The table below presents an aligned extract of verses in Dt14-01b and Lv21-05 Both verses discuss the prohibition of creating baldness as a sign of mourning. The alignment justifies the Rashi assertion that Although it is traditional (Among idolaters) to place baldness between the eyes the Torah prohibits creating baldness any place on the head. Hence the two aligned verses
• Don't do it in the typical idolatrous way
• Also don't do it in general any place on the head

Verse	Text of Verse	Rashi comment
Dt14-01	Ye are the children of HaShem your G-d: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead	This prohibits making, in response to a death, a bald spot between the eyes, on the head.
Lv21-05	They shall not make baldness upon their head neither shall they shave off the corners of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh.	From the alignment we infer that both balding between the eyes as well as balding anyplace on the head is prohibited.

Advanced Rashi: Here is a typical question: If the Torah wanted to prohibit balding any place on the head why didn't it simply say so. The rough answer is that if the Torah only stated Don't bald on the head I would think that this refers to Balding on the head in the center between the eyes since this is the usual way of balding. Therefore the Torah went out of its way to state both Don't bald between the eyes and Don't bald on the head. The combined aligned verses prevent a reasonable restrictive interpretation of Don't bald on the head between the eyes.

Sermonic points: Why did the Torah prohibit this practice. Granted the idolaters did this but they did many things. Why was this singled out. I think the reason is as follows: Hair (in both sexes) is a sexal cue. It indicates youth and invites. A typical reaction to death is emotional collapse. The person may feel suicidal. The balding on the head between the eyes is consequently seen as a withdrawal symptom - the mourner sees youth symbolized by hair as a trap that leads to death and should be avoided. Therefore the Torah prohibited this practice. People should abstain during the week of mourning but thereafter they should resume normal life.