Ukushefa bekuyingxenye ebalulekile yokulungiswa kwamadoda amakhulu eminyaka, futhi amathuluzi asetshenziselwa ukushefa ashintshe kakhulu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Umlando wezinsingo zamadoda usuka empucukweni yasendulo, lapho amadoda ayesebenzisa ama-whetstones nama-bronze blades. Isibonelo, abaseGibhithe babesebenzisa izinsingo zethusi kusukela ngo-3000 BC, okubonisa ukubaluleka kokuzilungisa komuntu esikweni labo.

Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, imiklamo yensingo nezinto zokwakha nazo ziye zaba ngcono. Ukufika kwensingo eqondile ekhulwini le-17 kwaphawula intuthuko enkulu. Lezi zinsingo ngokuvamile zazenziwa ngensimbi yezinga eliphezulu futhi zazidinga ikhono nokunemba ukuze zisetshenziswe ngokuphumelelayo. Amadoda ayevame ukuya endaweni yokugunda izinwele ukuze ayoshefa, njengoba izinsingo eziqondile zidinga isandla esiqinile nolwazi.

Ngekhulu lama-20 kwethulwa insingo yokuphepha, eyasungulwa iNkosi u-Kemp Gillette ngo-1901. Lokhu okusha kwenza ukushefa kuphephe futhi kube lula kumuntu wesilisa ojwayelekile. Izinsingo zokuphepha zazifika nonogada abanciphisa ingozi yokusikeka nezinsimbi, okuvumela amadoda ukuba agunde ekhaya ngokuzethemba. Izinsingo ezilahlwayo zaduma, okulethela ukunethezeka esikujabulelayo namuhla.

Eminyakeni yakamuva, imakethe ibone ukwanda kwama-razor ane-multi-blade, nemikhiqizo efana ne-Gillette ne-Comfort ehamba phambili kulo mkhuba. Lawa ma-razor ngokuvamile anama-blade amathathu kuya kwamahlanu, anciphisa ukucasuka futhi anikeze ukushefa okuseduze. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuthuthuka kwezobuchwepheshe kuye kwaholela ekuthuthukisweni kwezinsingo zikagesi, ezinikeza enye indlela esheshayo nephumelelayo kuzindlela zokushefa zendabuko.

Namuhla, amadoda anezinketho eziningi ezihlukahlukene uma kuziwa ezinsizeni, kusukela kuma-razor aqondile kuya kuma-razor kagesi wobuchwepheshe obuphezulu. I-razor ngayinye inobuhle bayo kanye nebubi bayo, futhi ifanelana nezintandokazi ezahlukene kanye nezinhlobo zesikhumba. Njengoba ukuzilungisa kuqhubeka nokuvela, ama-razor ahlala eyingxenye ebalulekile yendlela yokunakekela yomuntu siqu, ehlanganisa kokubili isiko nokusungula izinto ezintsha.