Hello my name is Trish.I am sooo sorry that someone told you to shave.Esspecially if it was Fine Hair and the first time you tried to remove the facial hair too if I didn't misunderstand.Honey if I Knew then what I know now I would have never began shaving.**For one if it is fine hair you can either get bleach for facial hair,and it only works on the thin hairs that has never been shaved. I tried that too.After I had started shaving it.**Secondly they also make removal cream just for you face.It's better than shaving because it doesnt make it come back darker after and courser after each time.For me it lasts for several says.Whatever you do DONT use the products for your legs, like NAIR. It will cause a rash and dry out your skin too.(Yes I have tried that too)
I really understand what you are going through. It started with me when I was 15.At first it was just the upper lip. Then it was sideburns(thats the only way I know to describe it).Now I am 36 yrs old and it has gotten worse in the last 10 yrs.I now have the hair on my chest,breast, and back.On top of all that my hair on my head is receading like a mans.I FEEL LIKE A CIRCUS FREAK AND GET TREATED LIKE ONE TOO. I am not telling you this to scare you. Just to begin with "I Understand".
I have spent yrs going to Dr.'s. Last summer the Dr. I was seeing diagnosed me with PCOS-Polycystic Overian Syndrome. She gave me a pill to take, but the side effects were horriable.I took them any way.And never seen the differance.When I as her she said it takes a yr or longer to see results. Well that discouraged me,for one the medician is NOT cheap.Being a single mom I really could not afford it. My childs medician had to come first.
Then a few months ago my niece talked me into going to the diet Dr. with her.
I am so glad I did.
The first questions he ask was not about my weight at all.(And it probably should have been)But in stead he was aking about the history of the Facial Hair.I expalined to him everything upto the diagnosis last yr.
He put out me on a Tyhroid medication.Its been 60 days now. I have new baby hairs growing on my head,and the hair on my face is thinning out.Dr.Sanders toldme to be patient and try to lose weight along with the Thyroid Medician that I shold see results quicker then I think.THERE IS A CREAM NOW THAT ALSO HELPS.BUT IT IS PRESCRIBED BY THE DR.
This is called "Vaniqa".It slows down the hair growth to where eventually it dies and stops growing at all.
I think you need to go to you GYN and ask to have test ran to help you know for sure what is causing YOUR problem.
I am finally seeing results after 1/2 my life in agony.
I will keep you in my prayers and hope you get results soon.Please keep me informed on how you are doing.

It isn't shaving that makes hair coarse -- one shaves because the hair is becoming more coarse and obvious.

If hair is very fine and the growth not hormonally-driven, then other methods may be OK. If it's coarse, male-type hair growth, then shaving is sometimes the only effective answer.

A complete hormonal assessment is always an excellent idea and if the problem isn't of long standing it may be possible to reverse the situation by getting all hormones within the normal limits for females.