An electric shaver having a shaving head which can pivot and be depressed into the housing of the shaver. The shaving head is mounted on pivot shafts that can be moved toward the inside of the shaver housing, thus allowing the shaving head to be pressed into the housing but bounce back to the original position by vertical springs; and the shaving head also pivots about the pivot shafts but is forced back to its original and upright position by lateral springs.