Editing Shaving (section)

{{Short description|Removal of hair with a razor or other bladed implement}}
{{About|the use of a razor|the thin strip removed from the surface of a piece of wood by planing|Plane (tool)|the metalworking process|Piercing (metalworking)#Shaving}}
{{Redirect|Dry shave|the cartoonist|Rod Filbrandt}}
[[Image:AtTheCuttingEdge.jpg|thumb|right|A man shaving his neck using a [[straight razor]]]]
[[File:Mujer afeitando sus piernas.jpg|thumb|A woman [[leg shaving]] using a razor]]
[[Image:rasierer.jpg|thumb|right|Cartridge [[razor]] with two blades]]

'''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.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/clean-shaven
|title=Clean-shaven
|publisher=freedictionary.com
|access-date=2007-09-26}}</ref>

Both men and women sometimes shave their [[chest hair]], [[abdominal hair]], [[leg hair]], [[underarm hair]], [[pubic hair]], or any other body hair.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/femalebody1/a/BikiniWax.htm
|title=What is a Bikini Wax?
|author=Susan Breslow Sardone
|publisher=about.com
|access-date=2007-09-26
|archive-date=2007-09-11
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911015948/http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/femalebody1/a/BikiniWax.htm
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> [[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 (sport)|swimming]], [[bodybuilding]], and [[extreme sports]]. Historically, head shaving has also been used to humiliate, punish, for purification or to show submission to an authority.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6375683.stm
|title=Mark of a woman
|author=Mark of a woman
|work=BBC News
|date=February 20, 2007
|access-date=2007-09-26}} (from internet archive)</ref> In more recent history, head shaving has been used in 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, and by people experiencing [[male pattern baldness]].