Do Not Wear
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Question
Hello, is it permissible to trim hair that is not in the armpit area and similar, for a male? And how?
Answer
Hello
I am copying for you the instruction page of the Gaon, Rabbi Avraham Fried, shlita
Other body hair: It is permissible to shave with scissors like a razor (as with a good kosher electric shaver),
but waxing and laser are forbidden (however, facial hair [all that is not considered part of the head's corners] with laser and wax -
although not ideal, cannot be prohibited).
Source
Yoreh De'ah, Siman 182, סעיף 1 and Darkei Teshuva there, סעיף קטן 1, 4
Regarding hair on the rest of the body, it is written in the Shulchan Aruch that in places where men also remove hair, if he removes it, 'he is not beaten',
and the Rema wrote that even initially it is permitted, and only the pious refrain everywhere
Some wanted to say that in our times, when non-Jews remove body hair with laser, and even Jews who do not observe the commandments
remove, and even some who observe Torah and commandments have allowed this (not according to the instruction of a sage), there is no longer
a prohibition of 'do not wear'
However, since the Pri Megadim there is uncertain, saying [and it is brought in the glosses of Rabbi Akiva Eiger there] that only if there are Jewish men
who remove, there is no 'do not wear', therefore it is forbidden to remove body hair with laser and wax
However, removing facial hair with laser and wax, since there is a certain community observing Torah and commandments that permits it,
it is not initially permitted, but one who is lenient has what to rely on