Shaving, Wet shave vs electric

Greetings from Turkiye.

Mrs. mespilus is Turkish so we seem to end up here for a couple of weeks each Summer.

Simple treat, leave the beard to grow out for a few days, then off to any barber with a bit of a queue for a shortened trim and a wet shave, from a stranger wıth an open razor.

Bit of theatre about the haircut,
a short length of elastic(?) bandage wrapped round the neck first,
then put on the cape,
and the bandage folded over to prevent any hairs going down your neck,
lit spill used to burn away the bushy hairs on the ears & the top of the cheek.

This time another non-choice option was ıncluded.

Hair trimmed,
growth down neck removed with slim trimmer,
eyebrows trimmed,
the barber reached for a pot of stuff İ had not noticed,
he checks its temperature on his hand a few times and liberally coats my ears ın stingingly hot wax.
(Ears uncomfortably hot for about four minutes as the overall cut is checked and stray hairs are trimmed).

Wax is pressed firmly onto all ınternal surfaces and about the first inch of the back of the top of my ears. Evidently the fine white hairs, due to my advancing age, on my ears have reached a notifiable density and must be removed.

Mrs mespilus laughing at the prospect,
as are the other barber, & all the other customers.

Wax is removed in five expert pulls, and thrown on the floor, to join the other sweepings.

Ears are a glowing red, primed by a couple of days exposure to Turkish UV levels,
and now wıthout the fine white 'down' that previously covered them.

Another part of my aging body to worry about unwanted hair growth.