An epilating device for epilating hairs growing from skin, comprising: a housing ; an epilating system having a plurality of hair-clamping elements arranged adjacent to each other and rotatable relative to the housing ; a drive system arranged to rotate the hair-clamping elements ; a skin-contacting member arranged to contact the skin during use and to be pivotable relative to the housing about a first pivot axis such that, during use, an angular position of the skin-contacting member about the first pivot axis is determined by an angular orientation of the housing relative to a surface of the skin in contact with the skin-contacting member ; a compression member arranged adjacent to the epilating system to exert a compression force on the epilating system directed along a compression line, said compression member being pivotable relative to the housing about a second pivot axis to adjust a position of the compression line relative to the housing ; and a linkage mechanism linking the skin-contacting member and the compression member such that a pivotal motion of the skin-contacting member about the first pivot axis over a first pivot angle results in a pivotal motion of the compression member about the second pivot axis over a second pivot angle equal to the first pivot angle; characterized in that the hair-clamping elements are arranged to be rotatable about a supporting shaft which extends along a central axis which is curved in a plane of curvature; the compression member is arranged in a fixed position relative to the supporting shaft ; and the linkage mechanism links the skin-contacting member and the supporting shaft such that the pivotal motion of the skin-contacting member about the first pivot axis over the first pivot angle results in a pivotal motion of the supporting shaft about the second pivot axis over the second pivot angle. a housing ; an epilating system having a plurality of hair-clamping elements arranged adjacent to each other and rotatable relative to the housing ; a drive system arranged to rotate the hair-clamping elements ; a skin-contacting member arranged to contact the skin during use and to be pivotable relative to the housing about a first pivot axis such that, during use, an angular position of the skin-contacting member about the first pivot axis is determined by an angular orientation of the housing relative to a surface of the skin in contact with the skin-contacting member ; a compression member arranged adjacent to the epilating system to exert a compression force on the epilating system directed along a compression line, said compression member being pivotable relative to the housing about a second pivot axis to adjust a position of the compression line relative to the housing ; and a linkage mechanism linking the skin-contacting member and the compression member such that a pivotal motion of the skin-contacting member about the first pivot axis over a first pivot angle results in a pivotal motion of the compression member about the second pivot axis over a second pivot angle equal to the first pivot angle; characterized in that the hair-clamping elements are arranged to be rotatable about a supporting shaft which extends along a central axis which is curved in a plane of curvature; the compression member is arranged in a fixed position relative to the supporting shaft ; and the linkage mechanism links the skin-contacting member and the supporting shaft such that the pivotal motion of the skin-contacting member about the first pivot axis over the first pivot angle results in a pivotal motion of the supporting shaft about the second pivot axis over the second pivot angle. <EOS>