During the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – one could expect to get more than one's hair cut by the barber. The line between haircutter and medic was blurred, ...

Barbers have not always been tasked only with haircuts and beard-trims; in fact, being a barber during the Middle Ages – and in some regions, all the way through the 19th century – meant being ...

Women can go into a spa or specialty salon and get waxed, plucked, lasered and electrolyzed to get rid of hair. Men can, too, of course, but they also used to be able to walk into a barbershop to get ...