Quote from: Christine167 on October 05, 2013, 11:38:57 PM
Learningtolive you are still very young so you have plenty of time to get to where you want to be. I never thought I'd be able to buy a house and a brand new car when I was your age either but things have a habit of just coming together. So save your pennies, build up your credit score, and study hard so that you can build up some marketable skills now.
I know that you can do this 
True. I'm actually not upset at all by my economic limitations. My new job is a blessing and will allow me to invest in my future. I believe in working hard and making something out of oneself. But at the moment, it is wise for me to recognize my limitations. My family needs money and I'm happy to give whatever I can. The rest will go into my transition fund, but I want to be wise about how and when I spend. For now, it's about being frugal, saving up SRS money, and spending on what I can for the rest.
Quote from: Joules on October 05, 2013, 09:44:19 PM
1)Diet pills. I was taking Dexedrine prior to starting HRT. It helped me take off about 60 pounds. It's not officially a diet pill, I'm prescribed it for ADD. My doc had no complaints in letting me continue, however, there seemed to be an incompatibility between E and Dex. It made me feel nauseous and so forth. I quit Dex for a while until I adjusted to E, then managed to restart albeit at 2/3 my previous dose. Between E and Dex, I have trouble sleeping sometimes, so I have nearly quit Dex altogether.We looked at Fenteramine, but it's rather expensive and not covered by my insurance. My GP didn't mention any conflicts with E. Don't try the "Other" Fenteramine, it is dangerous stuff.
2 & 3) I have been using a Tria home laser, it seems to work on the colored parts of my beard. Half of my beard is grey, laser doesn't touch that. I got my Tria for $250 from a Craigslist ad, it seems to be well made, should last quite a while. Spiro turned my torso hair vellus, but it was sparse to begin with. I might get on Bicalutamide in place of Spiro which does wonders to eliminate body hair.
4) My hair is getting difficult, rather longish but not long enough to tie back. I bought a styling gel today to help it stay back, Alas now I look like Little Richard... I'll try different brands, maybe a mousse is what i need.
5) Don't know much anything about FFS costs, sorry.
Hope this helps. I read a post that Cardenas in Mexico is good and has decent prices.
Styling gel is too thick for my hair. I want to straighten it, but not make it look slick or greasy, if you know what I mean. That's why I hate putting on some stand alone product after showering because it gets greasy and then still ends up wavy. Maybe Straightening is the only way. Or showering at night so the frizz and waves dye down. I don't mind a little wave to my hair, but I like to have a more straight look.
The sort of diet pills I'm talking about are the ones you can find over the counter at CVS or something. I probably don't need it, but I want to lose weight quickly. I eat one meal a day, exercise and it's such a slow process. Like I said, I'm really not heavy or anything, but I would benefit losing some weight.
Everything I've read about tria home products have been negative, but maybe I should give it a try. I'm so sick of shaving and can never quite get rid of all the stubble.
Don't worry about the FFS. I'll probably never get it done and truthfully probably don't need it. Everyone tells me that I worry too much and my facial features are feminine, but these are things that I'd like done for myself in an ideal world. I guess so I don't feel too awkward about my own appearance. But I'm going to sit on it and just llok up the costs in the meantime. Mexico? Eh... don't see myself going there anytime soon. I'm willing to travel for SRS, but if I did FFS, it would have to be on the eastcoast.
Quote from: Joanna Dark on October 05, 2013, 08:49:52 PM
Do what I did: get a rich BF lol unforunately he is also cheap jk lol
That's the goal, lol.
Quote from: Megan on October 05, 2013, 08:34:52 PM
I'm in the same boat with Question 2&3, I hate my facial hair and arm hair. I want it GONE! Pricing seems to be all over the place so I'm not sure what's best. I'm hoping that my therapist that I will see next week with have some contacts and such for me to get in touch with.
On question 4, I'm just like you I love and hate my hair to death because of the same reasons. My hair stylist tells me to wash my hair, then use a SMALL amount of anti-frizz product, style then don't touch it again until it is beyond dry because of how darn frizz prone my mane is. Touch it when it's wet and bam you now have a tumble weed on your head 
I have also noticed that if I use a round brush it helps out a ton to reduce frizz. To bad I can't carry one around in guy mode 
I actually call my hair triangle hair since that's what it looks like most of the time when I screw up and mess with it too much. The new hair is in great shape and relatively frizz free but the old hair that has been highly damaged from working around some nasty chemicals for 3 years not too long ago and the fact that I work in a rooms that are climate and humidity controlled to around 75% at all times for the last 7 years so I'm always stuck in a high humidity situation. From what I can tell about 1/4 of my hair is in pretty good shape the rest is a lost cause and will eventually get chopped off as time goes on and trimmings come and go.
I recently started using John Frieda Frizz-Ease product line and have had some of the best results to date for me "everyone is different after all and respond in different ways to products". I also have been shampooing only twice a week and I might cut back to once a week as that seems to be helping. I work out 3 times a week and I sweat my rear end off in the process. By the time I'm finishing up the first mile on the treadmill my pony tail is a tumble weed arg. With the products I use I'm not running into any smelly hair by not shampooing and my hair doesn't look dirty or oily unless I go over board with the frizz products. I still use conditioner every morning when I take a shower just to keep my locks hydrated and I guess my natural hair oils get stripped out easily from using any kind of shampoo. It does seem like the things I'm doing now are paying off in healthier hair for the long run.
How does your mom's hair look? Is it the same way? I inherited my moms hair and so did my sister. We all fight the same fight lol 
and apparently I must be doing something right because she said she is jealous of how mine looks now.
I've used frizz ease in the past. It's an okay product but it has to be used at the right moment. But it works well for frizz and isn't too greasy in the right amount. Still, I hate the out of shower waviness. I'm going to cut back on my shampoo use as well because I notice my hair looks nicer a day after I wash my hair, especially the ends. I guess our hair is super sensitive to shampoo and it rids us of all the natural oils.
My mother and one of my sisters have great hair. My other sister doesn't have the greatest texture, but she works with it till it looks good. They all have pin straight hair, but they tend to straighten like me. Without it, they have the slight wave I have.
