Removing body hair with laser

Is a man allowed to remove his body hair with a razor/laser, of course apart from the 5 corners (the payot)?
Reasoning:
Since nowadays the practice of men removing body hair is widespread,
even though most of the men who remove it are not necessarily observant of Torah and mitzvot, it would seem that this nevertheless takes it out of the category of "lo yilbash" ("a man shall not wear a woman's garment"), since it is no longer only a women's practice.
Thank you very much

Shalom and blessings,

I will quote for you the ruling of our teacher, Rabbi Amram Fried shlita, on this matter:

Hair of the armpits and pubic area: According to the Shulchan Aruch, it is permitted only to trim with regular scissors, and noticeable hair must remain. According to the Rashba, even trimming is forbidden, and ideally one should be stringent like his opinion and not trim at all.

Other body hair: It is permitted to shave with scissors that cut like a razor (as in an electric shaver with a reliable hechsher). With wax or laser – it is forbidden.

Facial hair: Anything that is not within the definition of the payot of the head may be cut with scissors. With laser and wax it cannot be outright forbidden, but it is not the preferred practice (lechatchila).

See the sources.

Source: Yoreh De'ah, siman 182, se'if 1, and Darkei Teshuvah there, se'if katan 1.

Regarding hair on the rest of the body, the Shulchan Aruch there writes that in a place where men also remove hair, if he removed it, “we do not punish him.” And the Rema writes that even ideally it is permitted, and only the chavrim (especially pious people) refrain. In every place there are those who wanted to say that in our times, when non‑Jews remove body hair with laser, and also Jews who do not observe Torah and mitzvot remove it, and even some observant Jews have adopted a lenient practice in this (not based on a rabbinic ruling), there is no longer a prohibition of “lo yilbash” (“a man shall not wear a woman’s garment”). However, since the Perishah there is uncertain (and this is brought in the Hagahot of Rabbi Akiva Eiger there) and suggests that only if there are upright Jewish men who remove it is there no prohibition of “lo yilbash,” therefore it is forbidden to remove body hair with laser and wax. Nevertheless, as for removing facial hair with laser and wax, with regard to which there is a certain public of Torah‑observant Jews who are lenient, one should not permit it ideally, but one who is lenient has what to rely on.

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