Is it permissible to trim pubic hair and armpit hair without shaving them? Is it permissible to apply makeup around the eyes or to have fillers to conceal dark circles and sunken eyes? Is it permissible or forbidden to remove excess eyebrow hair and to shape them?
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It is permissible to trim pubic hair, with shaving being preferable. Removing hair with depilatory powder (nura) or plucking is permissible. There is no religious impediment to trimming armpit hair.
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