How fast do you think Wolverine's hair grows? I made those crack about how abruptly his body when from shaggy to hairless on that Wolverine and Black Cat cover, and then Rol mentioned waxing in the comments and away my brain went.
His healing factor only kicks in when he's sick or injured, so I guess his hair wouldn't grow constantly. This would appear to be in contrast to Deadpool, whose healing factor works all the time, which is offset by his aggressive cancer*.
The question is, does merely cutting his hair qualify as an injury? I've seen it grow back when it gets burned off, but he's usually losing more than just hair in those circumstances, so it figures his healing factor would kick in. But I'm not certain a simple snip of the locks would trigger it. Waxing is another matter. That actually pulls the follicle out entirely, which I have to think his body would regard as an injury, albeit a minor one. It'd be a futile effort. The hair is plucked, it grows back.
Along those lines, do you think Logan sheds skin cells? Most people, we lose dead skin cells over the course of the day. it's OK though, because there are new cells waiting underneath to take their place. With his healing factor, would Logan's body operate the way ours do? or, barring massive injury, would he have the same skin cells for a much longer period, because his body keeps repairing the ones already in use?
* That's the impression I have from the Deadpool Secret Invasion tie-in. The Skrulls made Deadpool versions of themselves who eventually swelled up and popped because their healing factors were always on, even when there was no injury or cancer to fight.
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The skin cell question is a very good one! I'm not entirely sure how his healing factor is supposed to work, but I would lean more towards the idea that he regenerates the skin cells more quickly than a human rather than the existing cells being repaired.
Of course, it is also possible to over-think these things... ;-P
Matthew: That would make more sense. His healing factor would probably regard the skin cells dying as a natural process, different from lots of cells dying from being hit with a plasma cannon or something.
Rol: Well, yeah, but no one here would ever do that.
I remember reading one issue, where he is going undercover, and cuts his hair...and over the next couple of hours, it grows back completely. So presumably the act of cutting is registered as an injury.
If that is the case, he must spend his entire day shaving.
sallyp: Maybe his hair has a specific length coded into it. It grows to that length and then stops. 'Cause otherwise, yeah, hours with the razor to avoid being hairier than Hank McCoy
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