[Avodah] The Ramchal's Beard

[Moshe Y. Gluck via Avodah]

R' MB:
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.

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Shabbos 80b discusses a few depilatory methods, at least one of which was intended for facial hair. 

KT, 
MYG

P.S. I recall reading once that male Native Americans used to use wooden tweezers to remove facial hair.