[Avodah] Shaving with a Skarp - permitted?

[Akiva Miller via Avodah]

(Refer to the original post for more information about how this shaving
device works.) The first and most obvious comparison would be to a
lift-and-cut electric shaver, which many forbid because it cuts the hair
too close. However, I was taught that the issur of hashchasa refers not to
the destruction of the beard, but to destruction of the skin, and since ALL
electric shavers have some sort of screen or guard between the skin and the
cutting mechanism, they are all mutar to use. According to this view, I
would imagine that the critical question is how well this device can
distinguish between hair cells and skin cells. (I imagine that the
designers have already solved this, or else everyone would consider it
unsafe.)

Akiva Miller
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