Ans yeah, for him to be a first-time head shaver taking off all that hair, there's no way he'd have that smooth a shave.
But yeah, it's just TV!
And appreciate the (all too seldom) message that being bald is not only OK, but desirable and sometimes advantageous.
Here's the opposite situation... hire a bald actor and give him a really bad wig for the before scenes:
I still think the schick one is real. Check out modern family from last week... they gave Luke a really good bald wig, but they still couldn't get the back of the neck right in one shot. I've never seen a bald wig where the back of the neck doesn't wrinkle hugely when you turn your head. This guy's doesn't do that.
Here's the opposite situation... hire a bald actor and give him a really bad wig for the before scenes:
I love the way he can't stop rubbing his head after the "shave" in that one. Kinda like me.