Hello all. I’m now three months into hormones, and four months into electrolysis. I haven’t done an update in a while for two reasons, A) there has been next to no changes so far, and B) I’ve been getting a lot of bad news about the transition lately.
I’ll start with the changes, since there isn’t much to say there. The only noticeable physical change I’ve had so far is that my nipples have become swollen and sore to touch. As for other things like fat redistribution, emotional changes, breast growth, facial changes, ect, there’s been none of that. I know it’s still early, but it’s discouraging to be no different than I was at the start three months ago.
As for the reason I’m losing confidence in the transition, it’s because of a lot of bad news I’ve gotten about electrolysis, and body hair removal in general. I originally thought it would take 6 to 8 months for the electrolysis to remove my facial hair, and then I planned on doing electrolysis on other parts of my body. However, the electrolysis will actually take two years or more just to do my facial hair (at my current rate of four hours per week, which is a lot). If it takes 2+ years just to do my face, relying on electrolysis for the rest of my body isn’t feasible because that might take a decade or two.
My only other options for removing my body hair is laser hair removal, or simply relying on the hormones to thin it out. However, standard lasers do absolutely nothing on redheads. I’ve heard about a few alternate forms of laser that might work, but all the research I’ve done is wildly inconsistent about whether or not any alternate form of laser works on redheads at all. Some say it works fine, others say it will do nothing. The same goes for my research on hormones effecting body hair, because the effect on body hair is just as inconsistent in what I’ve read from research and other transgenders.
At this point I don’t know what to do anymore. I simply can’t transition if there’s no way to remove my body hair, and I have no solution for it. I would really like to hear from any transgenders out there who have light colored hair (red, blonde, gray), and find out what, if anything, worked for their body hair.
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Don’t go with nor even take a consultation with any of those chain/franchise laser places. They are a ripoff and they won’t be truthful about potential results and quite frankly I would question the full honesty of an electrologist about various hair removal methods. Seek a real medical dermatology facility owned and staffed by MD Dermatologists that advertises that they are experts and specialists in all skin related uses of lasers including hair removal and that they have invested in the most state-of-the-art laser devices and they know how to use them. You will know you have found such a… Read more »
Took me 9 months before I felt comfortable with myself
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First things first. I’m Black. When I first started my hair removal process, I was told that due to me being Black, any kind of hair removal that I wanted to do was going to be not easy. Hair for us Black people grows under the skin in a curls, thus making it very hard for it to be rid of permanently. With all of that being said, I was then told that I should do laser hair removal first in order to lighten the load, and then do electrolysis next to get rid of whatever was left over. So… Read more »
Hi Fox My name is Amanda . I am 36 Years old, You can find me on Facebook Amanda Lynn Blackwell. If I can transition any one can. I know you want it to be like in your animations, but the reality of it all it takes time and patience..Just take your transition one day at a time.. Love life for the moment and who you are becoming,, Love Amanda
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SF. What’s the update on your transition? What’s new with it?
I’ll probably do an update for month 5, which is in three weeks.