Facial Hair Removal and Boy-Mode
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transSo I'm worried about facial hair removal and trying to maintain some level off passing / stealth.
My transition has been scattered and disorganized, between not having enough money and getting kicked out of my parents' house it's a mess. I've been on hormones since December (minus a month due to money). I've never really had a "full-time" / "part-time" division but I guess you could say I went "full-time" around May (there was no more conscious "boy-mode" after I got kicked out in April and even before I stopped really trying in front of my parents).
The past month or two, I've enjoyed the ability to live as myself without causing any giggles or awkward questions. I've been putting it off for a month (since I got my financial aid money) but Friday I am supposed to go in and get my name changed (it's not a court date, they do walk-in here). So I'm nervous about "am I really ready to make the legal jump". It was very awkward going to school as a girl during Summer quarter but having a boy's name on the roster and I don't want to do that again.
I know you're "supposed" to wait like a year or two between starting hormones and electro and going "full-time" but what happens if I'm already there? Does anybody have experience doing electro this late? I don't want to have to shave and wear makeup every day for the rest of my life...
I want to try laser but it's getting the money together and taking the Greyhound down to Seattle or Portland which would be a bitch. There's an electro place in my town that I know some trans women use so they must not be horrible (I hope!). I may try to pay for it by selling plasma, we'll see.
My transition has been scattered and disorganized, between not having enough money and getting kicked out of my parents' house it's a mess. I've been on hormones since December (minus a month due to money). I've never really had a "full-time" / "part-time" division but I guess you could say I went "full-time" around May (there was no more conscious "boy-mode" after I got kicked out in April and even before I stopped really trying in front of my parents).
The past month or two, I've enjoyed the ability to live as myself without causing any giggles or awkward questions. I've been putting it off for a month (since I got my financial aid money) but Friday I am supposed to go in and get my name changed (it's not a court date, they do walk-in here). So I'm nervous about "am I really ready to make the legal jump". It was very awkward going to school as a girl during Summer quarter but having a boy's name on the roster and I don't want to do that again.
I know you're "supposed" to wait like a year or two between starting hormones and electro and going "full-time" but what happens if I'm already there? Does anybody have experience doing electro this late? I don't want to have to shave and wear makeup every day for the rest of my life...
I want to try laser but it's getting the money together and taking the Greyhound down to Seattle or Portland which would be a bitch. There's an electro place in my town that I know some trans women use so they must not be horrible (I hope!). I may try to pay for it by selling plasma, we'll see.