Patent ID: 7789092

Claim:
A method for improving shaving of hair from skin in humans, comprising the steps of: preparing a skin area with hair for shaving by applying tips of a bristled power skin brush to the skin area, wherein the skin area includes a facial surface and the hairs form a facial beard or wherein the skin area includes a non-facial skin area, including legs of a human, the power skin brush having an outer brushhead portion and an inner brushhead portion, wherein the first portion remains stationary and wherein the second portion oscillates through a selected angle in the range of 18-26° at a frequency in the range of 120-220 Hz, thereby producing a cleansing effect on the skin by exfoliation of skin cells at the base of the facial hairs and an orienting effect on said hairs so as to improve the shaving process; and adding water to the skin area, in the absence of shaving cream, following the step of preparing, and thereafter applying the moving bristle tips of the power skin brush to the wetted skin area, wherein the movement of the bristles through said angle and at said frequency over the wetted skin area is such that it aids in the absorption of water by the hairs on the skin area, improving shaving.