Quote from: Nidalexi on October 11, 2013, 01:09:12 PM
I won't argue that you can probably pass with what you have, but to say FFS wouldn't benefit you is a wild misstatement. You have a fairly long face, (consider so do some natal women) and long faces I'd say definitely have a harder time coming off as female, having some jaw work done with a little big of nose and chin work would definitely benefit you as it would help make your face appear visually more feminine, round.
In the end though, that's just vanity- I think you'd do okay with enough confidence.
This was my point. I'll use myself as an example, and this is my own personal opinion. Many of the people posting here have very nice feminine features, and certainly more so than I. Damn you all! lol But natal males tend to have larger noses and the brow ridge and a square jaw, but not everyone and in different degrees. Some are fortunate to lack these features. Now some natal women also have these traits to some extent. It can be very attractive up to a point. Too much and you have a manly looking woman. We have all seen them. They attract attention just because they look different. I'll notice them, and while I'm not thinking they are trans, I am thinking "that's an odd looking woman". Some natal females have large noses. It's often not very attractive. I think another difference is that a trans woman that hasn't had any FFS will often wear makeup to soften their features, while natal women often won't. So yet another tip off.
For myself I don't think I could pass as female. I have some advantages in that I'm small and not very masculine looking, but my nose in particular makes my face very male. I had a natal women call me pretty the other night, which felt good, but that doesn't mean she felt I looked like a female... Or maybe she did. Lol
So for illustrative purposes, this is me as I look everyday. I'm not trying to pass, this is my "guy mode", or as much as anyone is going to get from me.
I wear mostly unisex clothing, or women's clothes that I can get away with. I avoid the "man in a dress" look at all costs, and I also try not to look gay, only because i'm not (but i am as a woman, how confusing lol but I'm not trying to have guys hit on me, which happened all the time when i was younger) I'm gong to have my brows threaded this week, but I think even then and with makeup I'd be stretching the imagination a little. Lol
I'd be overjoyed if HRT changed my features enough to not need FFS. But at my age it's probably not going to do enough.
I'm vain, so I want to like my appearance, and I often don't.
