Have you ever wondered and thought, “How do electric shavers work?” Sure, they do the job every morning in keeping that 5 o’clock shadow at bay, but what are the mechanisms and minute materials that make up its innards?

What we know is that the electric razor is certainly a very useful invention which provides unparalleled convenience for busy men who don’t have the time to manually shave in the morning. Here’s how electric shavers work:

Electric shavers are fundamentally different from the usual razor shaving blades in that they emulate a cutting, scissor-like action instead of your skin meeting the blade. The hair gets inside the perforated opening in the electric razor, which gets cut when they meet the razor’s moving blade. The blades themselves operate with the help of a tiny, oscillating motor moving in a roundabout motion between the shaver’s foil and your skin. The blades don’t make direct contact with your skin, which can prove to be beneficial because it doesn’t incite an irritation.