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Hair today, gone tomorrow, back by Tuesday.
means The removal of hair from the body, whether by shaving, waxing, plucking, or chemical means.
from From Latin depilare, 'to strip of hair' — built from the prefix de- (off, away) plus pilus, 'hair' (the same root that gives us 'pile' as in carpet pile, and 'caterpillar,' literally 'hairy cat'). The word has sat quietly in English since at least the 1600s, doing exactly what it says.
- etymology
- from Latin depilare, to pluck out hair
- not the same as
- epilation removes root, depilation only cuts surface
- ancient practice
- Egyptians used sugar paste 3000 years ago
- regrowth myth
- shaving does not make hair grow back thicker