Shaving is mentioned because this is the most common method, but it is also permissible to remove hair by waxing, plucking, etc.

Unlike plucking, threading removes an entire row of hair at a time so it is quicker, more accurate and less painful, the store says, although the treatment still smarts.

Trichotillomania is the name given to the habitual plucking or pulling of the hair from the head or other parts of the body.