A safety razor is a razor with a guard beneath the blade edge to minimise injuries while shaving. The first safety razors with disposable blades were sold by the Gillette company, founded by American inventor King Camp Gillette, in 1903. This hoe-type safety razor from Gillette was one of the tools used by Mdm W.Y. Low, who worked as a hairdressing apprentice then hairdresser in Singapore from around 1946 to the early 1980s. The shaving of facial hair was also a service provided at hair salons and barber shops.
