When did start looking more female than male?

[MadeleineG]

For those MTFs further along the HRT continuum, I'm curious to know how many along you were before you felt (and/or were told) that you looked more female than male. In other words, what was your neutral-dress tipping point?

Thank you in advance for you replies

[DrBobbi]

Today

[MadeleineG]

Today

In that case, I'm lucky that I posed the question today

Félicitations!

[Emmaline]

Ooh congratulations!

I am not there yet, but the thing I notice watching endless youtube transition videos is the seven month mark seems to be the start of male fail in my eyes... of course everyone is different so don't get despondent at seven!

[Jill F]

Umm, have I even turned that corner yet, or did I do it ages ago?  That doesn't matter to me.  I went PermaJill almost a year ago, male fail or not.

I think I look and feel much more femme with every passing day. (Pun not intended, really...)  Give it another year or two and I do think I will end up looking like a middle aged statuesque cutie.

[MariaMx]

After 9 months hrt.

[petunia]

I'm still waiting for it.

[Jenny07]

I can see definite progress but not there yet after nearly 5 months, gee that long already .

[kira21 ♡♡♡]

When did start looking more female than male?

To whom? Me?  I am still waiting... Well, it changes day by day, forwards and backwards.

To others? Those human beans, they are each so different and my mind reading skills are so poor. Really they are.  I couldn't really tell you. Besides, how do you measure it? If you are using time from taking HRT as a point, well, then you are assuming it is the HRT that is making the difference, when really the biggest factors are other things.

[Eva Marie]

I can see definite progress but not there yet after nearly 5 months, gee that long already .

Same here. I have been on a low dose of HRT for about 4 years and on a transitioning dose since Oct 8 of 2013.

I guess it depends on who's perspective you are talking about. My friends seem to only see Eva. I see the old me occasionally in the mirror, but lately I'm seeing Eva in the mirror more and more.

Recently I was at a friends house and I used the bathroom - While I was in there I happened to glance in the mirror and I was shocked at the thin faced girl I saw looking back at me. Big changes have happened over the past few weeks it seems. Even at my "mature" age HRT is working.

[noleen111]

I actually dont know

I noticed that I really looked female about 10 months HRT, but my roommate says she thought I always looked female when I crossed dressed...

[Jane's Sweet Refrain]

I started getting correctly gendered on occasion as female even when dressed as male about the 8th month. Went full time after 10.  I pass fully, but it's funny; after 18 months on hrt, I can say that without clothes and makeup, it depends on the day. That seems to be the way the gestalt of gender works, leading one way or the other, often depending on my mood. For me, it's a reminder that even though I'm female, I am always in transition.

Happy journey. It's quite a ride.

Jane

[innainka]

double folded question!

first of all age has everything to do with it. Start as early as 14-16 you are almost guaranteed quick and rather fully immersive transition experience. At that stage even a month makes a difference.

However, the older one gets, lets say beyond 25, changes slow down, further into older age and changes take eons to manifest.

Pass the 30's and it seems one is climbing Himalayas to get to the pinnacle of visual femininity.

For most, the ungifted in the fem look department, surgery becomes a holy grail, and there still if someone had been bestowed the bloky thick representation of natures real man scenario, then even surgery outcome borders on iffy.

[Paulagirl]

At six months hrt, I had to go to a meeting drab. I got ma'amed everywhere. Part could be an obviously femme hairstyle, and andro clothing.
Last month I noticed I could not wear a tee shirt and pretend to be male, but I'm already full time, and proud of my boobs, so it doesn't really matter.

[Andaya]

This is a great question, I really enjoying all the responses.

I feel like I'm teetering on the edge at just under 7 months. In girl mode I pass pretty well. In guy mode I don't get gendered as female much (happened maybe 3 or so times). I'm getting happier daily in the way I look without makeup too which is nice because I can explore more neutral and natural colors and tones but still feel confident enough to present as female.

Looks like 7-10 months seems to cover a lot of people.

[ZoeM]

My first misgendering was after four-ish months. Consistent male fail at six or seven. Full time at eight.
Thirteen months in, I don't have many days at all where I feel ugly in the mirror, and none where I doubt that I pass.
Plus my hairline is de-receding rapidly, which is nice and reassuring.

[stephaniec]

4 months and glimpses in the mirror, looking forward to the 7th month thing

[Jessica Merriman]

The day I went Full Time! *giggles*

[sally1990]

I noticed changes in between my transition but I still saw male , I found I looked more female than male after 12 months. Forever a late bloomer.

[Jenna Marie]

About four months; by six months I couldn't pass as male successfully while dressed in guy clothes and flashing male ID. (Except at work - never underestimate how powerful the urge to see what you expect is, I guess!)