For hair removal, have you looked at home IPL?  I am Caucasian with heavy dark hair (good candidate when not summer time.  Summertime i am really way to tan). Now my body is 99% hairless except my face.  Doing face now, but it very slow.

I used best in class IPL and cheap Amazon ones.  Cheap Amazon ones should be trown away after a few 100,000 flashes regardless of what they say.  

I still had a few light small hairs on my knees and arms, but I used an epilator for those.  My lower belly had lighter hairs that i used an epilator on. After a few months those are gone for good now.

Today I only use an epilator once every 1 or 2 moths to catch a few little hairs here and there.  Like the ones you can get on your ears every once in a while that make no sense lol.

Skin is super smooth, I think some of that is from PM and MSM.  Not sure, but I do like it.

If you are a good candidate, you may want to try it.  It takes some personal time, but I am happy I did it.  The face may require professional help, which I am looking into, but seems to be confusing.