Procedure for shaving the skin, in particular of the skin of the face of men comprising at least the following stages: a) a composition comprising, in a cosmetically acceptable medium, is applied to the area of the skin to be shaved minus a salicylic acid derivative of the following formula (I): ** Formula ** in which: R represents a saturated, linear, branched or cyclic aliphatic chain having 3 to 11 carbon atoms； an unsaturated aliphatic chain having 3 to 17 carbon atoms carrying one or more conjugated double bonds or not； an aromatic nucleus linked to the carbonyl radical directly or by means of saturated or unsaturated aliphatic chains having from 2 to 7 carbon atoms； said R groups may be substituted with one or several identical or different substituents, selected from the halogen atoms, the trifluoromethyl group, a hydroxyl group in free form or esterified by an acid having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms or by a carboxyl function, free or esterified by a C1-C6 alcohol； R 'represents a hydroxyl group or an ester function of the following formula (II): ** Formula ** in which R1 represents an aliphatic chain of 1 to 18 straight or branched carbon atoms, saturated or unsaturated and / or one of its you go out. b) the hairs are shaved by means of a shaver.Procedimiento de afeitado de la piel, en particular de la piel de la cara de los hombres que comprende al menos las etapas siguientes: a) se aplica sobre la zona de la piel a afeitar una composición que comprende, en un medio cosméticamente aceptable, al menos un derivado del ácido salicílico de fórmula (I) siguiente:**Fórmula** en la que: R representa una cadena alifática saturada, lineal, ramificada o cíclica que tiene de 3 a 11 átomos de carbono； una cadena alifática insaturada que tiene de 3 a 17 átomos de carbono que llevan uno o varios dobles enlaces conjugados o no； un núcleo aromático unido al radical carbonilo directamente o por medio de cadenas alifáticas saturadas o insaturadas que tienen de 2 a 7 átomos de c
