I'll stick with shaving... I really do get a VERY close shave. My cuts heal as I'm showering after. The problem is that even with a RIGHT AGAINST THE SKIN PERFECTLY SMOOTH fresh shave my facial hair is so dark and ashy, and my skin tone so pink and fair, and my skin so soft, that the shadow is TERRIBLE. Shadow is caused by the part of the hair that is under the skin and can't be gotten except with epilation.

I CAN'T epilate though, if I want to get laser. That root is required by laser, that's what the laser targets to heat up and burn out. By burning out the root, if the hair is in growth phase, it'll also burn out the bulb that makes the hair == no more hair there ever again.