When were shaves performed by barbers at the height of their popularity?
This whole thing died in the 1970s. So, until the 1970s, that was the proper way of shaving for the gentlemen. In old style, it was the barber coming to you. So, when you go like, for example, in France, in the court of Louis VI, the barber was coming to your room, and he was shaving you. And, that's what the gentlemen used to have. FACT: In 1094, barbers were also considered surgeons and dentists. Going to the barber came after the democratization of shaving to go to the barber; because only the rich could afford to have a barber come to them.