Personal care appartus with an automatically pivotable head part

In a personal care apparatus ( 1 ) having a main part ( 2 ) and a head part ( 3 ), the main part ( 2 ) is designed to be held in one hand, the head part ( 3 ) is pivotable relative to the main part ( 2 ) about an axis of pivot ( 26 ) and a return spring ( 55 ) is provided between the main part ( 2 ) and the head part ( 3 ), thus enabling the head part ( 3 ) to be pivotable by means of the return spring ( 55 ) in synchronization with varying displacing forces that act on the head part ( 3 ) in the course of a hair-cutting operation, and to be positionable by means of the return spring ( 55 ) in a defined rest position relative to the main part ( 2 ) when there are no displacing forces present.