hair on the upper lip tends to be a genetic and also hormonal pattern. so you should have an evaluation to make sure that there are no hormonal alternations. so if you have gone on or off oral contraceptives that can be a cause behind it. otherwise you can treat it and laser hair removal is probably the most effective treatment to do. electrolysis is also very effective. but even these two treatments in an area on the face such as the upper lip tends to not be permanent and you will have to do maintenance treatments over time. shaving and plucking are fine. shaving will not make your hair coarser in the long run although it will appear and feel coarser because the tip of the hair will have a different shape and it will feel rougher to the skin as it grows back in; that will soften over time. plucking is fine as well. however that can cause ingrown hairs and some redness so you have to be careful there. there is a cream called vaniqa that affects an enzyme that the hair follicle requires to grow. and it blocks that enzyme; it's kind of a reverse rogaine that way. so that will help slow the hair growth. so if you are plucking or shaving or doing any other hair removal treatments such as waxing or even laser plus vaniqa that might help slow that hair growth and you might get longer lasting results.
i am in my 30s and i am starting to get hairs on my chin and upper lip. why? . i can't afford to have it lasered. can i shave it or pluck it? i heard it will grow back thicker if i do.