So I'm doing a lot of research right now on stuff like hair removal options, make up, transfem workout programs, and related stuff. Is there a beauty comm for this stuff in particular? Or could I use the fashion comm? I just don't want to intrude on more serious discussion with questions on makeup or cute leggings or whatever.
Also trying to come up with a good transition strategy. My plan so far is just to go forward with HRT, body hair removal, and growing my hair out, until I can't hide it anymore, then I can just be like, "Welp. Guess I'm a girl now lol" but not sure how well this would work in practice. I also need to lose weight which could complicate things, or maybe it could provide me with more motivation to do both? Not sure how HRT and weight loss go together though, honestly.
Oh and I've started thinking of names, but I'm worried what I come up with is gonna be cringey. I really don't want a "normal" name, though, but I also don't want an obvious goth princess name (though I do want to be a goth princess).
EDIT: Ok I thought of a good name that is something meaningful to me and is really starting to stick in my head...
My plan so far is just to go forward with HRT, body hair removal, and growing my hair out, until I can't hide it anymore
Lol I think this was my plan, and I just got to the "Im a girl now" part.
Boymoding is sort of bad in that it makes it very hard to live a full life, like you can't completely function socially when you're pretending to be a guy all the time. But I think it totally makes sense to boymode for a limited amount of time well you wait for HRT and sort out some other stuff. Going full time is scary, but it's less scary when you don't have a beard to worry about and such. Practicing voice helps a lot too if that's something you want to do.
I also lost 40lbs on HRT by counting calories. It's totally doable. HRT will debatebly make losing weight harder, but, like, cis women lose weight all the time.
We have a fashion com, but it doesn't get many posts. I would love to read more of your thoughts about this.
Boymoding is sort of bad in that it makes it very hard to live a full life, like you can't completely function socially when you're pretending to be a guy all the time.
I don't function socially (in the real world) right now at all, to be honest. So, enduring that a little while longer wouldn't be a huge shift away from where I'm at currently. I have been trying to socialize in vrchat more though, which is great because I can be whatever I want physically and I can also limit my socializing exclusively to pro-trans spaces.
Going full time is scary, but it's less scary when you don't have a beard to worry about and such.
I agree and hair removal is a huge focus of mine right now. Problem for me is that I have some grey hairs on my face, which makes that difficult to contain with IPL, though IPL would work for every other part of my body. Maybe a combo of HRT, waxing, IPL would work? And then electrolysis at some point?
Practicing voice helps a lot too if that's something you want to do.
Yes! I have already started getting into this a bit and plan to do some free virtual classes.
I also lost 40lbs on HRT by counting calories. It's totally doable. HRT will debatebly make losing weight harder, but, like, cis women lose weight all the time.
This gives me hope! Was there anything particularly difficult? I need to do a lot more research on this. Much thanks for the response/advice!
We have a fashion com, but it doesn't get many posts. I would love to read more of your thoughts about this.
So no one would mind if we took it over maybe? EDIT: To be clear, I didn't mean make it exclusive to trans people or something, but just to start posting more trans-related questions/threads there. I'm probably going to make a post there pretty soon on makeup stuffs.
We could take it over for sure however it might be hard to actually get other trans folks to pay attention to it? Like you just might not get a lot of replies. I'll go sub to it though
Honestly no, it was pretty simple. I was very depressed before I started E, and started feeling a lot better after a couple of months. That gave me the motivation to finally lose all the weight. I basically just started eating 2 meals a day and no snacks, and it came off pretty fast.
My plan so far is just to go forward with HRT, body hair removal, and growing my hair out, until I can’t hide it anymore, then I can just be like, “Welp. Guess I’m a girl now lol” but not sure how well this would work in practice.
I think that's sorta my plan for work except the planning to be a girl. Started with growing out hair and haven't started body hair removal yet (too busy during the summer). Didn't really worry about the logistics of it though. Started HRT mid-April and sorta hoped I wouldn't have any issues hiding it through the summer for work (while simultaneously wanting the changes to happen faster).
The not being out to my parents yet thing led to the slightly awkward situation of swimming topless at my parents a couple weeks ago and being asked by my stepmom again if I'm trans* while we're swimming because of the conversation (pretty sure there were not noticeable changes at that time so I don't think that was actually related). Topless estrogenated bodies should be normal anyways though.
*technically she didn't use the word, but it was implied.
So I'm doing a lot of research right now on stuff like hair removal options, make up, transfem workout programs, and related stuff. Is there a beauty comm for this stuff in particular? Or could I use the fashion comm? I just don't want to intrude on more serious discussion with questions on makeup or cute leggings or whatever.
Also trying to come up with a good transition strategy. My plan so far is just to go forward with HRT, body hair removal, and growing my hair out, until I can't hide it anymore, then I can just be like, "Welp. Guess I'm a girl now lol" but not sure how well this would work in practice. I also need to lose weight which could complicate things, or maybe it could provide me with more motivation to do both? Not sure how HRT and weight loss go together though, honestly.
Oh and I've started thinking of names, but I'm worried what I come up with is gonna be cringey. I really don't want a "normal" name, though, but I also don't want an obvious goth princess name (though I do want to be a goth princess).
EDIT: Ok I thought of a good name that is something meaningful to me and is really starting to stick in my head...
Lol I think this was my plan, and I just got to the "Im a girl now" part.
Boymoding is sort of bad in that it makes it very hard to live a full life, like you can't completely function socially when you're pretending to be a guy all the time. But I think it totally makes sense to boymode for a limited amount of time well you wait for HRT and sort out some other stuff. Going full time is scary, but it's less scary when you don't have a beard to worry about and such. Practicing voice helps a lot too if that's something you want to do.
I also lost 40lbs on HRT by counting calories. It's totally doable. HRT will debatebly make losing weight harder, but, like, cis women lose weight all the time.
We have a fashion com, but it doesn't get many posts. I would love to read more of your thoughts about this.
I don't function socially (in the real world) right now at all, to be honest. So, enduring that a little while longer wouldn't be a huge shift away from where I'm at currently. I have been trying to socialize in vrchat more though, which is great because I can be whatever I want physically and I can also limit my socializing exclusively to pro-trans spaces.
I agree and hair removal is a huge focus of mine right now. Problem for me is that I have some grey hairs on my face, which makes that difficult to contain with IPL, though IPL would work for every other part of my body. Maybe a combo of HRT, waxing, IPL would work? And then electrolysis at some point?
Yes! I have already started getting into this a bit and plan to do some free virtual classes.
This gives me hope! Was there anything particularly difficult? I need to do a lot more research on this. Much thanks for the response/advice!
So no one would mind if we took it over maybe?
EDIT: To be clear, I didn't mean make it exclusive to trans people or something, but just to start posting more trans-related questions/threads there. I'm probably going to make a post there pretty soon on makeup stuffs.
We could take it over for sure however it might be hard to actually get other trans folks to pay attention to it? Like you just might not get a lot of replies. I'll go sub to it though
Maybe she could repost them here? Are reposts a thing on hexbear?
Don't know :/
Honestly no, it was pretty simple. I was very depressed before I started E, and started feeling a lot better after a couple of months. That gave me the motivation to finally lose all the weight. I basically just started eating 2 meals a day and no snacks, and it came off pretty fast.
Please ask questions on the fashion comm! I think that there would be a lot of grateful transfemmes if you do!
This is def the place to discuss clothing and fashion!!
I think that's sorta my plan for work except the planning to be a girl. Started with growing out hair and haven't started body hair removal yet (too busy during the summer). Didn't really worry about the logistics of it though. Started HRT mid-April and sorta hoped I wouldn't have any issues hiding it through the summer for work (while simultaneously wanting the changes to happen faster).
The not being out to my parents yet thing led to the slightly awkward situation of swimming topless at my parents a couple weeks ago and being asked by my stepmom again if I'm trans* while we're swimming because of the conversation (pretty sure there were not noticeable changes at that time so I don't think that was actually related). Topless estrogenated bodies should be normal anyways though.
*technically she didn't use the word, but it was implied.