hair pulluing

Asked by gab · June 11, 2004 · Shabbat

Question

Kavod Harav! From personal experience, I cannot even wet my hair without pulling out a few hairs. Maybe my hair follicals are weak. My question is, would it be assur for me to shampoo my hair on shabbat, knowing full well (on a personal level) that it will cause me to pull out hair? Thank you very much for your help.

Answer

Answered by Aaron Abadi

Not a problem, since when you touch your hair you are also pulling out hairs. These hairs are pretty much out already. The issue applies when using certain strong brushes that always pull out hairs that otherwise would have hung around for a while... AA