Can a man remove hair?

Question

May a man remove hair from his body through any of the following methods:

• Electrolysis
• Tweasing
• Plucking

I am asking specifically about hair between the eyes (unibrow) but I would be interested if there are halachot that apply to other parts of the body as well. Does this fall under "Lo Tilbash"?

similar topic is discussed here

Answer 1

From the Sefer Nishmas Avraham Siman 182

וכן שמעתי מהגרש״ז אויערבאך זצ״ל לגבי בחור שצמחו לו שערות בין שתי גבות עיניו שזה נקרא מום ומותר לו להסירם: Uni brow is called a blemish and it can be removed.

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The Shulchan Aruch 182:1 itself holds like the Rambam that one can remove other hair from the body with scissors except for the armpits and bais ha'erva. However there is a Mordichai that holds it is assur unless it causes the person tzar(pain),but the Shulchan Aruch doesn't bring that opinion down.

See here Nazir 58b for the discussion of this topic.

Answer 2

Yes. It is normal in our current Western society for men to do such things (certainly for a unibrow), and the rule of thumb for Lo Yilbash is if it's normal, it's not forbidden (Shulchan Aruch and Rema YD 182:1). R. Akiva Eiger (ad loc.) cites a Perisha who writes that we look at the non-Jewish society around us to determine what is normal.