These [people] may cut their hair during [Chol] HaMoed: One who arrived from abroad; [was released] from captivity; left prison; or the excommunicate whose ban was lifted by the sages. Similarly, one who applied to a sage and had been released [from his vow]; the nazir or the metzora who returns from [a state of] contamination to [a state of] purity.

And these [people] may launder [their clothing] during [Chol] HaMoed: One who arrived from abroad; [was released] from captivity; left prison; or the excommunicate whose ban was lifted by sages. Similarly, one who applied to a sage and was released [from his vow].  Hand towels, barbers' cloths, and bath towels [may also be laundered].  Zavim, zavos, menstruants, women who have given birth, and all who return from [a state of] contamination to [a state of] purity, these are permitted [to launder their clothing], but all others are forbidden.