question: Whats the difference between shaving your face and shaving your head?
comment: The head is hard and bumpy. The face is not very flat, but the fat and muscle underneath allow it to conform to the razor better. The razor probably works for both, but by marketing for separate parts they can sell more razors.
passages: Shaving
  
  Shaving is the removal of hair, by using a razor or any other kind of bladed implement, to slice it down—to the level of the skin or otherwise. Shaving is most commonly practiced by men to remove their facial hair and by women to remove their leg and underarm hair. A man is called "clean-shaven" if he has had his beard entirely removed.
   Section::::Contexts.:Sexuality, gender and LGBT.
   Competitive swimmers will often shave their entire body, including the head, to reduce drag while swimming. The same may also be true for sprinters, joggers or runners.
  
  Section::::Contexts.:Baldness.
   The removal of a full beard often requires the use of scissors or an electric (or beard) trimmer to reduce the mass of hair, simplifying the process.
  
  Section::::Shaving methods.:Wet shaving.
  
  There are two types of manual razors: straight razor and safety razors. Safety razors are further subdivided into double-edged razors, single edge, injector razors, cartridge razors and disposable razors.
   Head shaving
  
  Head shaving is the practice of shaving the hair from a person's head. At different times and places people have shaved all or part of their heads for very diverse reasons including practicality, convenience, low maintenance, fashion, style, religion, culture, and aesthetics.
  
  Section::::Early history.
  
  The earliest historical records describing head shaving originated in ancient Mediterranean cultures, such as Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The Egyptian priest class ritualistically removed all body hair by plucking. This included hair on the head, eyebrows, and beard.
  
  Section::::Contexts.
  
  Section::::Contexts.:Military.
   Section::::History.
   In males the hairline is often higher than in females and usually has receded corners above the temples that give it an "M" shape. The hairline can be moved forward and given a more rounded shape, either with a procedure called a "scalp advance" wherein the scalp is lifted and repositioned, or with hair transplantation.
  
  BULLET::::- Forehead recontouring
   Section::::Shaving in religion.:Islam.:Sunni.
   Shaving is the most commonly used hair removal technique. However, shaving is also the most temporary hair removal method since shaving cuts hair at the surface of the skin instead of removing hair by its follicles.
  
  Section::::Methods of body grooming.:Trimming.
  
  Electric trimmers allow you to shorten your hair in certain body areas instead of getting rid of all of it.
  
  Section::::Methods of body grooming.:Waxing.
  
  Waxing involves heated wax that is applied in the direction of hair growth over the skin. Hair becomes embedded in the wax as it cools and then quickly pulled off by a cloth or paper strip.
   However, for many other religiously observant Jews, even such compromises are unacceptable—because for them the prohibition is "non-negotiable". They base their beliefs on the ruling of rabbis such as the "Tzemach Tzedek", a past leader of the Chabad movement, who wrote that "any means of removing hair from a man's face is forbidden." That is the position taken by Menachem Stern—that he is "strictly prohibited from shaving or removing" his facial hair "in any manner." In his original application for the chaplaincy, he wrote that "by not trimming my beard, I represent the unadulterated view of the holy Torah, the way we believe a person should live."
   The militaries of the United States, Russia, and several other countries have welcomed their recruits by giving them haircuts using hair clippers with no guard attached. As of 2011, shaved heads continued to be standard haircuts in the United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and the United States Coast Guard during basic/recruit training – upon graduation from training, grooming restrictions are relaxed in accordance with each service's regulations. In Greece, this practice was abolished on June 25, 1982, when the military started allowing recruits to have up to 4 cm of hair. Before then, the regulation haircut in the Greek army for recruits was "en hro" (an archaic phrase for "shaved to the bone").
   Section::::Types of Grooming.:Cosmetic Surgery.:Contouring injection surgery.
  
  The male contouring injection surgery removes fat from the face and creates clear facial features.
  
  Section::::Types of Grooming.:Cosmetic Surgery.:Waxing/Laser procedure.
  
  Men are using laser treatments for permanent removal of face and body hair.
  
  Section::::Influence in Society.
  
  Section::::Influence in Society.:Change in the Perception of Society.
   People with hair loss often choose to shave their heads in order to look more aesthetic, maintain a personal preference, be more convenient, or to adhere to a certain style or fashion movement. Those with Alopecia areata and men facing male pattern baldness may choose to shave fully. Athletes Michael Jordan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Messier, Andre Agassi; musicians Billy Joel, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, and Michael Stipe of R.E.M.; and actors Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson are famous examples.
  
  Section::::Contexts.:Skinhead and other subcultures.
   Beard hair is most commonly removed by shaving or by trimming with the use of a beard trimmer. If only the area above the upper lip is left unshaven, the resulting facial hairstyle is known as a moustache; if hair is left only on the chin, the style is a goatee.
  
  BULLET::::- Full: downward flowing beard with either a styled or integrated moustache
  
  BULLET::::- Garibaldi: wide, full beard with rounded bottom and integrated moustache
  
  BULLET::::- Old Dutch: A large, long beard, connected by sideburns, that flares outward in width at the bottom, without a mustache.
   In most instances, a shorter neck or chin suits a somewhat higher neck edge; a longer neck or chin suits a somewhat lower neck edge. An extra wide neck suits a somewhat narrower neck edge while a thinner neck or protruding ears suit a wider neck edge. When slightly longer sideburns are worn than are appropriate for a style, it can shorten the appearance of the face; when slightly shorter sideburns are worn than are appropriate, it can lengthen the appearance of the face; therefore, the appearance of a face that is shorter or longer than average, in particular when due to the length of the chin or lower face, can be normalized by altering the length of the sideburns.
   Wholly disposable razors gained popularity in the 1970s after Bic brought the first disposable razor to market in 1974. Other manufacturers, Gillette included, soon introduced their own disposable razors, and by 1980 disposables made up more than 27 percent of worldwide unit sales for razors.
  
  Section::::Shaving methods.
  
  Shaving can be done with a straight razor or safety razor (called 'manual shaving' or 'wet shaving') or an electric razor (called 'dry shaving') or beard trimmer.
   Both men and women sometimes shave their chest hair, abdominal hair, leg hair, underarm hair, pubic hair, or any other body hair. Head shaving is much more common among men. It is often associated with religious practice, the armed forces and some competitive sports such as swimming, running and extreme sports. Historically, head shaving has also been used to humiliate, punish and show submission to an authority, and in more recent history also as part of fund-raising efforts, particularly for cancer research organizations and charitable organizations which serve cancer patients. The shaving of head hair is also sometimes done by cancer patients when their treatment may result in hair loss.
   Head shaving during present times is also used as a form of payment for challenges or dares lost involving the removal of all body hair.
  
  Inmates have their head shaved upon entry at certain prisons.
  
  Section::::Forms of hair removal.
  
  Depilation is the removal of the part of the hair above the surface of the skin. The most common form of depilation is shaving or trimming. Another option is the use of chemical depilatories, which work by breaking the disulfide bonds that link the protein chains that give hair its strength.
   Some Hindu and most Buddhist monks and nuns shave their heads upon entering their order, and Korean Buddhist monks and nuns have their heads shaved every 15 days.
  
  Muslim men have the choice of shaving their head after performing Umrah and Hajj, following the ancient tradition of committing as a slave to Allah.
  
  Hasidic Jewish men will often shave all their head, save for their Payot, or sidelocks. In certain Hasidic sects, most famously Satmar, married women shave their head every month before immersion in the mikveh (ritual bath).
   Section::::Shaving in religion.
  
  Section::::Shaving in religion.:Christianity, Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism.
  
  Tonsure is the practice of some Christian churches and some Hindu, Jain and Buddhist (usually only monks or nuns) temples of shaving or plucking the hair from the scalp of priests and nuns as a symbol of their renunciation of worldly fashion and esteem. Amish men shave their beard until they are married, after which they allow it to grow.
   Beard and haircut laws by country
  
  Laws regarding haircut or beard do not exist in various parts of the world, but, some countries have these laws, generally, involving the haircut style of male adults. The reasons are the Ultranationalism existent in some countries and gender roles
  
  Section::::North Korea.
   Tools like scissors and electric razors, which cut the hair between two blades instead of between blade and skin, are permitted to use.
  
  Section::::See also.
  
  BULLET::::- Androgenic hair
  
  BULLET::::- Barber
  
  BULLET::::- Beard
  
  BULLET::::- Beard Liberation Front
  
  BULLET::::- Burma-Shave
  
  BULLET::::- Cutting
  
  BULLET::::- Glabrousness
  
  BULLET::::- Hair removal
  
  BULLET::::- Head shaving
  
  BULLET::::- Leg shaving
  
  BULLET::::- Pogonotomia, the art of shaving
  
  BULLET::::- "Police v. City of Newark"
  
  BULLET::::- Pubic hair
  
  BULLET::::- Shaving cream
  
  BULLET::::- Shaving soap
  
  Section::::External links.
  
  BULLET::::- Ham, Michael (2012). “Leisureguy’s Guide to Gourmet Shaving, 6th edition: Shaving Made Enjoyable,” Pogonotomy Press.
   In modern settings, shaved heads are often associated with characters who display a stern and disciplined or hardcore attitude. Examples include those played by Yul Brynner and Vin Diesel; Telly Savalas as Kojak; Samuel L. Jackson in roles such as Mace Windu and Nick Fury; and Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in "Alien 3" (1992).
  
  Shaved heads are also associated with villains, such as Superman's archenemy Lex Luthor, Marlon Brando as Colonel Kurtz in "Apocalypse Now", or Donald Pleasence as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice".
   Section::::Treatment of damage.:General hair loss.
  
  Some choose to shave their hair off entirely, while others may have an illness (such as a form of cancer—note that not every form of cancer or cancer treatment necessarily means one will lose their hair) that caused hair loss or led to a decision to shave the head.
  
  Section::::Treatment of damage.:Hair care and nutrition.
   Section::::In rabbinic literature of the Middle Ages.:In Kabbalah.
  