Quote from: JuliaVB on December 13, 2012, 08:43:56 PM
So I'm going to be starting hormones in less than a month and wondering what i should be expecting. From what I can gather is that Ill grow breasts, lose muscle and my body hair will become thinner. Is there anything else I can expect, should i be realistic in thinking that I can attain a natural female hairline from a receding hairline, can I expect my voice to slightly change or is it all practice, will my emotional state be changing to? Those are just a few questions I got, I'm brimming with them!
1) Your hairline recovery depends on genetics and, from what I understand, how long the follicles have been miniaturized. The hair you've lost in the past ... say 3 years or so may come back, but anything over that, maybe not.
2) Your voice will not really change. Practice getting the reverberation out of your chest now.
3) Your emotional state will probably change. The first thing was I was much more volatile. Mood swings will be a reality. Your emotional attachment to sex will probably strengthen too. You'll have to get used to caring about others too, because that's hard not to do on estrogen.
4) Your natural body odor will change, too. You may not notice much change, but others will. I've had a couple comments pre-transition and a couple right after transition to the effect of "Your house / car smells like a girls".
5) Sweating will probably be reduced noticeably.
6) Scalp hair may grow faster.
7) Your feet may shrink slightly (or dramatically like mine... I went from an 8.5 / 9 mens to a 7.5 / 8 womens).
Your height may lessen. This could be due to the fatty layer in the bottom of the feet disappearing, and ligament shrinking throughout the body. I even stand different now. I can't really stand straight up like I used to... my back has a natural arch in it, which is probably why I did shrink nearly 3".
9) Your skin may be "shinier" due to the upper layer of the epidermis (stratum corneum) becoming thinner and smoother, bringing the transparent layer (stratum lucidum) closer to the surface.
10) You will probably have less acne, yet drier skin (due to the sebaceous glands being less productive as a result of less testosterone availability)
11) Your nails may become more brittle (but this may be due to Spironolactone drying out the body, leading to drier nails)
12) Gain weight easier (fat).
13) You may gain more sensitivity to male pheromones, and the sensitivity to female pheromones may decrease. For me, I notice immediately when I go into a room that a guy sleeps in, when previously that was a more dulled sense. The opposite was true for females to me. Also, oddly enough women smell more stale to me than they ever did before. My sexuality didn't change, I was into men before, and I'm into men now. However I am *more* attracted to men than I was before. Women are equally if not more repulsive to me now than they were before.
14) People say I suck more at driving... and I kinda agree with them =/
15) Adorable stuff becomes more attractive ♥
I'm sure there's more.
