There's an old saying that goes something like "You're only as good as the tools you use," and that definitely applies when shaving your head. Use the right tools and you'll breeze through your shave with great results. Use poor quality tools and you can pretty much assure yourself of a bad time with really lousy results. And by lousy results I mean nicks, cuts, irritation and plenty of blood. Since I know you don't want any part of that scene keep reading and you'll find out exactly which products to use to achieve the smoothest and most problem free head shave ever.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I want to say right up front that the products I will be recommending are all sold here on AllAboutShaving.com. You might think to yourself, "He's only trying to sell stuff," which of course is true enough - BUT you need to think of it from the following perspective. I only sell products that I would use myself, and everything I recommend to you for shaving your head is what I use on a daily basis to shave my own head. If I were to find a better product than any of these items I'm currently using and recommending I would carry that and recommend it instead. These are by far the absolute best products I've found, and that's why I use them and offer them for sale on this site.

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The Total Shaving Solution

The single most important variable for you to consider is your shaving lubricant, this is absolutely critical to getting the most out of the razor or shaver you might use and is your best protection against nicks, cuts and shaving irritation. Fortunately this is really a no brainer, you need to use the heavyweight champion of shaving lubricants, the world's original shaving oil - The Total Shaving Solution.

I have been using The Total Shaving Solution since the early 1990s and still to this day I have yet to find a better product. No other shaving lubricant of any kind has surpassed it - no other shaving oils can touch it, and certainly no foams, gels or lotions are even in the ballpark. Many of the shaving lubricants on the market today are really poor quality, some are decent, fewer still are very good. But none are better. So if you stop right here and take only this one bit of advice from me your shaving experience is going to be significantly improved over what it was before you started shaving with The Total Shaving Solution.

Click here to read more about The Total Shaving Solution.

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Panasonic Linear Wet / Dry Shavers

Forget about shaving your head with a blade alone, this is a job for a wet / dry electric shaver. But not just any old shaver will do, in fact there is only one kind of shaver that is up to the task and that is the Panasonic Linear series. Here's why: these shavers blaze away at a CONSTANT 13,000 RPM. That's 13,000 RPM no matter how depleted the battery is - full charge, medium charge or 30 seconds away from dying - it just doesn't matter. This is KEY folks, not only are these the fastest shavers on the market, bar none, but even more importantly no other shavers of any brand are able to maintain a constant speed. They all slow down significantly as their batteries become depleted or when they have to shave thru thick stubble, resulting in poor shaving performance. The slower they go the worse the shaving experience. But the Panasonic Linears never waver, they are going full bore 13,000 RPM from start to finish, every time.

And they are a match made in shaving heaven with The Total Shaving Solution, you will get amazing results with no razor burn or irritation whatsoever. I've been shaving my own head with one version or another of the Panasonic Wet / Dry Linear and The Total Shaving Solution for years now and I'd never use anything else.

Currently I'm recommending the Panasonic ES8077S Vortex and the ES8043SC, you can read more about them here.

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Cryogenically Treated Schick Xtreme3 Disposable Razors

Shaving your head with the Panasonic Linear Shaver will get about 99% of the stubble off your head. For many guys and under many circumstances that's good enough, what's left isn't even visible to the naked eye. Yet there are those of us (like me, for instance) who just have to have it completely smooth and stubble free to the touch, and that's where the Cryogenically Treated Schick Xtreme3 Disposable Razors come in.

The Cryo'd Xtreme3 is the perfect head shaving finishing tool. It's a 3-blade razor but unlike the Gillette Mach3s and Fusions it's ideally suited for maneuvering around the contours of your head. The blade has just enough give in it to hug the curves as you go, and the handle is perfectly designed for gripping the razor in different positions to facilitate shaving with or against the grain at any angle. The handle even has a designated spot scooped out where you put your thumb, very smart. And they're a great value, one Cryo'd Xtreme3 will last so long you'll finally end up throwing it away just because you're tired of looking at it. Seriously, when used as a finishing tool for head shaving a single razor will last months. An eight pack can easily last a year or more.

I currently carry Cryo'd Xtreme3 4 and 8 pack disposables and also 4 and 8 pack replacement cartridges, click here and use the pulldown menu to make your selection.

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InterDesign Fog Free Mirror & Handy Cup

For the best head shaving results I recommend shaving in the shower, and the Fog Free Mirror and Handy Cup from InterDesign are perfect accessories for shower shaving. While it's not an absolute imperative for an experienced head shaver, it's always helpful to have a good Fog Free Mirror in your shower, especially if you're also shaving your face as well. And the Handy Cup is just that, really handy for storing your manual razors so they'll be conveniently available when you shave. I use different razors for different applications and often have 3 or 4 razors sitting in my Handy Cup. Can't beat it for convenience.

For more info click here.