An electric, handheld hair removing appliance in the form of a hair trimmer comprising: a housing; at least one hair grooming device carried by the housing and adapted to facilitate grooming of hair, said at least one hair grooming device being adapted to perform an operation using electrical energy applied thereto, the at least one hair grooming device comprising a blade head assembly and a drive assembly for operating the blade head assembly; a control circuit in the housing and in communication with said at least one hair grooming device; and characterised by a touchscreen (160, 160') on at least one of the at least one hair grooming device and the housing for receiving at least one input from a user and to facilitate communication between the user and the control circuit, the touchscreen (160, 160') being configured to send at least one command signal to the control circuit in response to receiving said at least one input from the user, wherein the control circuit is configured to control said operation of the at least one hair grooming device in response to receiving said at least one command signal; the hair trimmer including an adjustable comb assembly including a comb that is selectively movable relative to the blade head assembly through operation of a comb-driving assembly within the housing to allow a user to control a hair cut-length setting of the trimmer, wherein the user can select a desired hair cut-length setting of the trimmer by providing a first input of said at least one input to said touchscreen, wherein in response to receiving said first input said touchscreen sends a first command signal of said at least one command signal to the control circuit, wherein in response to receiving said first command signal, the control circuit sends an electrical control signal to the comb-driving assembly and wherein in response to receiving the electrical control signal the comb-driving assembly in turn moves the comb a predetermined amount relative to the blade head assembly to increase or decrease the cut-length setting by a predetermined increment. a housing; at least one hair grooming device carried by the housing and adapted to facilitate grooming of hair, said at least one hair grooming device being adapted to perform an operation using electrical energy applied thereto, the at least one hair grooming device comprising a blade head assembly and a drive assembly for operating the blade head assembly; a control circuit in the housing and in communication with said at least one hair grooming device; and characterised by a touchscreen (160, 160') on at least one of the at least one hair grooming device and the housing for receiving at least one input from a user and to facilitate communication between the user and the control circuit, the touchscreen (160, 160') being configured to send at least one command signal to the control circuit in response to receiving said at least one input from the user, wherein the control circuit is configured to control said operation of the at least one hair grooming device in response to receiving said at least one command signal; the hair trimmer including an adjustable comb assembly including a comb that is selectively movable relative to the blade head assembly through operation of a comb-driving assembly within the housing to allow a user to control a hair cut-length setting of the trimmer, wherein the user can select a desired hair cut-length setting of the trimmer by providing a first input of said at least one input to said touchscreen, wherein in response to receiving said first input said touchscreen sends a first command signal of said at least one command signal to the control circuit, wherein in response to receiving said first command signal, the control circuit sends an electrical control signal to the comb-driving assembly and wherein in response to receiving the electrical control signal the comb-driving assembly in turn moves the comb a predetermined amount relative to the blade head assembly to increase or decrease the cut-length setting by a predetermined increment.