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Not knowing I was doing so, I conducted a little experiment over the last 40+ years of my life which has led to a question. But first the background.
I attained that level of puberty which is evidenced by the growth of pubic hair in my thirteenth year. Since that time until just a few short months ago (last October actually) I had not made any conscious grooming efforts on that portion of my anatomy. Then in October I removed all the hirstute evidence of my manhood in the nether region (an aside, I quite liked the activity and subsequent appearance) on a whim. I have not repeated that initial effort to this date and noticed last night that my pubic bush has returned to the same fullness as it was prior to my tonsorial effort.
Now the question: How did I achieve the same growth in a few months that took over 40 years to build originally? Which leads to a second conumdrum:
why wasn't my pubic hair (prior to barbering) long enough to braid down to my ankles (given the growth of just a few months)?
And in answer to your immediate thought, no. I do not have anything better to do at the moment. And in answer to your second wonderment, I haven't decided yet.
Hugs, Charlie
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>How did I achieve the same growth in a few months that took over 40 years to build originally?
The answer is: you didn't! In those few months you grew just the same amount of hair that you would have done if you hadn't shaved it off. The hair that was there in October would have fallen out naturally over the same period of time, so that's why now it's just the same as before.
It never took 40 years to build. Your hair was refreshing itself constantly. You only notice all the younger hairs, though, when you get rid of all the old ones and let the new ones grow from scratch.
That also answers why it never grew down to your ankles: because when a hair got to a certain length it fell out, and a new hair grew in its place.
There's an article about it here:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_097b.html
Hope that helps! It helped me, too, as I never knew the answer before I looked it up.
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the hair has a finite growth rate and a finite length, both determined by genetics. When it reaches the eventual length it falls out (notice urinal bowls full of hair and vomit!)
At puberty the hair growth kicks in gradually.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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...that shaving off hair will make the new hair grow back more thickly. It doesn't; hair is dead and removing it won't make any difference to the follicles, which are below the skin and out of reach of a razor. Though it may feel prickly or stubbly when short simply because that is the nature of very short hair; it is not long enough to bend out of the way when touched.
For example, a couple of random references:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hair-removal/AN00638
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/2991.html
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Is it just my infantile mind that conjures up certain interesting, though warped, images?
Hugs, Charlie 
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timmy
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BTW isn't it scary shaving a scrotum!
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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What I really want to know is why hair grows at puberty.
If we need hair to keep warm why don't we have it from birth?
I am the "proud" possessor of a pelt. It arrived in my teens. Why do I need it? What is the point of it? And why didn't it arrive as a baby?
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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>What I really want to know is why hair grows at puberty.
For a fairly useful answer, see:
http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1901.html
It's associated with pheromones (scents), apparently. Not specifically keeping things warm.
Now that we all wear clothes, I don't think public hair makes very much difference as you can't see it (and it's a bit rude to smell strong enough to be noticeable, or to get close enough to someone to smell them). But since it's fairly natural selection-neutral (it doesn't make much difference to the likelihood of reproducing) we still have it.
I can think of one other reason beyond those mentioned, though: pubic hair, broken voice, beard, growth spurts etc. are a good indication that a person is sexually mature. Of course, society has left evolution behind on this one too.
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Pubic regional hair is to do with scent, yes
I am speaking of a full pelt. All over. Body hair. Children do not have it, nor do ladies.
Arms, legs, butt, back, chest, the lot.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
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