I disagree about plucking causing it to return thicker or coarser.

I use an epilator (basically plucks a bunch at once). In time with regular use, I notice that a few of the hairs don't grow back. I guess they lost the battle so many times that they gave up

For me, depilatories didn't work well on the stubborn ones..

There is a prescription cream that I had tried once, but it is expensive and doesn't stop growth entirely or straight away.

I would love to get laser, but it's not in my foreseeable future.

(yaaaayyy hormone changes!)