To shave or to wax: what's the best method of hair removal?

Before I had wiskers I was told to put milk on my face and let the cat lick the milk and I would never have to shave. :D I have done a little research on the net and it seems the biggest difference between shaving and waxing is the time it takes for the hair to grow back. (That apart from the pain aspect)! Shaving lasts only a couple of days and the stubble starts growing out again, whereas waxing lasts for 3 to 6 weeks. Waxing has another advantage over shaving in that when the hair grows back, it is sparser than before. Shaving, on the other hand, encourages coarser hair regrowth. How bad is the pain? I have an average to below average amount of bodily hair. Would waxing be the way to go then? Threading sounds like it would be best suited to facial hair, or perhaps I am wrong. I just worry if I shave I will look like a mountain gorilla when it grows back again, or are my fears unfounded? I don't like the idea of the pain of waxing though. I saw that movie "40 year old virgin" and what they did to that guy's chest gave me second thoughts about waxing. It looked really painful. I don't mind a little pain ( a lot, even, as long as it is short lived) but I don't want torn nipples or scarring! So what do method do you use? Syd

Before I had wiskers I was told to put milk on my face and let the cat lick the milk and I would never have to shave. :D I have done a little research on the net and it seems the biggest difference between shaving and waxing is the time it takes for the hair to grow back. (That apart from the pain aspect)! Shaving lasts only a couple of days and the stubble starts growing out again, whereas waxing lasts for 3 to 6 weeks. Waxing has another advantage over shaving in that when the hair grows back, it is sparser than before. Shaving, on the other hand, encourages coarser hair regrowth. How bad is the pain? I have an average to below average amount of bodily hair. Would waxing be the way to go then? Threading sounds like it would be best suited to facial hair, or perhaps I am wrong. I just worry if I shave I will look like a mountain gorilla when it grows back again, or are my fears unfounded? I don't like the idea of the pain of waxing though. I saw that movie "40 year old virgin" and what they did to that guy's chest gave me second thoughts about waxing. It looked really painful. I don't mind a little pain ( a lot, even, as long as it is short lived) but I don't want torn nipples or scarring! So what do method do you use? Syd