A wife of a ts, knowing quite many other ts:s said today that there is something similar in the changes of our faces under the hormones. But unfortunately she could not define it exactly. She said it is something at the cheeks and the jaw and around the mouth. Something that TOGETHER give an overall female expression.
What do you think?
If I look at my old male pic and the new female pic, there is hardly anything same left, except the eyes and the area just around the eyes.

Laura

I guess this is something nobody has surveyed so far. And for a good study there should be a group of transitioning people. A bit difficult to organize, right?

Laura

Sandra´s advice is good.

First look what hormones can do, the 2 years full speed, as Sandra said, and then do the rest with surgery, if needed.
I could use surgery to reshape my forehead, but probably will never do that, since I pass okay already like this.
And I think passing is number one, beauty is secondary.

Laura

I still have, as a post-op, a daily dosis of 6mg estrofem and 100mg androcur. As prescribed by my endo of the Womens Hospital of the Helsinki University Hospital.
Today I have jeans and a tight black pullover, exactly the same cloths as I had BEFORE my coming out at job and my name change. But...I must say, I look now different. It is easier to notice in these cloths, which I used to wear in my "in-the-middle-period". My whole body has changed into something clearly female...

Laura

I´ll meet my endo next tuesday and I will talk about that and also about the continuation of the estros. My treatments will be removed now or a bit later to my local health center, as I get my "regular female" status. The government pays estrogens to women, but I just heard it doesn´t pay Estrofem but Progynova.
I cannot understand the logic. But I must talk about that, too, because she has prescribed me Estrofem so far.

Laura

Mirror, mirror on the wall...... Every mirror I look into is different. One shows my face is rounding, another different. I have also noticed a difference depending on the time of the day. The face appears more feminine in the evening

Hugs
Joanne

I've always been a Weaver fan, mainly because of the Alien movies. She plays a strong female character, while still coming across as a believable human being. For the same reason, I liked Linda Hamilton in the Terminator movies.

As for the hormones, I was only using them for a few months, but when I go back, I intend to stay on them, so it'll be interesting to notice what changes do/don't occur, facially.