How long until I look like a man?

[Polo]

I'm not sure about your family history Rodgersl31 but you might catch it lucky and get a second growth spurt.  I grew 2 inches between the ages of 18 and 21.

I think the facial hair makes a big difference for guys all around, I'm still waiting for all of mine to come in (contemplating the minoxidil if these patches don't fill in soon)

I'm 29 and still get carded for alcohol, but so do my late 20s and 30s friends, cis or otherwise.  It seems like especially when talking to older (45 and up) people, to them, EVERYONE looks like a teenager.  I try to just accept it for now, and keep praying for that beard.

[Tysilio]

It seems like especially when talking to older (45 and up) people, to them, EVERYONE looks like a teenager.

It's true. We can't help it.

Y'all will just have to wait until you develop actual faces, instead of those bland, line-free things you're stuck with now. It gets better; eventually you'll look like grown-up human beings instead of looking sort of, well, larval.

[WanderingFace]

Honestly I blame all the high school based movies that star 20-30 somthin' year olds as 16 and 17 haha.

On a more serious note, I'm not quite passing yet but I noticed since going on T people think I'm younger even while perceived as a female. It leads to interesting conversations since I work at a bar.

[FtMitch]

I also blame the fact that some of my high school students (when I was a teacher) looked 35!  ESPECIALLY the boys.  We had some 6'+ kids that had these huge, bulging muscles and major facial hair... If I had seen them at the mall I would have absolutely thought they were out of college, but they were only 17.  So when I first started working there, I actually had a security guard try and search my bag (even presenting as female), and I had to kindly explain that I was a teacher, NOT a student.  They were quite embarrassed, lol.  Makes me happy, though, considering that I am approaching 30 in a few months, and I am quite happy to look younger.