The best way of removing facial hair depends on how much you have and how fast it's growing. If you've got a full male-type growth of coarse black hair and it's fast growing, then probably shaving is the best way. If you've got a few very fine hairs at the corners of your upper lip, then just about any method is fine.

For me, shaving with a (men's) electric razor is quick, painless and reliable. Ideal for someone with sensitive skin.

adie32 wrote
> I pluck too and my personal preference is plucking. It only takes
> and few minutes once you really know what you are doing. I also have
> very minimal discoloration on my upper lip, but that came from when I
> had my upper lip hair waxed 5 times in a row years ago. Absolutely no
> more waxing for me, lol.

Waxing is in fact a method of plucking, albeit a bit less selective.

> On the shaving being the best way to rid hair? Hmmm, I, myself would
> only shave facial hair as an absolute last resort. Years ago, instead
> of shaving, I used to trim my facial hair with one of those little
> pointy cuticles scissors and it was ok, but I REALLY hated the fact that
> I had horrible razor stubble. My daughter mentioned to me that my face
> was prickly and that was the last straw, lol.

How old was your daughter when she commented on your face being prickly?

> No more trimming! Now I am an expert at plucking and really do not mind
> doing it at all.

Once we get used to anything we tend not to mind it.

> Besides, women have been plucking facial hair for years. I have read old
> beauty books that used to show women how to pluck facial hair correctly.
> Anyway, it sucks to be female and have facial hair but unfortunately it
> does happen and one just has to learn to suck it up and deal with it in
> their own way, I guess.

Indeed. There tends to come a point, however, especially after the drop in estrogen after the menopause, when the growth of facial hair coarsens and becomes more masculine. And it can often get to the stage where it's so coarse that plucking and waxing no longer work -- it just won't pull out. Shaving is often the only practical option left.