MTF -- Face Changes?

[Jasper93]

Hi everyone,

I am transitioning from male to female, and have been on HRT for 3.5 months now.  My face is changing pretty dramatically from month-to-month, as I often discern in pictures I've taken of myself, but I'm not sure how it's changing.  My friends and family are telling me the exact same thing, and of course, since we can't really distinguish how it is changing, I'm sometimes tempted to just attribute my changes in appearance to how long my hair is getting.

So, anyway, my question is -- how exactly does one's face typically change throughout HRT??  I often hear that changes in facial appearance owe to fat redistribution, but this isn't really helping me have faith that my face will look good one year from now, for example.  How does the fat in the face redistribute exactly??  I'd like to sort of project where I'm going to wind up if that's even possible lol.

Sorry if this is a rudimentary question!! Thanks, everyone!!

Alice

[KayXo]

Face gets fuller, rounder, less angular and cheeks fuller. Skin becomes more translucent and softer.

[VikingArchangel]

I have the same reactions from people, and it sounds like we've been on HRT for the same time frame.

What I started doing to figure out if it was fat redistribution was to measure chest (Yay!), waist, hips, etc. Conclusion? Yes, young padawan...it is fat redistribution taking effect.

Sit back and enjoy the ride!

BTW, If that profile picture is you, you're going to wind up pretty hot!

[Ruth Ruthless]

I just hit my one year mark and I am not sure if there's any change not attributable to raising the quality of my nutrition and laser hair removal. My face might have become softer but it might also be that back then I was not as good at taking pictures. Anyway here is my comparison video.

Trans Rant - One Year on Hormones:

Wish I had cheeks filling up but they didn't. And putting on more weight hasn't worked for me when I "tried" (i.e. went on the occasional junk food binge) since all the extra fat goes one hundred percent to my belly. Hopefully this is still just the beginning for me at age 35 possibly having a slow and/or weak response to hormones.

[Brenda E]

To be perfectly honest, my face on HRT looks fat.  It looks like I've gained 30lbs - chubbier cheeks, etc.  Don't get me wrong - I like the look, but I guess it just takes some time getting used to.

But there's definitely a certain feminine fatness about my face now - it's not like I used to look when I was actually a fat guy.

[Eva Marie]

I have seen a lot of changes around my eyes. When i lean in close to the mirror to put on eyeliner I see girls eyes staring back at me now. Something happens around the eye itself to open it up and reshape it, and the whites of my eyes are more white now. You can see the same effect in the still picture that's in Ruth's video above this - her eyes have changed too.

Other than that my face has gotten rounder, softer, and less angular. My cheekbones are beginning to show up as well.

I'm a little over a year on a transitioning level dose of HRT.

[BunnyBee]

I'll just show you what happened with me.  I won't leave this up for long, but here ya go (please don't quote pic cause I will remove, but if you do that's ok).

Before HRT on the left.  One thing that makes them look different besides just the physical change is my expression, but I don't think I could make that disconnected look of despair I had in the befores if I tried.  I think the bottom shows what can happen most clearly, but I think the top shows how my jawline really rounded quite a bit so I included it.  It makes me sad to see how much I hated life back then .

This is about 5 1/2 years of HRT effects, so yeah, long time!

(Oh click to enlarge a little bit)

[Ruth Ruthless]

BunnyBee, that's just on hrt? No surgery? Hope it's ok I ask.

[BunnyBee]

No, no surgery.  HRT only.

[Ruth Ruthless]

Awesome rounding out of your face! Did you have it before 5.5 year mark or just recently?

[BunnyBee]

The angularity softened right away.  But then it kept softening more and more.  Probably about 3 years in or so I stopped looking like a different person every few months and really haven't changed much since then, other than get older looking

[Ruth Ruthless]

And what age did you start hrt? It's just I feel nothing is changing for me and I am trying to get some proportions if things could change for me when so many say they get changes after several months.

[BunnyBee]

I started when I was 32.  Please keep in mind that I do have pre-hrt pictures from different angles that do not show an enormous diff.  But from some angles you can see the change.  It's all very subtle but also somehow drastic.

I do see a difference in your pictures.  You sound nice.

[Ruth Ruthless]

Thanks, BunnyBee! I like my voice and don't care that it sounds male. Just want my face to feminize. Here's a poem about it.

[BunnyBee]

Very cool .  Very low voice in that one!  You are so skinny.  I am jealous, and I wish I had your shoulders too.

[Ruth Ruthless]

I stay skinny and healthy by eating large amounts of fruits and vegetables, and a certain amount of legumes, nuts and seeds. In the cooked food department mainly chickpeas, split peas, mushrooms and onions. I go for large amounts of nutrient rich food, eating 3 kilos a day. One can and should eat large quantities of food every day to meet the nutritional needs of the body. As long as the food is high nutrient density, it works, and works faster if you avoid low nutrient density foods like white bread, white potatoes, white rice, oil, meat and dairy. I still eat low nutrient food once or twice a week.

Keep in mind in the last video I am pressing my tummy muscles really hard, I'm actually after a low nutrient large meal here.

[Ruth Ruthless]

BunnyBee, you look skinny too. I'm jealous of how feminine you look and you're very beautiful!

[BunnyBee]

Thank you for saying so .  I'm not that skinny or fat.  I'm just normal fatness, I would say

[amrisa loftus]

I've been on HRT for 1.5 years and the changes I've and others have notice have all made my nose look about 2 sizes smaller. My eyes have become more oval shaped.

[Jasper93]

I have the same reactions from people, and it sounds like we've been on HRT for the same time frame.

What I started doing to figure out if it was fat redistribution was to measure chest (Yay!), waist, hips, etc. Conclusion? Yes, young padawan...it is fat redistribution taking effect.

Sit back and enjoy the ride!

BTW, If that profile picture is you, you're going to wind up pretty hot!

Hahaha thank you! Yes, that's me -- without makeup... I'm very lucky.

Anyway, what you've said makes perfect sense, as my hip circumference, for example, has dropped from 31 inches to 27 inches.  I've seen fat redistribution all around, but it's just so crazy to me that -- even with the minute amount of fat I've gained -- that my face has changed like it has...!  And I'll try to sit back and enjoy as much as I can! Lol.  I get so caught up in worrying about how I'll look in the future that it's actually pretty difficult to relax!