From a formerly very hairy person ...
Laser is probably the best and most effective technique to deal with it.
I used epilators for a few years on my legs. Each time was quite painful. All it got me were pain during epilation, ingrown hair a week or two later, and itchyness for weeks thereafter. I listened to people who said that it would get better, but it did not. I was a very healthy high-testosterone male. Obviously my body hair were very thick and stong. The Braun, Philips, etc epilators were all the same for me - ineffective beyond a week.
I see that you are on HRT. The reduction in testosterone should take care of some of the hair.
For the rest, laser is probably your best choice. It takes time, but it is less painful and more effectively for the long term. It took me about 5-7 laser sessions per area of my body. Yes, this is an expensive proposition, but like you I too have had the great fortune of having been extremely hairy on the body (with hair loss on the head).
You must note if men in your ethnicity are hairy, the women are hairy too. So you do not need to be absolutely hairless. You merely need to reduce the darkness or prominence of the hair to the level at which the women of you ethnicity appear to be. I am not there yet, but I hope to be in couple more sessions. However, the amount of reduction in my body hair has been considerable since I started getting laser done.
