It has now become common for Muslims, both men and women, to go for hair removal treatments such as laser and IPL.

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It has now become common for Muslims, both men and women, to go for hair removal treatments such as laser and IPL. Many people who ask the Ulama about the permissibility of such treatments often do not explain the whole process. They restrict their enquiries to only the actual treatment, and receive the response that as long as these treatments are not harmful, they are allowed. Thus we find many Muslim men and women frequently going to remove facial, body, underarm, and can you believe it, even their pubic hair. The treatments are carried out in salons or at privately owned enterprises by mostly female and sometimes male beauty therapists who view the exposed body. Please comment on this issue.