[Avodah] The Ramchal's Beard

[Micha Berger via Avodah]

The Ramchal famously had the cleanshaven look.

But Google tells me the depillatory was invented in 1844 by a Dr
Gouraud of the US.

The history of hair removal stories I found focus on women. And they
suggest methods I cannot picture people did to cheeks: waxing, pumice,
wax/resin, tweezers, and of course sharp blades -- starting with the
Sumerians using the edge of a broken seashell.

So I'm wondering how it was done.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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