It was not until the skinhead revival in the late 1970s - with the appearance of punk rock- influenced Oi! skinheads - that many skinheads started shaving their hair right down to the scalp. This look was partly influenced by the Jamaican rude boy style. In the 1960s, some British working class youths developed the skinhead subculture, whose members were distinguished by short cropped hair (although at that time they didn't shave their heads right down to the scalp). Michael Jordan, Andre Agassi, Kerry King of Slayer, Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins, theoretical physicist Kip Thorne, and actors Bruce Willis and Mark Strong are famous examples. Those with Alopecia areata and Androgenetic alopecia may choose to shave fully. People with alopecia often choose to shave their heads to hide the effects. Head shaving was often associated with manual workers such as seamen, dock workers and soldiers, as well as with prisoners and hospital patients.Ĭompetitive swimmers will sometimes shave their heads to reduce drag while swimming. Throughout much of the 20th century in many Western countries, head shaving was considered somewhat unusual or lower class. Some Hindu and most Buddhist monks and nuns shave their heads upon entering their order, and Korean Buddhist monks and nuns have their heads shaved every 15 days. Many Buddhists, Hajj, pilgrims and Vaisnavas, especially members of the Hare Krishna movement, shave their heads. Having the head shaved can be a punishment prescribed in law, but also something done as "mob justice", as punishment for associating with occupying Nazis during the war. Prisoners commonly have their heads shaven, often ostensibly to prevent the spread of lice, but clearly also as a demeaning measure. Most notable is the tradition of shaving one's head when a service member enters the Mediterranean Sea by ship for the first time, known as "Med Head". There have been traditions spawned from shaving a service members head. Before then, the regulation haircut in the Greek army for recruits was en hro (an archaic phrase for "shaved to the bone").Ī shaved head continues to be common place in the United States military. In Greece, this practice was abolished on June 25, 1982, when the military started allowing recruits to have up to 4 cm of hair. As of 2011, shaved heads continued to be standard haircuts in the United States Air Force, United States Marine Corps, United States Army, and the United States Coast Guard during basic/recruit training - upon graduation from training, grooming restrictions are relaxed in accordance with each service's regulations. The militaries of the United States, Russia, and several other countries have welcomed their recruits by giving them haircuts using hair clippers with no guard attached. For the new recruit, it can be a rite of passage ( Induction cut), and variations become a badge of honour (see jarhead). During the allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day, many soldiers chose to have their heads completely shaved, denying the defending Germans something to grab onto when the battle moved to close quarters. Although sometimes explained as being for hygiene reasons, the image of strict, disciplined conformity may certainly be a factor. The practice of shaving heads has been used in the military.
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