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HELP.

i had an issue with plucking for a year or so, and now half (or most) of my hair down there won't grow back. i know i've damaged the hair follicles, but i don't know what to do. i feel like i'll never look normal again. is all hope lost, or is there ANYTHING i can do to regrow the hair?

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I got this from Wiki, I'm not sure if it is all that helpful but it does sort of explain the cyclic growth process of hair.

"Individual hairs alternate periods of growth and dormancy. During the growth portion of the cycle, hair follicles are long and bulbous, and the hair advances outward at about a third of a millimeter per day. After three to six months, body hair growth stops (the pubic and armpit areas having the longest growth period). The follicle shrinks and the root of the hair rigidifies. Following a period of dormancy, another growth cycle starts, and eventually a new hair pushes the old one out of the follicle from beneath."

I think what it's saying is that hair goes through phases of growth and non-growth, I think that when you pluck a hair out it could be in either phase, so if you pluck it out during its non-growth phase it will not start growing back until it hits its growth phase.

Sorry if I'm sounding a bit all over the place, I'm trying to piece together bits and pieces of info i've heard all over the place, with that Wiki article.

I don't know of anything that will kick start regrowth sorry.