Hey ghosts in my machine! I promise not to spam post but I made a body progress college I wanted to share with you all. It’s from the day I finally decided I was tired of how I was presenting and needed a change from around 8 years ago. It took my first weight loss transition to reach my goal and realize I still hated my mirror to finally be absolutely certain I was trans. It took another 7 years after that to know I couldn’t just let it go.

It’s been a worn tooth and nail journey, and I’m not where I want yet, but when I see myself now, I finally see me. I hope the same for you.

  • RIPandTERROROP
    7·
    6 months ago

    I don’t personally feel it’s rude? The subject matter is my medical transition progress and I think the question is relevant.

    No surgery. I’m way too poor. Just the stereotypical autism-baby-face with a bit of hrt luck and smiling helps me a lot. Cheeks aren’t fully there when I got RBF going.

    I try to smile a lot to compensate 😅

    My regime is oral estradiol, Spironolactone and progesterone (since month 6).

    On the I hit 9 months hrt early this month.

    Current resting face

    • 🦄🦄🦄@feddit.orgDeutsch
      6·
      6 months ago

      Thanks! This really gives me hope I might be ok without ffs as well!

      (And you are gorgeous btw :3)

      • RIPandTERROROP
        6·
        6 months ago

        Many people are. I’d say the vast majority of people I know personally were fine without it, but I do have friends who felt it was a need.

        My advice is give hrt a year and a half to two years to do it’s work first and see how you feel. Take daily photos too. Really smart choice I made I think. Made it easier to start seeing differences and It’s fun scrolling and watching my face change over time.

        (Thank you for the compliments 🥹)

    • RavenFellBlade@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 months ago

      Autism baby face? That explains so, so much. I didn’t know that was a thing, but several of my trans friends are on the spectrum and all of them have very soft, youthful faces.

      • RIPandTERROROP
        5·
        6 months ago

        Yup. It’s a thing.

        Been told by a few people there may be something to autism being tied to how our connective tissue develops and forms. I’m not a bioscience girl tho. I just plug people’s power cords into the wall and pretend I’m smart when they praise me for fixing their computer.