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Is there a halachic issue of wax strips for hair on Shabbat? These are sticky wax strips typically placed on arms and legs which when detached pull off some of the hair
I know there is a prohibition of sewing, but that doesn’t apply to human skin. This also isn’t medical treatment. Beyond this are there any halachic concerns?
Stripping hair is forbidden on Shabbat because of the melacha of gozez. Doing so with a tool explicitly meant to strip hair is a Biblical prohibition.
From chabad.org
Shearing, the av melachah of gozez, is forbidden on Shabbat, and involves cutting or uprooting hair, nails, or anything else that grows from a person, animal, or bird.
The Biblical prohibition of gozez is only transgressed if one uses an instrument meant for that purpose, like a pair of scissors or a nail clipper. [...]
See also here.
