The Romans and Egyptians had scissors, but it isn't immediately obvious that they could be used for such tasks at the time.
Ah, hello! I just graduated with my degree in Classics! I actually asked a professor about this in regards to body hair. Hair removal in the Classical times was quite popular since there was a preference for youthful beauty. The ancient Greeks did pluck their undesired body hairs out. Also, according to James Robson's article Beauty and Sex Appeal in Aristophanes, found in Eugesta: Journal on Gender Studies in Antiquity, 2013, Issue 3, another form of hair removal at the time would have been singeing the hair with a lamp.