beards

[Satinjoy]

Mine is grey, I like that.

Already feel better, just looked at my transition ed body and whammo I am pleased.

Mercurial.  And the wife knows I am doing full presentation and just lovingly joked with me about it.

My life is priceless... I do love where I have gotten so far.

I think I will take her out, and finish with candles and incense and satin.  In her arms.

Uuggghh the triggers here for me, others... but if we don't open our mouths, what would happen to us?

[Shantel]

Had a mustache for about 20 years. Really liked the way I looked until it started turning gray.

Seems like the texture changes and they get really course!

SatinJoy, an atta girl honey!

[Pikachu]

You look so lovely in your avatar, SJ. I'm sure you're even prettier in person. Your facial hair wouldn't change my perception of you at all, dear.

*hugs*

[Shantel]

You look so lovely in your avatar, SJ. I'm sure you're even prettier in person. Your facial hair wouldn't change my perception of you at all, dear.

*hugs*

Nor me, we have several long term NB folks with boobs and facial hair which is an outward sign of one's NB status for some. I'd be the last one to criticize.

[helen2010]

SJ

If the beard works, and it clearly does, then rock it.  However once I decided that I was NB, I felt best when I presented as more andro than GQ, so the beard and most other body hair had to go while I grew out my short hair.  To me it is about sharing, signalling and expressing identity ..  Sometimes nuance is enough... But for me permanently removing my beard has been important.  ... Makes me look younger too

Safe travels

Aisla

[Satinjoy]

SJ

If the beard works, and it clearly does, then rock it.  However once I decided that I was NB, I felt best when I presented as more andro than GQ, so the beard and most other body hair had to go while I grew out my short hair.  To me it is about sharing, signalling and expressing identity ..  Sometimes nuance is enough... But for me permanently removing my beard has been important.  ... Makes me look younger too

Safe travels

Aisla

Hey I figured out how to insert multiple quotes... lol

My very dear friend you have held me together so many times over the presentation stuff.. words cannot repay this.
And I think the andro thing for you is beyond perfect, the fit is so you, truly the wood elf.  It just makes total sense to me.

Seems like the texture changes and they get really course!

SatinJoy, an atta girl honey!

first line.... are we talking hair or my personality over time HA!
second line.... from you an atta girl makes the day.  But it is so interesting as a non binary core that I am always amuzed by it when I am "girled".  And I love it too.  Sh'e, h'er.... fits like a glove.  Or like a 36b Calvin Klien unlined bra.  Now if only I could stuff that, with me.

See the personality swing in me anyone?  Fluid... I went cross spectrum in a paragraph.

Horsepower calls me now....

My hormones are up, climbing.  Its about the physical transition needs I have, so I am emotionally adjusting.  The boobs have refired.  Much to my relief.

E cyp packs a wallop.  I love it, but its still volatile, and closely supervised by the endo, not his assistant.

At least the chest hair is gone now.  YAY!

We better keep an eye on me a little while, I know I am off a little, but its only like someone dialed up the emotion intensity meter.  Still in manageable range, though someone hurt my feelings at work yesterday and I was surprised by tearing up.  Female emotions, transgender emotions.  Now there is  a thread to start.

[Taka]

i wonder if i'd cry more with male emotions...?
i only cry over other people's tragedies, rarely because i am sad myself.

beard is... hmm...
nice? maybe.
haven't ever tried it really, but i'd probably both love and hate it.
might take a moustache pic if i find a brown mascara somewhere.
black isn't the right color for me.

[Shantel]

i wonder if i'd cry more with male emotions...?
i only cry over other people's tragedies, rarely because i am sad myself.

beard is... hmm...
nice? maybe.
haven't ever tried it really, but i'd probably both love and hate it.
might take a moustache pic if i find a brown mascara somewhere.
black isn't the right color for me.

Me too once my brain came back to center from a ninety degree jump to the female side. Although an occasional tearjerker film will get a tear or two. What really breaks me up is seeing the kids coming home from the mid-east missing limbs, it sends me into a Deja Vu moment.

[Jess42]

Personally I can't stand facial hair on myself. I tried and it didn;t work for me. When I sweated it seemed to stink. It always seemed to make the corners of my nostrils itch.

I'm kind of like Aisla on this one. If it works for you then rock it hon. I tried and couldn't handle it. It seemed to always itch no matter how short. Plus I like the way I look without it.

[VeronicaLynn]

Mine is grey, I like that.

The grey was bothering me quite a bit, maybe I will eventually grow to like it. I've never really liked shaving my face, it doesn't really make me feel more feminine, and I always feel like I missed a few spots.

[Clhoe G]

I hate my beard n hate shaving it and it's never grown properly, it just feels n looks like hair, pubescent hair, plus I have a bald patch in it n plenty of light hair.

[big kim]

I hate my beard n hate shaving it and it's never grown properly, it just feels n looks like hair, pubescent hair, plus I have a bald patch in it n plenty of light hair.

I had a bald patch round the chin which never grew properly when i tried growing one so I could look like a bad ass biker.

[ToniB]

I am so happy that my facial hair has all but stopped growing I do not miss shaving I only need a quick lick at night and am smooth nearly all day

[Paige]

Had a mustache for about 20 years. Really liked the way I looked until it started turning gray.

Hi Suzi,

Funny the gray hair was the other reason I couldn't take my beard anymore.  My dysphoria was the other.

I had a beard since my early 20s and kept it for 25 years or so.  I originally grew it to hide my transgender side.   After highschool, I became very feminine looking, longish hair and thin.   I loved it but people started to notice,  I was caught by friends with shaved legs and I was terribly embarrassed.  As a result I decided after a while to hide my transgender behind a beard.  It drove me nuts but it does hide femininity.

Anyway I couldn't take it anymore and I kept cutting it shorter and shorter.  One day I got rid of it, much to my wife's disgust.  She mentions this often.

The one thing positive I can say about beards is that shaving time is much less.  Now it takes me forever to shave because I have to get rid of all the stubble.

Paige

[Satinjoy]

The original idea behind the beard was fighting being trans.  Now I am stuck with it, but it has its uses, my presentation is quite startling at times.

Feeling better here, in between injections.  Powerful stuff, hormones, and I think my boobs are growing again.  I need that to happen, big time.

Lot of folks with hair isn't there.  Interesting.

Nails out....boots on....

Blessings

Satinjoy

[Jera]

I can feel that. When I first actually grew my beard, it alleviated my dysphoria somehow. So I kept it for two years, not trimming or shaving or anything. Not quite ZZ Top, but it was long enough.

I have no idea why it affected me the way it did. I didn't like how I looked, I never have.  But being a bearded male was one of the most peaceful times of my life. I wasn't ever carded at a bar while I had it (before and after that, people think I'm at least ten years younger than I am), so maybe things like that just helped me relax or something.

Or maybe because I looked so scruffy, people just assumed I didn't give a damn what they thought of me, and so didn't bother sharing their judgements anymore. Whatever it was, I kind of need it back.

[ErinWDK]

The original idea behind the beard was fighting being trans.

I hid behind a beard for over 40 years.  The original motivation for it sort of escapes me at this point in time, but for the last 25 years it clearly was fighting being trans.  When I got rid of it last spring I got all sorts of comments:  "You look so much better."  "You look ten years younger."  "You look twenty year younger!"  "Now what about the hair?"

So I have nails, longer hair (it does not grow very fast...) and some andro accesories.  I get read male unless I put a lot of effort into presenting female.  So, no more beard.


Erin

[Marcellow]

So far, only that peach fuzz making a beard outline and mustache getting darker.

Still hoping to get a beard like:

[luna nyan]

Could grow one to save my life in my early 20s.  Got rid of it with electro.
It was never really a trigger for me as it was so sparse to begin with (my GP asked if I had started electro the first time I discussed my gender issues with him).  Shaving caused bad breakouts, so electro it was, to help manage dysphoria, and also have better facials skin.

[Mickie]

I've got a beard a the moment, for me it usually comes down to wether or not I'm too lazy to shave it...

From the looks of things, I've been lazy for a couple weeks lol