הלכה על בבא מציעא 5:3

Although Rav Shternbuch does not cite any precedent for his view, perhaps we can garner support for his approach from a suggestion made by Rav Akiva Eiger (Y.D. 181:6).³A similar suggestion is made the Tiferet Shmuel (Bava Metzia 5:3). Some background information is needed to understand this suggestion. First, we must note that a man is forbidden to shave his face with a razor (makif) and is forbidden to be shaved by a razor (nikaf; see Makkot 20b). A woman is not included in this prohibition (Kiddushin 1:7), but violates lifnei iveir if she shaves a man’s face with a razor (Shulchan Aruch ad. loc.).