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[–] pointnull 1 points 54 minutes ago

She's beautiful 😍😍

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

You look like my mom 😍

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You looked cool before but now you look

really fuckin' cool.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

finger guns

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Wow, I saw this on my all/Top/6hours feed and thought, "I don't get it, why did the lady steal his hat?" until I realized what instance it was from.

(Editing to add, as a cis woman myself I have to shave my chin daily, good thing it's all gray now and less noticeable. Epilators and laser didn't work for me, so I just shave. There's more of us than you would ever know, so don't let unreasonable female beauty standards give you gender dysphoria, hon.)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 hours ago

😍😍😍

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 46 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I love being a woman so fucking much. Thank you all for teaching me to believe in myself.

[–] TSG_Asmodeus 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Your eyes are stunning. You are absolutely slaying with that smile.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

thank you so much!

[–] thesporkeffect 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

If you don't mind me asking, how long in between the pictures?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

The picture on the left is from October of last year, the picture on the right was from last night. So almost 1 year. My egg broke 4 months ago and i'm exactly 3 months on HRT!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That's incredible, all that from just 3 months of HRT. It's really impressive. I wish I were that lucky, it took me more than 3 years to get much progress on HRT myself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

mind you i'm wearing a full face of makep there, have lost over 50lbs and spent at least 10 minutes getting that angle just right; I'm working it from every direction!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 59 minutes ago

I guess that makes sense, still is incredible.

[–] thesporkeffect 17 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

That is incredible. You look so much happier!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Thank you! I'm a completely different and much happier person now. That pic on the left was a good one for the time and I was doing better than usual.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

πŸ₯° never gets old lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

I'm so happy you are able to finally be you

[–] Frozzie 10 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

As a very fresh transfem (not on hrt yet) you give me power and validation. It's helping a lot. You are beautiful ! Thanks for sharing

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[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh 12 points 9 hours ago

Well I'll be doggoned cowgirl

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

thank you very much <3

[–] Iheartcheese 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago

😍😍😍

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

If it's not indiscrete to ask. Did the beard go with the hormones or is there still the need for you to shave? (If it indeed is to indiscrete to be answered, then please just ignore the question. πŸ™‚)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 hour ago

Not the OP, but I am transfem myself. No unfortunately beard doesn't go away with hormones. It grows slightly more slowly and the hairs are finer, but it's still there. I haven't had laser or electrolysis to remove the hairs permanently so I still have to shave. I hate it so much, I wish my beard would just go away 😭

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

i think that's what this comm is all about!

My beard continues to grow although the rate of growth slowed a bit. It is the only thing that really gives me dysphoria.

On the daily i shave it, on the weekly i zap it with IPL to make it grow even slower/thinner.

In the near term i'm looking into epilating the parts that are safe to.

In the long term i intend to get electrolysis which is how you permanently (i think) stop the facial hair growth!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

It might be the communities main purpose, but even then different people might experience the same thing with different levels of (dis-)comfort. Therefore my careful question. πŸ™‚ Thank you very much for the copious response!

[–] wetsoggybread 15 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Not OP or trans myself but my cousin transitioned and from what I remeber she mentioned that she would need to shave and even set up laser hair removal sessions

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 hours ago

Thanks! πŸ™‚

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Hormones don't stop beard growth.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago

Wasn't sure about that. Thanks for the answer!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

πŸ₯³Congrats!!πŸŽ‰

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

thank you :)