photo credit: bodyandhairdirectI use waxing frequently for my upper lip hair. That hair didn't bother me during my teenage years but since having roommates and boyfriends in college I've grown more self-conscious. I found waxing as the most effective way to remove my upper lip stubble.
Once I did try doing laser hair removal on my upper lip. It wasn't very painful. The laser would shoot a cooling gel right after the laser itself. My skin would be red for about a half hour but it wasn't that bad. And because most of my upper lip hair is so lightly colored, the laser hair removal didn't work as effectively as I would have liked. So I continue to wax it off every so often. Maybe once a month. And I usually use Micro Tweeze (pictured above). You just warm it up in the microwave and spread it on, wait a few seconds, then rip it off real fast. Simple! Hair grows back after about a week. So it's only a temporary solution.
