaving only slices off the tip of the hair that peeps out of your skin and leaves the remaining piece of hair behind. If you want your legs or your underarm to be smooth and clean looking, you would want to pull the entire hair including its root from its hair follicle. You may bleed depending on what stage of growth the hair is in. The first stage called the Anagen is where the hair is attached to the papilla, the blood source. Since the root of your hair is firmly attached to the papilla, you can bleed. But nothing dangerous! For those who are new to waxing and is wondering if this is normal, it is and nothing to worry about.
After waxing, please refrain from going to swimming pools, lakes, oceans where there are lots of bacteria and harsh chemicals that can get into your exposed follicle. Especially if most of your hair was in the Anagen stage and blood seeps out, it can get infected! Always wax a couple of days before going on a vacation. 
Besides, most people get red or red bumps, which is a sign of irritation AND a sign that your hair has been pulled out, but will go away in couple of hours, or a maximum of few days depending on how sensitive people are.
Stages of Hair Growth
Pulling the hair out from its root is the reason why hair will take 1-2 weeks for the hair to grow back out.
Some hair might grow out faster depending on what stage the hair has been pulled out.
Anagen stage is a period of growth with the root firmly attached to the papilla,
Catagen is when the root dislodges from the papilla,
Telogen is a period of rest, or the “shedding stage” [you know the hairs that painlessly falls out from your scalp? That is from the Telogen stage] and is where the Anagen stage starts over again with a new piece of hair growing from the papilla.
If your hair was pulled out from Anagen stage, it will take more time for the hair to grow out, if your hair was pulled out from the Catagen stage, your hair will grow out a tad bit faster, and if your hair was pulled out from the Telogen stage that is where you will most likely see a new piece of hair growing just after a few days.
So if you go to a spa and get waxed by an esthetician, and your hair is growing out the very next few days, it is not necessarily the esthetician’s bad waxing technique…it was probably because your hair was pulled out from its last stage of hair growth. That is why we recommend to get waxed every two weeks so the hair is growing at somewhat of a same rate.
Frequently wax and it might take a full 2 weeks or more to grow back. Yay!
When people say that some of their hairs do not grow back, it is because the hair has been pulled out from the Anagen stage, from its papilla and could have damaged the papilla in the process. If the papilla is damaged, hair will not be able to grow because its “food source” has been damaged. Thus, hair can not grow, in other words less hair growth. This is not always the case, but the more you wax, the more potential for destroying the papilla, and more chance of less hair growing in your later years! This is not an immediate result so don’t get your hopes up. :P
As far as I know, there is no serious consequences or complications arising from papilla damage. So wax away!
Check out my DIY tutorial on homemade sugar wax.
I’m too lazy to make my own batch so I just buy premade sugar and honey waxes here. A tub costs less than $10 so… XD
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This tutorial is great. I learned a lot from this. Now I know why some of the hair on my legs grow faster than the rest. This is such a great post.
I hate getting black dots adn stubbles just a few hours of shaving. I’ve always wanted to try waxing but I’m kinda scared of going to the spa to have my unwanted hair on my legs removed. I’ll try making my own sugar wax. I have a question, why is the temperature important? Will it affect the sugar wax if it doesn’t reach 250 degrees?
You should update your blog often coz your posts are very helpful.
About my blog post, I meant sushi rolls, not sashimi. I hate sashimi. Tastes weird for me. XD
Hey Angeli, sorry for abandoning my site!
The temperature will make sure the consistency of the wax isn’t too soft or gets too hard. If you go under the temperature, the wax will be too soft so it won’t grip the hair easily, and if you cook it too long, it will become hard like candy. I know its a year after my post, but hope this helped.
This is an interesting post! I didn’t know the stage of growth affects how long it’d take to grow back. I love how you have pictures for each step. I should try this recipe out some time. I’ve been buying wax strips, and they’re not that great. Looking forward to more tutorials!
Hi Onni..
)) I also hate getting that after shaving.. thats why I always go to have wax.. waaaah.. shaving is not really good coz it can give us chicken skin.. lol and yeah, after waxing we shouldnt go to pools..
Thanks for this tutorial.. It’s really helpful.. I even copied the ingredients and about to try this maybe this week.. It’s been a great help.
OFF-TOPIC: do you have twitter?
Wow nice tutorial. I thought I had the black dots because I use stick instead of wax. I have never actually waxed before. I will try it though. I just started using veet and nair hair removal and so I haven’t been have issues except for the regular bumps. I got one under my arms and i really hate it. It looks soo gross.
I’m trying to let it go and so far it’s been working. I usually store up so much anger because of the person but now, i’ve been doing better. I will eventually move out. I’m just waiting till I go to college. It won’t be moving but living in a dorm room is better that nothing.
Colour rocks. 
Hahaha nice joke.
Impressive stuff
I shave my legs because it’s quick and fairly simple but yes, those black dots are pretty grim. Very nice tutorial; I loved the pictures. The sugar wax sort of reminds me of syrup.
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Haha wow, I doubt I’m gonna set some kind of trend though. :P Barely anyone I knew saw me with red hair. And besides, it wasn’t very red. At some point I shall re-do it with a different, redder dye.
Yes! The pink limo was amazing.
Thank you! The background is of some fruit rock (the sweet).
Take care! xx
Hi Jihyeon! Thank you for this tutorial! I love home recipes, I’ll definitely try this out (after you’ve posted the next tutorial about HOW one should wax :P). I really hate my black dots. How long does the wax last?
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Thank you for your comment and good wishes <3
My school isn't really that strict. I used to go to Thai school (actually kindergarten) and that place is waaay stricter D:
Are you considering taking Korean?
지현 언니 안녕^^ Wow that’s really nice. I should try this once because yep, I do hate the “black dots”.
Thanks for this! Also, I’m looking forward to the tut about shaving the legs~ ahaha. I seriously don’t know how. It’s just recently when my eyes were opened to the girl stuff O_O
And thanks for the comment! I really didn’t know. I just tagged along whenever they went to go and have a diamond peel. It was my first time last month. Yep, it did gave me good results, but only for a short while. Haha.
Jihyeon!!
This sounds really neat and inexpensive! I think I need to try this once I can actually suck it up and try waxing. I’m pathetic.. I never tried waxing before because I’m sooo scared of the pain. I shave, which is a PAIN IN THE BUTT because like you said you get the yucky stubbles the day after and hair grows so fast =.= Gotta bookmark this and try it!
Yeah, and about the LG phones not lasting long
But I also heard alot, if not all, has that front facing camera. We can’t use it for video calling, but at least we can do those ‘selca’ shots hahas 
But yup, I just ended up with a free Samsung phone from Tmobile for now. And yes! I switched over to Tmobile! I have no problem with the reception as of now, but like you, I’m not a big phone junkie neither. I’m happy that I get to text now =)