Consider Laser hair removal like weightloss. Would you be embarrassed to lose weight? I think if anything, the people around you, who truly care for & value you, would be happy to see you are doing something about your problem. I bet it will help with your depression to a degree and they'll notice your improved mood/attitude more then any reduction in hair.
Just think of it as personal grooming. You don't shy from brushing your teeth, or washing your hair - why shy away from managing an unatural condition which clearly bothers you?
BTW, I laser my whole face/neck. Like you, I'm fair skinned with dark hair. Some areas are finer then others, yet due to years of shaving, most of the hairs pre-laser appeared/felt coarse and dense. I had a lot of hair to begin with. I've had about 8 treatments now, and a lot of the hair has gone away. Also, a lot of what remains is finer and more sparse then before. It's almost like the laser is reversing the process of time and my hair is coming in the way it first did (before it was a major problem for me).
My personal advice woud be don't start shaving unless you intend on doing laser treatments. When I first started shaving it was GREAT. For a few years, I was like "wow, why didn't I do this sooner?" But eventually it reeked havoc on my face, with shaddows and bad stubble and changing the appearance/feel of the hair. (It doesn't change the actual hair follicle, but imagine cutting a hair at it's thickest part, it won't look/feel soft/fine anymore. This is just my personal advice, maybe other cysters without as much hair as I had didn't run into this problem. But if I had to do it over again, I would have NEVER reached for that razor. But like I mentioned it is the best thing to do between laser treatments, and it is only temporary and for shorter periods of time, as eventually the hair will be gone.
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