Thanks for the replies girls, JudithLynn would you mind sharing the names of the beauty therapists/electrolysis that you use, how trans friendly are they? i have realised there are a couple local to me (in in cornwall btw) just no idea if they are trans friendly, i think i will go with laser at first and see what sort of results i get (im dark haired) as it sounds a lot quicker than electrolysis which will reduce the time im stuck with my beard, even if i wherent trans i would not miss the beard!, however since reading laser should now be covered on the nhs i think im better waiting on that until i see the gic, thanks for the tip on padma i will get in touch at some point, billiejane have you been to the laurels yet? thats who i should be referred to, dont feel like a fraud though for using their services until you are sure, its best to be sure before you start off on this journey