I used to need deodorant every single day or I could smell myself. 4 months... nearly 5 months into HRT (4 months 2 weeks since starting E) and I hadn't been noticing ANY odor coming from my underarms. Basically, I've been wearing deodorant simply to keep from sweating lately. I've actually been concerned about that because, well tbh I was looking forward to that point where I could smell the hormones shifting my body scent to more of a female scent.
Until tonight.
So I lifted my arms to stretch and looked to the side to watch tv... and god it hit me. It's definitely not the same smell I had as a hormonal male. IDK if yall can understand this (and sorry if this grosses yall out), I used to have sort of a bean dip kind of smell and it never used to be very potent even if I had been sweating alot. The smell I hinted at tonight smelled like onions or something, and holy crap it's strong! It's so strong that my deodorant is not even coming close to covering it up. I haven't even been sweating!
Great. Something else to feel self conscious about. Just when I was worried about how I'm going to hide my rather rapidly growing breasts until I transition and how to tend to my extremely dry skin (Which I'm handling well), now I have a body odor problem that will not shut the heck up that I probably never had since I was 15. And I thought my chance of ever having a boyfriend was slim before!
Now, I have read that men tend to have more of a cheesy smell that isn't actually very strong, while females tend to smell like garlic but is far more strong. So I'm pretty sure what is going on is not outside of the norm. My wonder, instead, is how do I deal with this odor? Am I going to have to wait until February (my next endo visit / lab works) to figure out what to do? Ahhhhh I hate not being hygenic, help!!
